Ziad Ahmed, redefy Founder and President, had the opportunity to sit down with Mike Walter (Emmy-Award winning journalist) on CCTV America’s Full Frame a few months back. The segment aired on June 4th at 7:00 PM, and highlights Ziad’s efforts to fight discrimination. The 12-minute clip is exactly as it aired, and covers topics relating …
Redefy Interview with Dr. Amaney Jamal Interview by Ziad Ahmed (Redefy Founder and President) On Friday, August 14th I had the opportunity to interview Professor Amaney Jamal. Dr. Amaney Jamal is the Edward S. Sanford Professor of Politics and the Director Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice at Princeton University, and has a wide range …
The Redefy Team was invited to the YTH Live Conference along with the leading experts in the youth, technology, and health industry two weeks ago in San Francisco. Founder Ziad Ahmed, Senior Vice President Nick Jain, and Head Officer of Development Melinda Guo presented on the panel, The Power of Advocacy, and engaged in a …
Redefy could not be more thrilled to share the Clean Air Campaign! This project was spearheaded by Cierra Moore (Vice President of Redefy), Abby Atkeson (Head Officer of Film), and Alexis Davis (Film Team Member). The Clean Air Campaign is an effort to rid our vocabularies of derogatory terms, racial slurs, micro-aggressions, and words and phrases …
Redefy Interview with Dr. Rebecca Bushnell Interview by James Wellemeyer (Redefy Head Officer of Outreach) I had the honor of interviewing Dr. Rebecca Bushnell on January 7, 2016. Dr. Bushnell is the School of Arts and Sciences Board of Overseers Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, at which she has taught since 1982 and had …
redefy is excited to announce our theme and mission for 2016! Our mission for 2016 is to promote gender equality throughout our media, discourses, and communities. We, as an organization, find this goal to be very pertinent given the intense gender-based injustice that so many face on a daily basis. Now is a critical time …
Redefy Interview with Dr. Omid Safi Interview by Ziad Ahmed (Founder and President of Redefy) On Wednesday, September 9th, I had the incredible opportunity to interview Professor Omid Safi. Dr. Omid Safi is a Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University. He is also the Director of the Duke Islamic Studies Center, …
Interview with Mark Tatum by Ziad Ahmed On October 6th, 2015 I had the honor of interviewing Mark Tatum. Mark Tatum is the National Basketball Association (NBA) Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Tatum has many responsibilities and works across several departments at the NBA, including business operations, Global Marketing Partnerships, Global Operations and …
The traditional communities, especially in Africa, have the same typical mindset that the man is superior to the woman. A woman in the traditional community has the responsibility of fetching the water, cooking the food, washing the clothes, cleaning the house and taking care of the children. Although this makes the woman very hardworking, it … Continue reading
A feminist can’t condone chivalry. It’s absolutely ludicrous for women to fight for equality but also expect men to pull chivalrous acts. How could they even pull out a chair for a woman? Or open the door? If feminists are searching for equality, they certainly can’t simultaneously search for chivalry. I disagree. My answer to … Continue reading
Grey teardrops plummeted down, Throbbing creek of affliction flew, Frail frame craved to stand, The unlit abyss she locked into. Whirled upon the Demons o’ God – Vicious creatures with slimy legs. Eternal death fires danced callously, Engendering torment and agony. Dark scars on slaughtered love. And blood stains that tinted red, Frail light shining … Continue reading
Courtesy of CrossFit Throughout life, we are often told to be seen and not heard. To be quiet. Not make a scene. We are trained to keep what we feel inside, to never let a trickle of it out of our mouths, because if we do, it’ll turn into a geyser, each word exploding in … Continue reading
Dear Mister Shakespeare is a short film tackling the symbolic black oppression in Shakespeare’s infamous play, Othello. The film is the most intimate for art, language, and poetry. Only in 2015 was the prohibition of blackface in Othello put in place. Things that come to mind when you think racism are court cases, daily social … Continue reading
(courtesy of Mashable) The mini-series When We Rise, based on the true stories of the LGBT community from 1971 up until the Supreme Court Case, Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized gay marriage nationwide, recently came to a close. I feel that I’ve learned so much from those four 2-hour long episodes alone that I just … Continue reading
Today, the federal government decided to withdraw protections for transgender students in regards to their ability to use their bathroom of choice in their own places of learning. Over the past few days, there have been reports of scores of bomb threats against Jewish Community Centers as well as the news out of Missouri where … Continue reading
