Are you a young changemaker making a positive impact in your community?
Join us at our monthly community meal - Breaking Bread with Changemakers - a space for young changemakers to learn, build relationships and have insightful conversations over a delicious dinner. This month we are delving into Finding Your Why through zine-making.
"I''ve been to a few networking and collaborative spaces, and would have to say that this intimate space was so genuinely curated." - Previous FUEL Community Dinner guest
About Our Speaker
Niya Ahmed Abdullahi is a Multi-disciplinary Artist, Technologist and the the founder of @Habasooda, a collective dedicated to sharing the richness of the Muslim experience through a variety of storytelling avenues. Her work has been exhibited at Nuit Blanche, TIFF Next Wave, Black Film Festival Zurich, Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival, Eastern Edge Gallery, amongst others. She was a 2021 Hot Docs Accelerator Fellow and currently sits on the Advisory committee for the Nia Centre of the Arts BLACKOUT project and the City of Toronto’s ArtworksTO program. Her work evokes memory, both past, present and future, in connection with diasporic experiences, and ancestral awakenings. Pillars of resistance are drawn through her divine labour of love. Her work sheds light on the Black Muslim experience.
AGENDA:
6-6:30PM - Dinner
6:30-8PM - Activity & Facilitated Conversation
Join us to become part of a growing community of young people (aged 18-30) committed to social change and community impact work.
NOTE: Interested, but unable to attend due to accessibility or financial limitations? We would love for you to join. Please send us an email at info@fuelchange.org
Photographs will be taken at the event and some photos may be used across our social media platforms.
