This past weekend, I went to Yale University with a few people in the South Asian Student Association (SASA) for a conference called the South Asian Youth Initiative. Throughout the day on Saturday, we sat on various different panels (Academia, Young Professionals, Business/Media, Activism, etc.), did various workshops and sat on a lot of discussions. We talked about topics from being a South Asian American in the United States to Gender and LGBTQ discrimination in South Asian countries. We got to hear from very successful South Asian Americans about their experience. Although it was a very tiring and long day, it was an eye opening experience for me. In fact, it inspired me to bring a piece of what I’ve learned and try to implement it here at Bucknell. A lot of people at Bucknell don’t often talk about what’s happening in the real world. (I’m also guilty of that.) I want to create a safe space to initiate conversations like this. This is going to be hard to do, but I hope to start this initiative with SASA and spread it throughout the campus with years to come.
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