DIE DEUTSCHE VERSION IST HIER. DANKE!
From March until May 2024 I will be in India and I am available – together with Asha – for any kind of book event around Skater Girl Asha. For sure we will be im Mumbai, Pune, Panna and Delhi.
You can easily connect with me by dropping a line to: ulrike (at) ulrikereinhard (dot) com
Potential topics for the event can be – this is my perspective. If you see anything else, please feel free to suggest.
- The rise of a tribal girl in rural India (gender issue)
- How to transform a village by INCLUDING the villagers
- The transformative power of skateboarding
- Emotions and fears on a journey of change
This can be a presentation followed by Q&A, only Q&A, it can even be a workshop over a couple of hours. This really dpeneds on your needs. We are happy to figure out the right format together with you.
Our expections for such an event are ideally:
- you host the event, meaning you provide the space free of costs
- you have a list of potential participants
- if possible you cover our travels, we do not expect a fee
- we can sell the book at the event
Here is one of many TEDx talks I have already given on the project in India:
Further links:
available on amazon as softcover and ebook
available on amazon.in as e-book
Helpful text modules for invites:
About the book: Ulrike Reinhard created the skatepark that changed Asha’s life so significantly. In “Skater Girl Asha”, she now tells her story and that of her friends Anil and Kumar. The book offers three things: a spectacular coming-of-age story, insights into a reality of life that is foreign to many of us, plus inspiration on what we can learn from it ourselves – personally and socially. It is therefore aimed at people who want to bring about big changes on a small scale, including young readers.
Info about the project
In 2014, Ulrike Reinhard began building a skatepark in the small village of Janwaar in rural India. The people didn’t know what skateboarding was. The children quickly embraced this new space and made it their own. It was the beginning of an impressive transformation process – for the children and for the whole village. The project became known as The Barefoot Skateboarders, received several awards and was replicated in other places in India.
Asha Gond grew up in the small village of Janwaar in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. As an Adivasi, the self-designation of the country’s indigenous population, she is outside the caste system and therefore at the bottom of society. Despite these unfavourable circumstances, the self-confident young woman will not be deterred from her path. The now 24-year-old escapes a forced marriage, leaves school and finds her very own passion: skateboarding. She showed such great talent that she competed for India in the 2018 World Championships. But it’s not just on the board that Asha achieves a lot: she catches up on her degree, takes on an important role in her village and becomes a role model for other young women – there and beyond.
Peter Kruse on Ulrike Reinhard
There are some people whose lives followed the logic of dynamic networks long before the internet appeared on the scene. In my time I’ve met a handful of individuals who were digital natives in a much more radical sense than their date of birth might lead you to suppose. Ulrike Reinhard is one of them. She has the genius to be able to think and act in terms of interaction. In conversation with her, it’s easy to be carried away by her enthusiasm for open processes. Ulrike Reinhard is a catalyst for collective intelligence and network nodes, an enabler who forges direct links that bring people together. She’s a virtuoso across the whole repertoire of modern technologies, but she would still be adding more reality to the We in this world if she had to use smoke signals and pigeon post to do so. Ulrike Reinhard is an impassioned explorer of frontiers with an astonishing faith in her ability to find her way even in new and uncharted territory. She seldom follows a steady straight line but always shows an unflappable sense of direction. Like the path she’s carved through life, Ulrike Reinhard is never boring and always good for a few surprises!
More books about Janwaar:
Already published: Kittu’s Very Mad Day [Paperback] by Harshikaa Udasi
In autumn 2024: The Barefoot Skateboarders by Rina Singh with Orca Book Publishers, a book for the youngest readers.
