Conversations

Conversations

“We can tell our own stories on our own terms” - Michelle Yeoh

Conversations

Interview with South Asians 4 Black Lives
April I Issue Maddi Chun April I Issue Maddi Chun

Interview with South Asians 4 Black Lives

South Asians for Black Lives is a program of Malikah started by a collective of South Asian women in California. The program is aimed at calling in our South Asian community to dismantle anti-Blackness, build antiracist coalitions and to inspire folks to join the abolitionist movement. We are learning as a collective to do this through a transformative justice and healing approach. Moreover, we ground ourselves in a BIPOC feminist ethics.

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Interview with Aybala Turkarslan
April I Issue Kate Anderson-Song April I Issue Kate Anderson-Song

Interview with Aybala Turkarslan

Aybala Turkarslan is a high school junior from Seattle, Washington. She recently founded publishYOUth—an international online service connecting youth writers to publication and competition opportunities—after noticing the difficulty for youth writers in finding publishing opportunities in an applicable, affordable, and organized manner. As a young writer herself, Aybala enjoys poetry, fiction, and essay writing. Her work has been recognized by the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, the Ringling College of Art & Design, and the INS Essay Contest Top 15 for her essay on neuromarketing in politics. Outside of writing she is passionate about social change and entrepreneurship, as well as sunshine and Turkish dramedies.

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We are 100% contributor and volunteer based

We are 100% contributor and volunteer based

Conversations

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