Kaur Voices Talk Show

Jessie Brar made the list of 100 Most Influential Sikhs Under 30! As founder of The Mental Health Spotlight, she shares how she turned her struggles with mental health and PTSD into a career helping others to overcome the same – especially in the South Asian community. Jessie shares how important it was for her to see other people who looked like her and understood her culture who were speaking out about these issues. It gave her the courage to initially seek help.

How do we create safe spaces for women and children? Sardarni Navleen Kaur is the Sikh Community educator at the Central Gurdwara Khalsa Jatha London. She currently teaches SMSC (Spiritual, Moral, Social Cultural Development & and Sikh Studies) worldwide. SMSC aims to do just that. She also runs women’s empowerment workshops and mindfulness courses. She coordinates projects at the Children’s Gurdwara Project on faith empowerment in London. She is the chair of the Cinq Étoile Dashmesh Academie in Paris running regular leadership development programmes for European Sikh youth and most recently is focusing on her consulting company called Sahara Sisterhood with a special focus on Safeguarding and Mental Health.

Hello Beautiful Souls, this week on Kaur Voices, our guest is Puneet Dhillon, PhD who is doing some AMAZING work to Empower Women. Her research has shown that when men’s perception of women’s roles change it influences men’s treatment of women. Presently, she works in Communications and Research at Punjabi Community Health Services.

Do you think Kaur Voices is just for women? Meet our team and find out why Kaur Voices is a space for all people. Jasvir Kaur Rababan, founder of Kaur Voices, chose "Kaur" to represent a nurturing energy for this space, and it also speaks to the "core" voices within us all that need to be heard. Hear from each of the team about why they feel inspired to support this seva, and why this space is needed.

This week, Jasvir Kaur Rababan addresses your concerns, questions and comments regarding the last episode of Kaur Voices Talk Show called "Ep 22 - Sexual Abuse in Gurdwaras." Please watch this episode to understand her intention behind sharing this difficult topic, and learn about the #MeTooSikh [https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/metoosikh?__cft__[0]=AZXAB8WcpIY604aX8BZfs3XnuW78EXkCGvePwQ70tmww3iE6lZxDfZnwMhPYIyI5QJjPEZCMcI5vi3UxE2mA22AyRdvtpfk50bNCZWi-g3jO4A_dSFB4h9ZFc8deyVFPIDxFOaWPdDnm7g0u8-6dYw1kxYSKd--HVOlYABxK1rJOb31bf4Q06z7eNlTHPSbXFTQ&__tn__=*NK*F] Movment she is launching and why it's so important.