This event launches the Say My Name campaign – an initiative to decolonise the ways in which we understand and recognise names deemed as ‘tricky’, ‘unfamiliar’ and ‘foreign’ within Anglo-Australian contexts. The event will feature videos, educational resources and storytellers who share their experiences with their names. If you're interested in creating culturally informed and inclusive spaces and relationships, come join us!

Storytellers include:

Adriane Lozano is the Acting Executive Manager, Engagement in the Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Leadership and Engagement) where she specialises in strategic projects, engagement, and philanthropy. She is passionate about projects that promote social and racial justice, transformative policy and solutions, and advocating for better inclusion and representation in leadership and the Arts. To this end, she is very active in the community in the promotion of these ideals, serving as the State Convenor for the Asian Australian Alliance, the philanthropy lead for TEDxSydney, an advisor for Asian Hustle Network Ventures, and Board Director for Rotary Sydney. By night a performer, you might have also seen her on stage and screen.

Dr Nural Cokcetin is the Faculty Research Engagement Manager in Science. Specialising in the field of microbiology, Nural's research interest is in understanding the relationship between bees, the environment and medicinal honey with the aim of supporting the apiary industry, pollination and human health. She works closely with the Australian beekeeping and wider agricultural industries and has acquired a deep understanding of the broader importance of these in food security and biodiversity and the challenges these industries face. She is committed to providing robust science to help add value to their products. Nural is equally passionate about doing research that has direct positive impacts for society as she is about communicating her research to as broad an audience as possible.

Lunch will be provided.

For the first 10 people to register, you will receive a special 'Say My Name' canvas bag!

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About the Say My Name campaign

This campaign was initiated by the University of Sydney's Mosaic Network. Inspired by this initiative, the UTS Multicultural Women's Network (MWN) worked with Design students at UTS to create the visual assets for the campaign. Supported by the UTS Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion, the MWN aims for this campaign to amplify, celebrate and acknowledge the rich diversity in our workplaces and beyond.

Design students at UTS formed Dawn Studio as part of the Socially Responsive Design program: Stella Li, Misra Imran Khan, Jessica Yoong and Julien Ortiz