The second night of the She Speaks poetry series is inspired by Bengali Muslim feminist Begum Rokeya and her 1905 story, Sultana’s Dream. Curated by Tanzila Ahmed, the evening brings together artists who dare to imagine a future where they not only survive, but thrive. The night is full of dreams and hopes for a stronger future for women everywhere.
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Poets
Tanzila Ahmed - www.tazzystar.me
Neelanjana Banerjee - https://www.neelanjanabanerjee.com/
Randa Jarrar - https://randajarrar.com/
Saba Waheed - https://labor.ucla.edu/people/saba-waheed/
D’Lo - https://www.dlocokid.com/
Nazia Islam - https://theaerogram.com/author/nazia-islam/
Fariha Roisin - https://www.fariharoisin.com/
Tanzila "Taz" Ahmed
Tanzila "Taz" Ahmed plays at the intersections of pop and politics through a variety of mediums and actions. Motivated by her Bangladeshi and Muslim upbringing in Southern California, she started her career as an activist by creating a political voice for those most marginalized in the backlash of September 11th. In 2004, she founded South Asian American Voting Youth (SAAVY), a national organization that organizes South Asian American youth to have a political voice and get involved in the electoral process. She continued on to have a twenty year career as an electoral organizer, mobilizing over 500,000 Asian American & Pacific Islanders voters to the polls using in-language culturally competent tools.