For this Aspiring Leaders Lab podcast, we speak with Rachna Kare and Tishya Bedi from DAYA, an organization whose mission is to empower South Asian Survivors of domestic and sexual violence through culturally specific services and education.

Guest Bios:

Rachna Khare has spearheaded Daya’s growth as Executive Director since 2016 and is also the founder of South Asian Youth of Houston Unite and South Asian Survivors & Organizations & Allies Rising. She serves on the Board of the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault and on committees for the Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative and the Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council.

Tishya Bedi, as Daya’s Director of Outreach & Prevention (since 2021), Tishya leads all community engagement efforts to build awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault through strategic and culturally specific trainings. She also serves as the Advocacy Chair for the Houston Area Women’s Center Young Leaders Board and lectures Critical Thinking in Sexuality at Rice University.

This podcast is part of the Supporting Organizational Sustainability, SOS Institute, a project of Futures Without Violence. ⁠⁠Learn more and explore resources and tools⁠⁠.

This project was supported by Grant No. 15JOVW-21-GK-02206-MUMU, awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.