021 | The People of Reset Series BONUS EPISODE: MOONLIGHT, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Reset

Photo Credit: Darius Bashar

This episode was recorded on site at Camp Reset 2024, which takes place annually on the land at Camp Walden in Palmer Rapids, Ontario. This land is the traditional territory of the Algonquin Anishinabek people. We honour the enduring presence of them and all First Nations, Metis, and Inuit people. This region is recognized as part of Treaty 27 in twenty-seven and a half lands, which are the ancestral lands of Indigenous nations who have stewarded these territories for Millenia. Reset is committed to respecting and learning from their deep knowledge and cultural practises and to supporting efforts toward reconciliation, sovereignty, and self-determination. Reset was invited to host a camp here in 2019, by Camp Walden, who are the stewards of this land and host a magical, all-gender, private, overnight camp here for kids every summer.

Adil Dhalla-Kim (AKA Moonlight) talks about his origin story, his struggle growing up with his own multi-faceted identity and sense of belonging, and where his inclinations for community organizing were seeded. Adil shares how he came to be a part of Reset during a period of burnout when he most needed what Reset offers. We talk about Reset's vision for breaking down the barriers that create divisiveness among us, countering patriarchy and supremacy through the practise of play, and Reset's intention for fostering kindness and connection.

GUEST BIO: Adil Dhalla-Kim is a Co-Founder and the Executive Director for Reset. Informing and inspiring Adil's path are countless teachers and professional experiences including being the former Board Chair for the StopGap Foundation, the Executive Director at the Centre for Social Innovation, the Managing Director at Artscape's Launchpad, the Executive Producer of Toronto for Everyone, a Community Organizer on the Obama campaign, the Maestro for Project Ukulele Gangsterism, a Facilitator of One Big Hug and a Co-Founder of My City Lives, one of the world’s first mobile video applications. In 2022, the Wolf Willow Institute recognized Dil as a Positive Deviant for his bold, unconventional, and sometimes misunderstood strategies in tackling complex challenges.

Moonlight would like to acknowledge his seven co-founders: Aunty Awake, Black Panther, Moonbeard, Monkey, Red, Helios, and Meta, along with the current Reset Board: Aunty Awake, Cocoa, Deja Vu, Giggle Fit, Wonderlust, and Yucca, and the current Camp Reset Collective and Reset staff: Bliss, Carebear, Co-Creatrix-D, Goons, Joyfull-1, Paradise, Pom, Praxis, Prime Time, Rise, Sparkles, Rain, and King A Hearts. Reset is co-created by this phenomenal group of people and is ever-evolving