Intended Audience
22nd Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Colloquium: The Gendered Impact of the Pandemic "Translating an Equitable Pandemic Response: How COVID-19 is Impacting DC's Immigrant Communities": Talk by Sapna Pandya
Sapna Pandya, MPH (she, her, hers) is a queer South Asian organizer, advocate, strategist and mother. Over the past 20 years, she has worked at various organizations in the US and abroad, primarily focused on immigrant justice and public health. After directing cancer education programs for 5 years at the South Asian Health Initiative under NYU School of Medicine, Sapna moved back to her natal city of Washington, DC and incorporated a hyper local, multi-racial immigrant justice non-profit organization called Many Languages One Voice (MLOV) in 2010. MLOV was established to expand participatory democracy for and by DC-based immigrants who don't speak English as their dominant language, particularly focused on health, education, and labor rights. Sapna has been honored multiple times as a leader in language justice, LGBTQ rights, and for serving as an officiant for progressive Hindu weddings. These experiences led her to found her own consulting company called Chingaree Consulting LLC in 2021, through which she continues to focus on organizational and individual transformation in the pursuit of equity and justice. In addition to her BA in religion and biology and master's degree in public health, all obtained from George Washington University in 1999 and 2001, respectively, Sapna is currently pursuing a graduate certificate in learning design and technology from the University of Maryland Global Campus. She speaks Hindi/Urdu, Gujarati, Spanish and English and serves as an interpreter/translator in Spanish and Hindi/Urdu as well. Sapna lives in DC with her wife and their spirited toddler.
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There is also a remote option to attend this lecture:
Register in advance at https://smcm.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvdu-urzktGtTgrA5h5vKfgY-57gdnjF0d
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