Shift. Connect. Belong
Neeraj Singh
Neeraj Singh has continually worked towards positively impacting communities on a local and global scale for over a decade. He started during his time at the University of Redlands in California where he volunteered with the Big Buddies and YMCA youth mentorship programs. He graduated from the University of Redlands in 2006 with a BS in Business and a BA in Economics then joined Heart to Heart International Children’s Medical Alliance, an organization that aims to improve global health by helping doctors and nurses get to where they are needed most. He implemented his fundraising and marketing skills as a Program Assistant and travelled to Russia to provide logistical support to the developing program in Samara.
After finishing his time with Heart to Heart International Children’s Medical Alliance, he pursued an MBA at University of California in Davis. His post MBA experience includes consulting for large enterprises and small companies in the wine industry while continuing to volunteer for local non-profits such as the Napa Valley Vintners and the Jimmy V. Foundation. Neeraj is returning to his non-profit roots with the goal of helping reduce the depression and suicide rates among Syrian refugee children. He is currently learning Arabic and will travel to Lebanon in the fall of 2017 to lay the foundation for a pilot program which will be implemented in the first half of 2018.
Betsy Rose is a singer, songwriter, and mindfulness teacher/practitioner. Her musical programs for youth and educators focus on mindfulness and emotional awareness, being and making peace, and care of the earth. She is part of the Family Practice Program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Woodacre, CA)., and a frequent presenter at regional and national Early Childhood Education, and Mindfulness conferences. In 2015-16 she spent 5 months in Asia and Africa, bringing empowering and healing songs to a wide variety of groups- from earthquake survivors in Nepal to tribal and Dalit children in India, to former sex workers in Kenya, to women peace activists in Liberia.
Betsy was first introduced to mindfulness practice through Vietnamese Buddhist Master Thich Nhat Hanh, whom she met in 1987 and with whom she has traveled and sung nationally and internationally. Her recordings include Calm Down Boogie, mindfulness songs for children and families; Motherlight, songs of the journey of parenting; and Heart of a Child, featuring music from her parenting and educator workshops.