Event

Asian America Across the Disciplines in conversation with Sayeeda Rashid, Director, Center for Gender Resources and Sexuality Equity (GRASE),Haverford College.

Sayeeda Rashid is a social justice advocate, coalition builder, and a proud queer South Asian woman with over 10 years of experience across social services, municipal government, and grassroots coalitions working to create equitable change with intersectional, anti-oppressive, and trauma-informed frameworks. Rashid is the Director, Center for Gender Resources and Sexuality Equity (GRASE), at Haverford College. She was the Resource Director at the Pennsylvania Immigration & Citizenship Coalition, where she lead the work of developing and implementing a movement-oriented fundraising and capacity-building strategy to advance immigrants’ rights across the state. Prior to joining PICC, she worked at the City of Philadelphia Office of LGBT Affairs, a subdivision of the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, developing municipal policies, city-wide initiatives, and programs affecting the LGBTQ communities. She has over a decade of experience across social services, local government, and academia, working with the underlying mission to strategically address systemic issues and create equitable change. Sayeeda holds a Master of Science in Nonprofit Leadership and Master of Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Mount Holyoke College.

Hosted  in South Asians in the US" course by Dr. Fariha Khan