Safe Haven Space is committed to learning through the stories of refugees and immigrants, to amplifying their voices so that we may work to create a global community that is a Safe Haven.
Diane L Haworth is a heart-centered success coach, speaker, TV host, author and founder of the Be Love Principles. She is passionate about combining traditional coaching techniques with deep spiritual truths to help clients tap into their inner wisdom and enjoy a life of more love, peace and freedom. For more, visit www.DianeHaworth.com and www.BeLovePrinciples.org.
Anagha Sreevals is a Global Affairs student at GMU. She is interested in working with refugees and studying the intersection between gender and peacebuilding. She has been volunteering with a refugee couple since fall of 2019 and is currently planning on doing ESL tutoring and career development training for refugee women this summer. Anagha herself is an immigrant from India born in UAE. She believes her cultural identity and interest in conflict resolution and peacebuilding frames her perspective on refugee mental health.You can reach her at shavenheretohelp@gmail.com or asreeval@gmu.edu
Amos Izerimana is a Burundi-born peacebuilding practitioner. He is committed to capacity building for developing communities and holds interests in human rights, Transitional Justice, and Pan-Africanism. Amos is a graduate of the United Nations-mandated University for Peace, Brandeis University, and Berea College. Amos is the Globalization Program Manager at Louisville Forward, part of Louisville Metro Government where he implements and monitors programs that attract foreign-born internationals to Louisville, build a thriving business environment, and create a community that welcomes and supports their growth. He serves as an ambassador for Youth Building in Synergy to End Poverty, a program manager for the ReTurn Movement, and a legal assistant at Kortz Funke Immigration Law Firm. As an internationally trained practitioner, Amos also works with several NGOs as a consultant.You can reach him at izerimanaa12@gmail.com
Omar Fehmi is the son of a Syrian mother and a Lebanese father. He is a sophomore at the University of Michigan intending to major in Organizational Studies while on the pre-medical track. Omar founded the Keys for Kids Initiative in high school which has raised over $160,000 to benefit Syrian refugee children. Currently, Omar serves on the University of Michigan UNICEF Club EBoard. Omar is also the national undergraduate president of the National Arab American Medical Association NextGen.You can reach him at ofehmi@umich.edu
Introduction of Safe Haven Space and our mission. You will get to listen to Kristin walker the CEO of MHNR Network interview our CEO and founder Egette Indelele on why she started SHS and her journey.