With the seeding creativity grant, i will…

A) Invite at least 5 people who identify as (1) women and/or non-binary people, and (2) immigrant or refugee or asylum seeker of South Asian origins across all generations (and across all South Asian diasporas and ancestral origins) to share their story about their lived experiences on topics including but not limited to their mental health, body autonomy, trauma, violence, healing, reproductive choices, relationships (marriage, divorce, cohabitation etc), sexual orientation, intimacy and sexual health, acculturation, etc. B) With their ongoing written consent, the participants' stories or key quotes from their stories will be collected and curated on a website or guidebook (with or without their identifying information to maintain confidentiality).