Tara Dorabji

Tara Dorabji is the author of the novel, Call Her Freedom, The Books Like Us Grand Prize Winner, which is available for pre-order at Simon and Schuster. She is the daughter of Parsi-Indian and German-Italian migrants. Her documentary film series on human rights defenders in Kashmir won awards at over a dozen film festivals throughout Asia and the USA, including the Jaipur International Film Festival. Awards include Asia’s Best Independent Documentary Film at the All Asia Independent Film Festival 2020 & Best Short Documentary at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival. Tara's publications include Al Jazeera, The Chicago Quarterly, Huizache, and acclaimed anthologies: Good Girls Marry Doctors & All the Women in My Family Sing. A creative entrepreneur, she co-founded a family of organizations that demonstrate the power of artists to change the world. She worked with teams to raise over $50 million, resourcing artists and culture bearers as changemakers. An adept public speaker and facilitator, Tara presents regionally and globally on topics including systems change, cultural strategy, radical resource redistribution & storytelling. She lives in Northern California with her family and rabbit.