The Camel Assembly co-founder talks to Gen.T about empowerment, purpose, and how Mother Theresa changed her life
I Am Generation T is a series of Q&As with some of the extraordinary individuals on the Generation T List 2018.
Keshia Hannam believes that global change starts from within. “Our world changes,” she says, “when each person grasps the monumental power of their autonomy.”
It’s this firm belief in the power of individuals to change themselves, and thus the world around them, that led the 2018 Generation T lister to co-found Camel Assembly, an international community of creative female leaders who gather to make change.
Its mission is to build purposeful, conscious communities and “mobilise individuals to better themselves and subsequently better our world,” says Hannam. Case in point: Camel Assembly’s #ActiveActivist campaign, which highlighted women making change on an everyday basis around the world—particularly in the eight Camel Assembly communities, which include Mumbai, Nairobi, New York and Hong Kong.
We talk to Hannam about Camel Assembly, inspiration and the future of feminism.
How do you define your role within Camel Assembly?
It comes down to what I feel like I’m here to do, and that’s helping people realise their ability to make change. I help people realise their autonomy to make change personally and see how that affects their world, whether through community or work. It all begins with the self and spreads to wider social change.