Tasneem’s Blog Archive
Learnings from Apartheid’s inhumanity
The harrowing, confronting and unmistakable travesty of apartheid is detailed in the chronology of Capetown’s District Six, through the stories and artefacts of its earlier vibrant community of freed slaves, merchants, artisans, labourers and immigrants. The first to...
Shero For A Day
Today as a Board Director, I’ve had the privilege to partake in an @ambulancevic MICA Paramedic shift, with a view to appreciate the requirements of a Paramedic ‘on the beat’. To say that these professionals are heroes is an understatement. I’ve been assigned to...
Moving Images Making Waves
As a newly appointed Board Director to ACMI, I’m excited to be seeing this museum of moving image wonders in a new light- as a leader and entrepreneur in digital technology set to transform how we convey and consume stories & information. If you haven’t...
Summer Drummin’
Brace yourselves ! Tonight’s Drum guests featured Tasneem Chopra, Dr Darren Saunders and Patricia Forsythe, with summer host, Adam Sanders. We spoke about prime numbers, cryptography, distributed computing, cancer care and survivorship, role of Govt vs...
One Billion Ways to Be Motivated
Seriously though ? an amazing evening of motivational conversations to transform narratives. Organised by the #MuslimCollective [Reason•Compassion•Progress], with guest speaker Professor Amina Wadud from Berkley, Ca. this was a fabulous dinner held at...
AMWCHR: Many ChangeMakers, One Table
Congratulations to the Australian Muslim Women’s Centre for Human Rights (AMWCHR) for another successful AGM to end 2017. Seeing this particular organisation flourish from an initial concept, conceived of by a handful of concerned women, meeting informally to find...
African Festival – A Continental Celebration
Attending the African Music & Culture Festival- celebrating, music and food from across the continent - including Ethiopian, Congolese, Moroccan and more delights #multiculturalism #vic #afrofest2017 #melbourne #festivalcapital #simba [video...
16 Days of Activism to Set the Tone for All Days
For the ‘16 Days of Activism’ as part of the UN International Day for the a Elimination of Violence Against Women, I look delivered a keynote for the City Of Kingston & #WHISE on ‘Islam & Promoting Gender Equality & Respect’, as it relates to Gender...
Walking the Artsmarty Talk, ACMI Board Appointment Style
Am thrilled to be joining the Board of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) as they embark upon new adventures in 2018. It’s an honour to be working alongside this team of accomplished professionals, both on the Board and Executive. “acmionline:...
Finding Faith in Conflict
Attending the ‘Faith-Based Governance Dispute Resolution Conference at Victoria University. Morning session was ‘Between Religion & Democracy: How can religious law fit within a secular legal system? Speakers included a Jewish and Anglican professor. ...