April 13, 2024
Breakthrough: APIDA activism & advocacy
A six-hour, 4 session student conference I co-planned through the University of Texas at Austin‘s student organization, Asian Desi Pacific Islander American Collective. We discussed civic engagement, community solidarity, and digital organizing.
March 19, 2024
Center for Asian American Studies Community Iftar
An community discussion iftar at the University of Texas at Austin I helped set up and spoke at regarding my experiences as a Muslim American student in Texas.
November 16, 2023
“A Town called Victoria” Screening & Discussion
A documentary screening and discussion event with the Center for Asian American Studies. The documentary shows the journey of a Texas town recovering from an Islamophobic incident that burned down their local mosque. From there we interviewed the film maker and spoke with University of Texas at Austin Muslim students from Victoria, Texas.
October 25, 2023
Navigating Asian American Identity
An event with the student organization, Asian Desi Pacific Islander American Collective where I led a discussion on the nuances and intersectionalities of being Asian American.
October 2022
Asian American Book Club
An event with the student organization, Asian American Journalists Association where I created and led a book club reading from Asian American authors.
September 29, 2022
AAPI Film Screening
An event with the student organization, Asian American Journalists Association where I pitched and hosted a documentary screening + discussion about violence against a trans Filipina woman. The film was produced by an Asian American film professor at the University of Texas at Austin.