Our Work

The SSWANA Initiative: Our Work

Thee SSWANA Initiative seeks to provide programming that offers an opportunity to build community, educate, and empower our students. Take a look at the archive of work below.

Past SSWANA Events & Programming

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2024-25

Possible Histories: Arab Americans and the Queer Ecology of Peddling
Coloring Cultures Event
AMSU, SSWANA, and MENARRC Collaborative North African Cultural Dinner
BFP and SSWANA Collaborative Tatreez Workshop and Resistance Teach-In
SSWANA Culture Show 2025
SSWANA, MEMSSA, and FAM Collaborative Pre-Ramadan Social
Syria and Palestine Solidarity Night
Turmeric-Themed Wellness Event
Pan Dulce and Chai Event
Prose and Pastries Event 2024
Marigold Garland Event
Hennaween 2024
SSWANA Fall Welcome Night 2024
SSWANA and MEMSSA Golden Bear Orientation Event

2023-24

Sudan Awareness Week 2024
QT SSWANA Celebration
North African Culture Night
SSWANA Culture Show 2024
Open Mic Night: Voices for Liberation
SSSWANA 5th Birthday Party Event
Prose and Pastries Event 2024
Study Jam
South Asian Radical History Walking Tour
High School Campus Tour
College Workshop
SSWANA Hennaween
Community Healing Space
Netflix and Chai Event
QT SSWANA Healing Circle - Navigating Familial Relationships
Morocco and Libya Fundraiser
SSWANA Fall Welcome Night 2023
Golden Bear Orientation SSWANA and MEMSSA Affinity Group

2022-23

North African Culture Night
Chai Drinking De-stress Event
SSWANA and MEMSSA Culture Show 2023
Boycott Movie Screening
Play with Clay Wellness Event
Chai and Career Chat
Prose and Pastries Event 2022
Fall Welcome Event 2022
Henna Workshop
Golden Bear Orientation Affinity Space 2022

2021-22

National Arab American Heritage Month Event
Slime Making Wellness Event
SSWANA Culture Show 2022
Winter Themed Wellness Event
Pumpkin Spice Themed Fall Mixer Event
SSWANA Culture Show 2021
Arab Women and the Art of Storytelling Event
Chai (Tea) Making Workshop
Anti-Blackness Colorism Workshop
Berkeley South Asian Radical History with Barnali Ghosh & Anirvan Chatterjee Event