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 effort to eradicate hate requires the active participation of every component of our society, to include governments, the private sector, communities of faith and indeed every aspect of civil society. There is no more urgent task in front of us. The organizers of the Eradicate Hate Global Summit are doing the United States and the world an enormous service by tackling hatred and extremism with a focus on honest dialogue and conversation, genuine learning and practical solutions. This will not happen overnight, but the Pittsburgh community’s leadership in this effort is genuinely inspiring and motivating.
