Speaking

Speaking at a UN General Assembly Side Event on Mental Health (Sept 2023) - Photo Credit: Ryan Rose
Use the contact form to invite me for interviews, main stage and panel sessions or workshop facilitation. Also stop by the By-Lines page to learn more about my areas of interest/expertise.

Selected Advocacy Speaking Engagements (2014 - 2023)

Sitawa Wafula is a blogger living with epilepsy and bipolar, pursuing academic dreams abroad, and embracing the abundant life
This was my first USA Speaking Tour - June 2016 

  • September 2023 - Panelist UN General Assembly Side EventResponding to the Mental Health Epidemic: Local Heroes in Mental Health - Aspen Global Innovators Group, New York
  • September 2022 - Panelist 6th Annual Diversity in Medicine Conference . “Careers in Mental Health Panel” - Patients R Waiting, Lancaster, PA

    Sitawa Wafula is a blogger living with epilepsy and bipolar, pursuing academic dreams abroad, and embracing the abundant life
    Panelist - UN General Assembly, New York
    • September 2018  
      • Panelist “Time to Act on Global Mental Health: Building Momentum on Mental Health in the SDG Era,” - UN General Assembly Headquarters, New York
      • In conversation with Elisha London, UN General Assembly Side Event “Access & Inclusion for Global Mental Healthhttps://youtu.be/xt_Yn-qwD60 - Social Good Summit, New York

    Sitawa Wafula is a blogger living with epilepsy and bipolar, pursuing academic dreams abroad, and embracing the abundant life
    Concordia Summit - New York, September 2018 (more images)
    Sitawa Wafula is a blogger living with epilepsy and bipolar, pursuing academic dreams abroad, and embracing the abundant life
    Sitawa Wafula is a blogger living with epilepsy and bipolar, pursuing academic dreams abroad, and embracing the abundant life
    Promotional Flier for my Nigeria Storytelling/Speaking Tour

    • March - June 2017 - Self Organized Akili ni Mali (Mind is Wealth) Storytelling Tour Kenya (Had 11 storytelling sessions in various Kenyan cities)

    Sitawa Wafula is a blogger living with epilepsy and bipolar, pursuing academic dreams abroad, and embracing the abundant life

    • Nov 2016 - Mainstage Speaker In a Heartbeat: A Moth Global Community Showcase - The MOTH, Washington D.C


    Sitawa Wafula is a blogger living with epilepsy and bipolar, pursuing academic dreams abroad, and embracing the abundant life
    With Prof Elyn Saks at University of Southern California
    • Oct 2015 - Speaker Dignity in Mental Health - 2nd Mental Health and Well-Being Conference of Ghana - Accra, Ghana
    • Nov 2014 - Beijing +20 at African Union - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia