Gender Equality is very important to me personally and professionally. As a student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, I was very active in advocating for Title IX and promoting students' education around sexual assault, bystander intervention, and the barriers to girls education globally. I enjoy engaging youth in conversations around gender equality (and all types of equality) and promoting activism. Below are the groups that I was involved with at Harvard.
Harvard students demand respect
united against gender violence and discrimination
The Harvard Students Demand Respect: Students United Against Gender Violence and Discrimination coalition addresses the university's sexual assault policy by examining and promoting education campaigns, policy reforms, and student activism. I led a dedicated group of students to create an education campaign that involves raising awareness about sexual assault through trainings, discussions, stickers with resource information, and a checklist of items that all Harvard graduate schools can use to meet Title IX standards.
Harvard student gender equity leadership initiative
The Harvard Student Gender Equity Leadership Initiative provides students across all Harvard Graduate Schools with a space to encourage discussions about the challenges women face in leadership and to learn from each other's experiences in the workplace and elite institutions. As the Harvard Graduate School of Education representative, I helped organize a networking event, promoted participation, and helped develop the framework of the organization for future students.
Harvard graduate school of education's girls education initiative
The Girls' Education Initiative is a student organization aimed at increasing awareness about educational barriers girls and women face across the world. I organized film screenings, a trip to see Vagina Monologues, assisted in the production of a Memory, Monologue, Rant, and a Prayer (MMRP), organized Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC) trainings, helped raise more than $1000 for BARCC, and promoted gender equity events around campus.