Inspirit scholars7/25/2023 ![]() ![]() I was previously the Director of Narrative and Cultural Strategies at RaceForward. I’ve worked for over 15 years at the intersections of narrative, arts and culture, immigration, racial and gender justice, systems change, movement strategies and innovation. At the Collaborative, I support learning immersions, capacity building and partnerships across a broad field and funder learning portfolio, advises on narrative Labs and cohorts, and incubates two emerging projects: Culture Change U (a narrative and cultural training and learning institute) and Project Azaadi (a national network of narrative and cultural strategists and practitioners). I’m the Director of Field and Funder Learning at the Pop Culture Collaborative, and the Lead Designer and Narrative Strategist for the Butterfly Lab for Immigrant Narrative Strategy at Race Forward. I’m a first generation Bengali immigrant, a trilingual storyteller and fiction writer, a narrative and cultural strategist, and a political educator. ![]() My book, Shaping Muslim Futures: Youth Visions and Activist Praxis, amplifies the counternarratives of activist Muslim youth living into their desired futures, and creates space for readers to clarify their own.įor me, the Lab offers Muslim creatives an experimental dream space to collectively explore alternative futures and seed new pop culture and media narratives for more just futures. As a scholar, I strive to uplift Muslim communities through my research and writing. Marvel, because such texts serve as a powerful tool for awakening the inner child, activating prior knowledge and teaching critical theories. As an educator, I draw on popular culture texts like Ms. ![]() As a Muslim woman of South Asian descent, I wondered what it would be like for my 16-year-old self to witness this superhero looming large over the city where I was born and raised. Marvel television series, I encountered massive digital billboards in Mississauga featuring Ms. In the weeks leading up to the release of the new Ms. I am honoured to be a part of this effort and look forward to learning more about the Canadian experience! I am a proud Detroiter and consider myself an honorary Canadian as I spent many summers visiting family and friends in the Greater Toronto Area. I live in the Northern Virginia area with my husband, three kids, and two cats. Currently, I am a senior strategist for Brink Communications and a consultant for Inspirit Foundation’s Narrative Change Lab. I have primarily worked with Muslim non-profits for most of my career, primarily assisting them with different narrative change campaigns before moving to agency life. My interest in this field stems from growing up in America as a Muslim woman in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s and being frustrated with our community’s lack of representation in media and pop culture, and how others spoke about us and our issues. I have been invested in narrative development work-in some shape and form-throughout my 20+ year career. I am a strategic communications professional based out of the Metro DC area. October 4th is the day to honour the lives of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls, to reflect on all aspects of violence in our lives and to advocate for policy to prevent it.Įach October 4th, UWCM joins the National Sisters In Spirits (SIS) Vigil.My name is Rabiah Ahmed. Based on this research, new policies were developed along with social actions to prevent and stop such violence. Researchers have continued to investigate the root causes of violence against aboriginal communities. Since its inception in 2005, evidence generated indicate that over 582 Aboriginal women and girls were missing and murdered in Canada. Sisters In Spirits (SIS) is an education, policy and research initiative funded by the Status of Women Canada (SWC) and driven by Aboriginal women with the purpose of conducting research and raising awareness of violence against Aboriginal women and girls in Canada. October 4- National Sister in Spirit Vigils for Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls Canada national day of remembrance and action on violence against women.International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.UWCM – INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2019 CELEBRATION.Academic success of aboriginal women in Quebec.MONK DESIGNATED HISTORICAL PERSONAGE – 2019 ![]()
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