API Heritage Month Dinner and Dialogue: "When am I from?"
Join us during API Heritage Month for a special screening of Sophia Antoun’s TEDx talk.
Longaberger Alumni House
Event description
Please join The Ohio State University Alumni Association and the Ohio State Asian Pacific and Islander Alumni Society as we celebrate API Heritage Month 2024!
We are partnering to host a dinner and dialogue event screening of Sophia Antoun’s TEDx talk.
Conversation and a Q&A session will follow the screening.
About Sophia Antoun (she/her)
Sophia is the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Education Specialist at Ohio State’s Office of Academic Affairs. Sophia’s TEDx talk explores identity develop through a new and innovative lens.
As a first-generation Chinese-Arab American woman, Sophia has constantly heard the question, “where are you from?” throughout her lifetime. "Where are you from" is one of the most common microaggressions that folks in the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community contend with on a daily basis.
In her talk, Sophia proposes to challenge this question with a new one: “When am I from?” "When am I from?” explores AAPI identity development through understanding family history, intergenerational trauma, and encouraging self-actualization and healing.
For in-person attendees
Heavy apps and dessert will be provided by two local API-owned restaurants – Bonifacio and Three Bites Bakery.
Questions
Please direct questions to Julie Haley at haley.66@osu.edu.