Raesha Ismaiil
2023
Raesha has a Bachelor of Education and Master of Counselling with Distinction from the University of Canterbury. She is a self-employed educator and mental health counsellor. Raesha has her own private practice called Safehouse Consultancy and Counselling Ltd. She is a lecturer at the University of Canterbury as part of the Faculty of Health Counselling department.
After the loss of her brother during the March 15th terrorist attacks in New Zealand it is her best hope to use this adversity to help bring more community awareness about being a Muslim and what hope and healing looks like in Islam. Raesha promotes and presents workshops that support cultural diversity and inclusion.
Raesha is a trustee for Sakinah Community Trust which is made up of strong empowered women impacted by March 15th 2019. This organisation supports strengthening communities, promoting wellbeing, and building social cohesion.
The catalytic power of this Summit in bringing together those who are devoting their lives to pushing back and working to confront, understand and work towards solutions around hate in our society is a noble and difficult task. The Summit not only energized those who attended but led to connecting the dots in a global network of those doing this work. The stories of the victims of hate were painful to witness but their courage in coming forward was inspirational. Those who attended left energized with the hope that by working together solutions can be forged.
