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 & Research page to learn more about my areas of interest/expertise.

Selected Advocacy & Theology Speaking Engagements (2014 - 2024)

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 

  • July 2024 - Forum Hour Teacher “African Women Theologians" (Week 1: Introduction, Week 2: Theology and Theologians, Week 3: Application) - St James Episcopal Church, Lancaster, PA
    • 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