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The Diversity Advantage on WXXI’s Connections

Part of the panel for “From Inclusion to Equity: The Diversity Advantage” will be on WXXI’s Connections tomorrow, Tuesday Jan 22nd at 12pm. This will be a preview of the community discussion happening at the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence on Jan 26th at 2pm. Pls tune in 🙂

The Diversity Advantage

Rochester friends, this community discussion is happening on Jan 26th at the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, with the support and co-sponsorship of AAUW Rochester, Rochester Global Connections and the Department of History at the University of Rochester. This will not be your usual conversation on diversity but rather a paradigm shift where equity becomes a powerful advantage. We will be looking at that advantage from different points of view, explored by specialists in those fields. Pls mark your calendars and add your voice to this convo. Hope you can join us!

kids from the muslims i know

ten years ago my first documentary, The Muslims I Know, came out. i interviewed a group of vibrant young people and talked to them about their roots, what it meant to be the children of immigrants, and how their muslim/hybrid identities played out in mainstream america. many audiences have told me that the voices of these young people have added an important layer of smart, insightful and funny to the film. i am very proud of each and everyone of them and how they’ve grown and blossomed and been able to own their space in the world. all of them are now settled, two of them have children. this is a picture of the latest wedding which happened in rochester this year.