Heba Macksoud, a Princeton area resident originally from New York City, has spent over 25 years working at major media companies including MTV, Good Housekeeping magazine, The Wall Street Journal as well as Zaytuna College, America’s only Muslim Liberal Arts College. She is currently serving as a digital media consultant for several American Muslim institutions in addition to providing digital media support for two of the most prominent Muslim Scholars in the United States. Past roles included serving as an Executive Board member of the largest mosque and Islamic School in Central Jersey. She was also the co-director of the NJ chapter of The Islamic Networks Group (ING), an organization that provides cultural literacy about Islam for non-Muslims as well as a member of The Rutgers University Muslim Alumni Association. Heba speaks publicly on topics related to Islam at academic institutions, conferences, several places of worship, universities, community forums and rallies.
TAKE ACTION AND VOTE FOR OUR PANEL TO BE PART OF SWSX Film Fest!
TAKE ACTION AND VOTE FOR OUR PANEL TO BE PART OF SWSX Film Fest!
Dear Friends,
We’re excited to share that Odyssey Impact and the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom have partnered to submit a panel to the innovative and inspiring South by Southwest Film Festival – a week long gathering of innovative thought leaders and changemakers focusing on ways to propel social change. We think our panel Documenting a Movement-Muslim & Jewish Women Unite is an essential addition to the festival and will help engage new audiences in the powerful mission of the Sisterhood.
Please VOTE in the PANEL PICKING process!
Vote for shattering stereotypes. Vote to stand up against hate. Vote for empowering social change through story-telling.
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The panel will revolve around questions like, “How can the art of story-telling complement and empower social movements? Why is it important to capture movements like these? What helped the sisterhood project to grow from two women – one Muslim and one Jewish – to more than seven thousand women nationwide? How can we better listen, and build greater empathy and understanding in these divisive times? And in the rise of hate, how can people of different faiths come together over shared values?”
Thank you for your vote!
Description:
In these divisive times, filmmakers follow the new movement of the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom – over 7,000 Muslim and Jewish Women who are banding together to fight the rise in hate. Ignorance is a major precipitator of hate, and this powerful grassroots network of ‘Sisters” is overcoming differences to build connections over similar values and beliefs. They are approaching challenging dialogue in innovative, peace-building ways and, together, rising up to combat prejudice and hate. Stranger/Sister, a new documentary with accompanying engagement campaign, captures the story of their extraordinary community-building and will serve as a catalyst for peace-building initiatives, furthering the mission of the Sisterhood and expanding discussions to different faith and secular organizations.
MEET OUR PANELISTS:
SHERYL OLITZKY
Co-Founder/Leader of the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom
AMANDA QURAISHI
Digital Media Specialist, Facebook Community Fellow and member of Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom
KIRSTEN KELLY
Emmy-winning Documentary Filmmaker, Odyssey Impact
MELISSA C. POTTER
Moderator
Head of Social Impact and Communications, Odyssey Impact
