Tasneem’s Blog Archive
You Do Not Speak for Us
A message to one of the worlds most celebrated Islamaphobia Brand Ambassadors, Ayaan Hirsi Ali. 'You Don't Speak For Us'. Congrats to all involved in making this happen, especially 'Persons of Interest' production. This is a win for free speech that's not...
A Vibrant Benevelonce Dinner
A beautiful evening emceeing the Benevolence Australia Community Dinner tonight - marking their tenth year of operation!??Such a great vibe- of people, food and messaging, only enhanced by the vibrant guest speaker, the inimitable Yassmin Abdelmagied. Congrats...
From Shepparton to Japan: Diversity Talks and Walks
Today I addressed the Rotary International District 9800 Annual Conference in Shepparton. As one of a two 'Inspiring Women' speakers, I spoke about the realities of racism embedded in systems in this country that present ongoing changes to Indigenous...
Drumming to a Brexit & Human Rights beat
Tonight on #TheDrum we discussed Brexit, the Australia-China extradition treaty & ACTU's call for $45/week increase to the minimum wage. Plus cats. Joining host Ellen Fanning were co-host of ABC's Minefield podcast Scott Stephens, UK Conservative Party Peter...
TC on PC: The IQ2 Debate we had to have
Tonight I featured in the The Ethic's Centre's 'Intelligence Squared Debate (IQ2)' at Sydney Town Hall. This debate is scheduled to be screened on ABC , RN and BBC News (no pressure at all !) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCvCKASznz0 IQ2 HPCFI Partnering with Mikey...
Festival Solidarity, Victoria style
Loving Melbourne big time for its array of entertainment and crowd camaraderie signifying that staple in the Diversity Week charter- the VMC Multicultural Festival. Caught some incredible sights and sounds, including the 'Amaru Tribe's' Amazonic drums,...
WOW IN MELBOURNE
Honoured to partake in a panel today at the Women of the World festival. #WOWmelb About WOW: This year, FCAC will partner with London’s Southbank Centre to bring the Women of the World Festival (WOW) to Melbourne between Thursday 23 and Saturday 25 March. As...
Playing Like a Girl #winning
Am pleased to be supporting the obvious passion, via pathways through the 'Multicultural Women In Sport', inaugural launch. Multicultural Women in Sport is an organisation that is working towards the increasing participation of multicultural women in sports for...
Lessons in Disruption
This morning I spoke to the Year 10 cohort of Lauriston Girls School about the power of disrupting systems that stifle expression- through art, media and politics. I played them LukaLesson's #PleaseResistme clip- to great reception ?? A switched on class, whose...
What Does it Mean to Belong?
Toight at Kensington Town Hall, I hosted an event for the City of Melbourne's #melbourneconversations series on 'What does it mean to belong?' My fellow Agent-Provacateurs were Melbourne icon, Arnold Zable and the amazing Zione Walker-Nthenda. Delivering some...