GLOW WEBINAR
April 6th 2019
The transcript of the above webinar video is available on Service Space
Speaker : Meghna Banker, early in her life, she felt a call to dedicate her life to service and in her twenties, moved to Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad (India) where she is still based. As a gifted filmmaker, graphic designer and artist, Meghna has been a seed behind many projects whose ripples have spread to millions worldwide. Soon after college, she spearheaded “Yes, I Am the Change” series that celebrated small actions of everyday heroes — where even Amitabh Bachchan was moved to speak at their gala event. Lot of her artwork and design skills can often be seen on billboards in various cities, as a part of an initiative that supports rural artisans. In the last decade, Meghna has been one of the founding pillars behind Moved By Love platform, where she has hosted dozens of “hands, head, heart” retreats — including Gandhi 3.0, that was attended by the likes of a Noble Peace Laureate, royalty from Japan, and international best-selling authors. More globally, she is a visionary behind six-week “Laddership” circles, to help leaders more effectively lead with love. None of her heArt work carries a price tag, and she is currently in the middle of launching a “Wisdom Crafts” store to invite other artists to step into that shift from transaction to trust. Despite touching so many lives, Meghna stayed humbly rooted in “small acts of service”. Perhaps what she’s most proud of are hosting Awakin Circles in her home, every Wednesday for the last 9 years, to gently nurture people’s journeys of inner transformation. At MS University in Baroda, when Meghna was invited to speak about home-schooling her daughter, she gave a stirring reminder that we’re all life-long learners: “Actually, both my daughter and I are going to school together.” Every day, she remembers a Boddhisattva poem, that mirrors her life-long quest: “May I be a protector to the helpless, a guide to those traveling the path, a boat to those wishing to cross over, a lamp for those in darkness; May I be a servant for the world.”