The quietest part of your event might just be the most powerful. Join us for Quiet AI: The Silent Engine Behind Seamless Events, happening on May 28 at 11:00 AM ET.

Changemakers Series: Robin Chaurasiya and Danish Shaikh from Kranti

Please join us for a conversation and snacks with Robin and Danish from Kranti in Mumbai. We are thrilled to have Danish studying in Chicago for the next few years.  Robin will be here to update us on her work and the rest of the girls.  Let's give her a warm Chicago welcome!  

Kranti (‘Revolution’ in Hindi) empowers marginalised girls in Mumbai’s red light district to become agents of social change. Robin’s students, the Krantikaries (‘Revolutionaries’), are aged 12-20 and include victims of trafficking and daughters of sex workers. The school is truly diverse with different ages, literacy levels, languages, ethnicities, religions, castes and abilities. With Robin’s help, the Krantikaries develop into peer teachers and community leaders.

The curriculum includes creative thinking, yoga, meditation, writing, geography and music and is supplemented by evening classes in English, ICT, theatre and health education. At weekends, the girls watch films, visit exhibitions and complete mandatory voluntary work for an NGO of their choice.

Robin has formalised a social justice curriculum at Kranti covering key issues that affect the girls’ lives which they use to design and implement projects. In 2013, they convinced an MP to help them register sex workers to vote. They have led workshops for more than 100,000 people and delivered 11 TEDx talks around the world. They toured a play they wrote about their experiences across the USA, performing at the headquarters of Facebook and Google.  

Learn more about Kranti here.  http://krantimumbai.wixsite.com/mysite



Changemakers Series

Changemakers Series