4 years ago in May 2019, a few of us came together and voluntarily submitted a comprehensive crisis-management communications plan to the then Government of Sri Lanka who had appealed to the public to submit such recommendations in the wake of the #EasterSundayAttacks.
The 6 of us met online (on Twitter), but we all shared a common mission in our capacity as experienced communications professionals to help our country and it’s citizens in a time of need and great grief.
May 19, 2020 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
Trigger warning ahead:
(This is not to point fingers at any community & I would appreciate if LTTE supporting diaspora & ultra Sinhala nationalists refrain from using my story to fulfill their own personal agendas. This is shared to relate my experience to those keen to listen.)
Perspective: If you were born in 2002, you were 7 when the war ended & today you’re 18. I was 7 when the war started in 1983 & was 33 when it ended. And I still consider myself fortunate, because despite seeing death, I didn’t lose someone I loved to war, when many others did.
