S3, E8: How to burnout with a bang
Why has burnout culture been normalised in activism and how can we change it?
In the penultimate episode of season 3, Confessions of a Climate Activist, Clover sits down with Arifa Nasim to explore why burnout culture has become normalised within activism and what we can do to actively change it.
Finally, Arifa spills her climate confession!
Trigger Warning: This episode contains conversations about female genital mutilation, suicide and forced marriage.
Featuring…
Arifa Nasim: Founder and activist
Arifa Nasim founded Educate2Eradicate, a non-profit organisation committed to spreading knowledge to prevent the hundreds of thousands of individuals at risk from experiencing forced marriage, genital mutilation and honour-based abuse.
Arifa has educated more than 5,000 individuals and plans to grow Educate2Eradicate into a holistic program, training larger organisations and offering counseling and legal advice to victims. Arifa was an official UK delegate to the Sustainable Development Goals Summit.
Follow Arifa:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arifa_nasim/
LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/arifa-nasim-44a764b3
Quotes from the episode
“There is a reason I’m much happier now; there is time for spiritual rest, and creative rest and physical rest. Now that I know better,
I don’t know that I’d ever go back”
-Arifa Nasim
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