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Closing Keynote by Shiree Teng “The Power of Radical Love”
Radical Self-Love as Revolutionary Practice
In this session, Shiree Teng will guide us in exploring **radical self-love as a revolutionary practice** essential for freedom and liberation. We will examine why self-love is crucial to ending gender-based violence, recognizing that we cannot simply “serve” our way to justice. Participants will also learn to **embrace both grief and joy** as powerful sources of energy and resilience, sustaining our fight against gender-based violence for generations to come.
Shiree Teng - Keynote Speaker
Shiree Teng has worked in the social sector for 35+ years as a social and racial justice champion! She’s been a frontline organizer, advocate, capacity builder, grantmaker, (e)valuation partner, and leadership coach. Shiree ignites the path to justice with courageous strategy, boundless energy, and radical love. Her infectious spirit and profound wisdom have revolutionized the social sector, inspiring leaders to walk boldly and authentically towards our collective liberation.
Shiree’s mission is to inspire us to prioritize love as the catalyst for our freedom. She believes that we are worthy and deserving of our liberation and insists that we start with our own radical self-love. Justice work necessitates this inward-outward gaze, not the reverse. This inward focus makes the work rigorous. Without cultivating love for ourselves and each other, we risk only scratching the surface, endlessly circling around the work needed for our shared liberation.
