Good Things

 Betty Yeoh is one of the founding members of the All Women’s Action Society (AWAM) in 1985. Betty has been a women’s rights activist for over 40 years and is now a trainer and facilitator for AWAM, her main focus being on combating sexual harassment at the Workplace for corporate sectors, among others. She joins us on the show today to share her story. 

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S. Arutchelvan is the deputy chairperson of Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM). Arul has been an activist and a human rights defender for more than 30 years, has worked for SUARAM and been a part of and led many people’s movements throughout his years, including the anti-ISA movement. He joins us to share his story.

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Sevan Doraisamy is the Executive Director of SUARAM (Suara Rakyat Malaysia). Sevan is an otai! He’s been fighting tirelessly for the betterment of all of our lives, but especially the poor and marginalised, for more than 20 years. He joins us on the show today to share his story.

Image credit: Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) Facebook page

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Greater Action is a non-profit focused on day-to-day solutions in education, livelihood, and health care for all vulnerable communities, especially refugees and asylum seekers. Joining us on the show to talk about this initiative is Julie Das, Co-Founder, Greater Action. 

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Greater Action is a non-profit focused on day-to-day solutions in education, livelihood, and health care for all vulnerable communities, especially refugees and asylum seekers. Joining us on the show to talk about this initiative is Julie Das, Co-Founder, Greater Action. 

Image credits: Greater Action facebook page and website.

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Ida Thien is the Co-Founder of Closing The Gap, a programme to empower bright, deserving students to overcome the odds and enter ambitious universities. Ida has been an education activist for quite some time, working for Teach For Malaysia at one point and is now also the Deputy CEO of Yayasan Tunku Abdul Rahman, which powers Closing The Gap. She joins us today to discuss her programme.

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Deborah Priya Henry is the co-founder of Fugee, a non-profit which champions equality and access for refugees, through advocacy, and education and entrepreneurship programmes. Today she joins us to discuss her organization and share her hope for the future.

Image credits: Deborah Priya Henry's Instagram page & Fugee's Facebook page.

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On this episode, refugee rights activist, Heidy Quah joins us to share her story on founding Refuge for the Refugees at the mere age of 18, its growth over the past decade and her entanglement with the authorities.

Image credit: Refuge for the Refugees Facebook page

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Chan Soon Seng is the CEO of Teach For Malaysia. Soon Seng has been an educator and an education activist for some time now and has been attached with Teach For Malaysia for about a decade. As many might already know, Teach For Malaysia is an organisation that aims to fight education inequality and inequity and bridge the gap between the haves and the have nots. Soon Seng joins us to discuss his passion for education, what Teach For Malaysia constantly pushes for and why our philosophy of education needs to change.

Image credit: Teach For Malaysia Facebook page & teachformalaysia.org

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Adrian Pereira has been working with migrant communities and fighting for their rights for more than two decades. In 2011, he co-founded the North South Initiative, a CSO to help bridge solidarity and equality gaps between the North and South in terms of human rights and social justice. Adrian joins us today to tell us about his initiative and share his personal activism journey.

Image credits: Adrian Pereira and North South Initiative Facebook page.

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