Tasneem’s Blog Archive
Engaging Disruption
Presented as a panellist at the #DigiEngage forum today, speaking with Hass Dellal and Kuranda Seyit about Identity & Belonging. Touching on anecdotal references with the audience of largely high school students across Melbourne, we explained the importance of...
News Therapy 101
News therapy with Jonathan Green and SamiShah - covering the sad, bad and mad news for the week on @774abcmelbourne #newstherapy #needcoffeetherapy #rainedin #reignedin #tasneemchopra #crossculturalconsultant
Regal Digs for a Legal Gig
Addressing an executive breakfast fundraiser for 'Hall & Wilcox' c/o @wheelercentre this morning in the Tea Room of Sydney's Queen Victoria Building (QVB). Speaking to staff and colleagues about 'Minority Voices in Mainstream Spaces'. Followed with a QnA session...
Drum Roll: Fees, Guns, Votes & Leakes
Tonight on @abcthedrum we talked #GP fees, #gunlaws #illegalvoting and #WikiLeaks. Host was John Barron and copanellists were the Guardian Australia's Paul Farrell, and the Executive Director of Schools in the Catholic Diocese of Parramatta, NSW Greg Whitby. Some...
The Right to Remain Silenced?
Tonight I had the pleasure of hosting a panel discussion, 'The Right to Remain Muslim'. This was the first public forum of its kind held in Melbourne's SE region to examine the impact of Islamophobia and strategies for resilience. Speakers included academic, Dr Yassir...
Yas, As & Tas: Feminism Real Talk
Faaaaabulous session this evening at @latrobeuni 'She's the First' event where the amazing Aseel Sammak interviewed both myself and Yassmine Abdul Magied on 'Islam & Feminism'. Some easy and unforgiving banter covering intersectional racism and hijabs to...
The WOW Factor!
The Wow Factor: this was the graphics report from a session of workshops I presented to Monash Business School's Leading with Diversity conference. My sessions dealt specifically with 'Cultural Diversity & Inclusion in Leadership' examining how attitudes,...
Women, the Future & Joining the Dots
I was delighted to participate in a ‘WOMEN OF THE FUTURE’ NETWORKING EVENT run by Women of Crown Management. This event examined 'Who are the Women of the Future?' bringing together three of Australian women, led by Andrea Clarke, to discuss the future for...
An Executive Breakfast, with a side of Identity Politics
Spoke at an #hallandwilcoxlawyers executive breakfast for @wheelercentre this morning on the topic 'Speak before you're Spoken about: Minority Voices Being Mainstreamed'. Followed by a conversation with TWC's Emily Sexton and questions from the floor. Venue was the...
The Hate Race- A memoir, unforgiving and on point
I attended the Wheeler Centre tonight to hear the inimitable Maxine Beneba Clarke discuss how writing about unbelonging in 'The Hate Race' morphed into a critique of lived racism. All power to her in proclaiming the brutal reality of Australia's colonial...