Professor Fawzia Afzal-Khan recently joined Jas Kaur, founder of Brown Girls Rising, and Clinical Psychologist, Aneesa Shariff\u00a0 on BBC to explore taboo aspects of South Asian communities – including mental health, parental conflict, dating outside of your race, culture clashes and negotiating dual identities to live a life true to yourself. The session, Brown Girls on the Rise, was broadcast live on July 29, 2020.<\/p>\n
Watch the discussion on BCC<\/a>.<\/p>\n During the months of May and June, Professor Afzal-Khan created a zoom series in response to the coronavirus titled \u201cLove and Solidarity in the Time of Corona.\u201d Journal of International Women’s Studies (JIWS)<\/a> archives the entire zoom series.<\/p>\n \u201cReform or Revolution,\u201d archived zoom session #6 on JIWS, invited panelists draw on recent protests in the United States to reflect on systemic injustice and oppression from a transnational perspective. Several Montclair State faculty members joined the discussion including co-host Arnaud Kurze (Justice Studies<\/a>) and panelists Kate Temoney (Religion<\/a>) and Jason Williams (Justice Studies).<\/p>\n