Light Up Academy
Capacity building and driving awareness through public engagement
Innovative L&D (learning & development) and advocacy interventions to drive capacity building and public engagement with young adults and professionals.
The objective is to understand the significance of SEL, preventive and promotive mental health from an intersectional lens to address stigma, social inequities, and foster integrated problem-solving approaches and create a more equitable world.
Capacity building programs dedicated to refocusing attention on teachers, parents, and upcoming professionals, we aim to transform the overall approach to teaching, learning, and parenting in the Indian ecosystem.
Inculcating social-emotional learning (SEL) as a branch of mental health in education equitably and inclusively. Community Leadership with primary focus on building agency, problem-solving, value integration , community mobilization etc. Inclusion of intersectional frameworks: sensitization on caste, gender, minority, ethics, color, language etc.
Advocacy Initiatives:
We design and implement workshops, webinars, panel discussions, and events aimed at engaging young adults and professionals in discussions on social-emotional learning, grassroots work and mental health from an intersectional perspective, to create a more equitable world through responsible participation and fostering problem-solving approaches.
Through workshops we drive public engagement and work towards strengthening knowledge, skills, and attitudes breaking the stigma and judgments attached to mental health, social inequities and marginalization.
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Testimonials
Deeksha Billa
"I can confidently say that it was an enriching experience. Through this program, I learned about effective planning of SEL interventions and gained a new perspective on minority rights. The practical training on making lesson plans in context to marginalized communities was especially useful. Overall, the program has helped me improve my skills and has equipped me to contribute towards building a more equitable and inclusive society.
Harjyot Kaur
"The workshop was not just informative, but also practical and interactive. What I appreciated the most was that the workshop was based on the realities of the Indian context, which is often missing from my psychology textbooks. The sessions initiated difficult conversations in a sensitive manner, and gave us a new perspective on minority rights.
Urvi Maheshwari
“The whole program was extremely enriching, meaningful and eye opening. It was curated with such care and attention to detail. I'm taking back so many valuable insights, lessons and learnings. It was a special learning opportunity which has genuinely helped me nurture a more sensitive and open perspective about the underserved communities, interventions, trauma, the impact of trauma, expressive arts therapy and its importance, SEL, neuro divergence and how deeply oppression and prejudice affects a community.