Book me to host your panel or discussion, whether in person or virtual. Take a look at some of my most recent virtual speaking and panel moderator engagements below.
Interviewing #BlackLivesMatter co-creator Alicia Garza
As a guest interviewer on The Story of Woman podcast, Season 2 #Changemaker series, I interviewed Alicia Garza - the founder of Black Futures Lab, and a co-creator of Supermajority and the #BlackLivesMatter. We spoke about the importance of building political power in Black communities, the difference between an activist and an organizer, white feminism, and why hashtags don’t start movements, people do.
IFC Films Q&A with ‘Happening’ Director Audrey Diwan
Hosting a panel with ‘Happening’ Director Audrey Diwan, Trust Women clinics co-executive director Rebecca Tong, and UCSF “Abortion Onscreen” researcher Steph Herold. Based on Annie Ernaux’s semi-autobiographical novel, Happening follows Annie, a bright young student who faces an unwanted pregnancy while abortion was still illegal in 1960s France. This discussion took place the day after a leaked draft memo from the Supreme Court outlined how they are planning to overturn Roe v Wade in a decision for the Dobbs v Jackson case.
RePRO Film Fest Call-To-Action Conversation
A Call-to-Action Conversation about the documentary The 8th and how the US can reactivate our support in the wake of SB8 and similar forthcoming bills, with Aideen Kane and Ailbhe Smythe from the documentary The 8th, Kathryn Kolbert and Julie F. Kay, authors of Controlling Women: What We Must Do Now to Save Reproductive Freedom, and moderator Asha Dahya, founder of GirlTalkHQ.
Feminist Frontiers: Decolonizing Reproductive Justice
Panel event hosted by Asha Dahya, for Continuum Collection. Featuring health activist from Kenya Melvine Ouyo, CEO of Ipas.org Dr. Anu Kuma, and First Nations physician from Canada Dr. Lana Potts.
Report on the Status of Women & Girls in CA 2020
Equity and Agency: How Are California’s Women and Girls Faring? Asha Dahya, author, speaker and founder of GirlTalkHQ and Emerald Archer, Director, Center for the Advancement of Women at Mount Saint Mary’s University Los Angeles will take a deeper dive into women and girls’ successes and challenges in areas such as politics, health and wellness, education and economic prosperity.
