The Nelson Mandela Youth Leadership Summit 2022 : Young People Creating the Positive Leadership the World Needs
Melbourne ( Australia ): The Nelson Mandela Youth Leadership Summit 2022 was held at the historic Legislative Assembly Chamber of the Victorian Parliament in Melbourne on 18 July (Nelson Mandela Day), bringing together a diverse youth population from Shepparton, Regional Australia, urban Australia, and Asia-Pacific, to create a group of connected future leaders of the region and Australia. Young leaders shared their experiences and BK Ananya was one among them.
“Good morning, my name is Ananya, I am a facilitator of the Brahma Kumaris Organisation which is a spiritual organisation. It is the world’s largest spiritual organisation that is led by women. When I came five years ago to Australia from India to pursue my bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences in sustainability, there were quite a lot of challenges because it was the first time I stepped out of my own country. Handling growth, work responsibilities and even looking at the world we are in right now, climate change, people starving, people are hungry…”
She added saying that, “What makes me feel optimistic is spirituality, taking time off for myself daily because I truly believe that change outside is only possible when I change something inside my own consciousness.
Optimism comes only when we are taking time off, disconnecting from the outside world for a little while, dropping out the labels of culture, caste, nationality, and religion, and coming back to who we truly are.”