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October 24, 2023

Meena Palaniappan

Soulful Connections: Embracing the Universal Essence Within and Nurturing Personal Faith

 

Key Points About Our Chat

  • Meena discusses a Hindu idea that the world is an illusion, an idea that she does not buy into. Interesting how there are similar concepts in other faith traditions that are potentially harmful

  • In Meenas field she talks of a fear of being taken less serious by talking about something that is not tangible

  • Much of the discussion revolved around new indicators of wellness including happiness and fulfillment

  • How is it that we can begin to measure in a way that represents spirituality and connection?

     

 “It’s important what we do here and yet its play, not so serious."

 

 

Meet Meena 

Meena Palaniappan is the Founder and CEO of Atma Connect, an award-winning non profit organization building the infrastructure for impact at scale. She is an Ashoka Fellow, Fulbright Fellow, named in Ideas that are Changing the World, and an awardee of the Million Lives Club. Since 2014, Meena has led Atma Connect to become globally recognized for its success in helping vulnerable people connect, neighbor-to-neighbor, by sharing actionable information and solutions, taking collective action, and building community resilience. Atma Connect built and deploys AtmaGo, a neighborhood-level mobile app in Indonesia, Ukraine, and Puerto Rico for users to share real-time information and solutions to better prepare for disasters, to improve their access to basic needs, and to address chronic vulnerabilities. AtmaGo has reached over 12 Million people to date.  Meena has been implementing community-based technology projects in the developing world for over two decades. An environmental engineer, Meena has successfully launched decision-support systems and crowd-sourced mobile projects in West Africa, India, the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

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