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Dear Asian GenerationAsian Faces Belong In All Places: Putting the Act in Activism, with Eleanor Lisney (Ep. 2)Welcome back to our careers season! This episode, we're joined by Eleanor Thoe Lisney, an experienced campaigner and equality advisor. With podcast host, Eden, they will discuss themes of advocacy, intersectional activism and building a platform for underrepresented groups.
2025-07-0451 min
Between Nasi Goreng and Fried RiceWho are the Global ESEA diaspora?Welcome to Between Nasi Goreng and Fried Rice.I’m Eleanor Lisney I was born in Malaysia and have since lived in the UK, France and the USA .Over the next few months I’ll be interviewing ESEA people about food, culture, disability and intersecting and shared identities.This week I meet Eric Wu who is a Master of Public Health student at Imperial College London. He is a registered dietitian and award-winning Community Organiser and Leader who takes pride in being able to help and support the wider community. He has...
2025-02-0235 min
DISCOVER Voices | disAbility Cornwall & IoSDisability, Advocacy and Academia | Conversations with Dr Theo Blackmore #23 w/ Eleanor LinseyIn solidarity with 2024 International Day Of Persons With Disabilities (IDPD) on the 3rd of December:
Join us for an inspiring episode of the DISCOVER Voices, featuring Eleanor Lisney, a trailblazing advocate, academic, and disabled woman whose life story spans continents and cultures. Eleanor Lisney is a campaigner, co-founder member, public speaker and director of 2 disabled people's organisations. She is an access advisor, and an aspiring creative practitioner.
Eleanor discusses the pivotal moments that led her to embrace mobility aids like an electric wheelchair, her early encounters with disability rights pioneers such as Mike Oliver, and her...
2024-12-0358 min
Disability Arts Online presents The Disability and...PodcastDisability and...Cultural Identity with Eleanor Lisney and Eric WuThis month Eleanor Lisney and Eric Wu are in conversation. Eleanor Lisney is a Disability Arts Online board member, she's also a co-founder of disabled women's collective Sisters of Frida and of Culture Access CIC. Eric Wu is a nutrition and dietetics student and mental health community organiser at King's College, London. Eleanor and Eric discuss cultural identities within the East and Southeast Asian communities.
2023-12-0434 min
Leading with Empathy & Allyship PodcastAddressing Disability & Intersectionality Across Global TeamsIn Episode 93, Melinda is joined by visionary activists for disability and social justice, Eleanor Lisney and Eddie Ndopu. Throughout the live recording, they discuss the importance of having leaders who cultivate empathy and inclusion for global teams to work better together across different cultures, genders, disabilities, and intersectionalities. They share how we can be better allies against systemic ableism to support disability and social justice worldwide. They also explore the first step that organizations can take to align their strategic priorities and objectives with the Sustainable Development Goals and promote sustainable economic growth, inclusivity, and accessibility for everyone in the...
2022-07-1344 min
Access All: Disability News and Mental HealthWhy one deaf man didn't vote until his 40sThe podcast this week dives into some of the stats and happenings around disability at the 2017 general election with two interesting guests. [For a transcript, scroll down to the Related Links section on this page] "Deaf people were more engaged than during any other election," says Charlie Swinbourne, editor of popular deaf news blog Limping Chicken. Facebook and other social networks allowed British sign language users to easily post videos, and deaf politics groups were over-run with comments on community matters. Eleanor Lisney is one of the founders of hashtag #CripTheVoteUK, a campaign...
2017-06-1918 min