Community Building 101 | Wellbeing with Voda: The LGBTQIA+ Mental Health App.

Michael Stephens and Jaron Soh explore key factors for fostering wellbeing when community building.

At We Create Space, we see the transformative power of community every single day. When it comes to championing inclusion & creating space in which everyone can thrive, we believe community-building isn’t just a solution. It’s the foundation.

We were thrilled to invite Voda: The LGBTQIA+ Mental Health App to join us for the second edition of Community Building 101. Hosted by WCS CEO Michael Stephens in conversation with Jaron Soh, this instalment focused on the key pillar of ‘Wellbeing’ as a fundamental factor in creating impactful & sustainable communities that provide both a sense of belonging & purpose. 

Our previous session focused on Inclusion, with perspectives from the team behind Trans+ History Week.

The objective of Community Building 101 is to provide actionable strategies & tools to promote effective change, collective learning, workplace culture & shared values. It also serves as a talking point for how grassroots principles can be applied in corporate settings and vice versa.

We asked our speakers to share their main takeaways from the event:

Michael Stephens

1. Self-Care is Community Care

2. Consistency is Key

3. Inclusive Resources are Intersectional

Jaron Soh

1. Self-Care is Resistance

2. Find Joy in Communal Care

3. Work to Change Systems (So You Don’t Have to Keep Healing)

If you would like to discuss booking one of these speakers for your own session, please get in touch with us via email at hello@wecreatespace.co

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