Shahana Hanif Leading Communities of Care Speech
Shahana Hanif, a member of the New York Council for the 39th district, speaks at SAADA's event created by fellow Joyamala Hajra for Leading Communities of Care at the Queens Botanical Garden. Hanif speaks about the importance of Bangladeshi Americans being representatives in New York for their community and how important it is as a woman of color to be a part of the advocation for the community.
Moumita Ahmed Closing Remarks at Leading Communities of Care
Moumita Ahmed, New York City Council for District 24, recited a poem by Kazi Nazrul Islam, a rebel Bengali poet famous for anticolonial poetry, in which she tells the audience of Leading Communities of Care to rise up for the rights of the South Asian community.