Social Change Ecosystem Map
Virtual only! // By Donation
Folks are encouraged to purchase the Social Change Ecosystem workbook to both support Deepa as well as have a more substantial guide for this workshop. Available in paperback, audio, and ebook.
Deepa Iyer will lead us through a 30 minute overview of the Social Change Ecosystem Map. The Social Change Ecosystem Framework (copyright Deepa Iyer, 2017) is a practical resource for individuals, organizations, and networks advancing justice, solidarity, and community care. The framework can help us clarify our values and identify the different roles that we can play to support our communities.
About the Facilitator:
Deepa Iyer is a South Asian American writer, strategist, and lawyer. Her work is rooted in Asian American, South Asian, Muslim, and Arab communities where she spent fifteen years in policy advocacy and coalition building in the wake of the September 11th attacks and ensuing backlash. Currently, Deepa leads projects on solidarity and social movements at the Building Movement Project, a national nonprofit organization that catalyzes social change through research, strategic partnerships, and resources for movements and nonprofits. She conducts workshops and trainings, uplifts narratives through the *Solidarity Is This* podcast, and facilitates solidarity strategy for cohorts and networks. Previously, she has held positions at Race Forward, South Asian Americans Leading Together, the US Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, the Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center, and the Asian American Justice Center.
Deepa’s first book, *We Too Sing America: South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh Immigrants Shape Our Multiracial Future* (The New Press, 2015), chronicles community-based histories in the wake of 9/11 and received a 2016 American Book Award. Deepa’s most recent book (2022), a guide based on the social change ecosystem map that she created, is called Social Change Now: A Guide for Reflection and Connection. Her debut children’s picture book, We Are The Builders!, was released in the fall of 2024.
Deepa serves on the advisory council of the Emergent Fund and the Festival Center. She teaches classes on Asian American Studies, social movements and public policy at the university level. Deepa moved to Kentucky from Kerala (India) when she was twelve years old. She graduated from the University of Notre Dame Law School and Vanderbilt University.