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Shafaq Islam
Shafaq graduated from Yale University in 2002 with a B.A. in Economics. He recently completed his J.D., with a concentration in International Law, from Boston University School of Law. With DP Boston, Shafaq will mainly focus on handling the development of the chapter's affiliations and partnerships with local advocacy groups, initiating productive dialogue among the policy- and law-makers of tomorrow and the local young Bangladeshi expatriate community, towards an innovative approach to addressing human rights issues in Bangladesh.
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Nandita Ahmed
Nandita graduated from Wellesley College in 2004 with a Bachelors Degree in Media Arts and Sciences. She is currently working as a Graphic/Multi-Media/Video Artist for a company specializing in educational software. Additionally, she freelances as a graphic/ web designer, photographer and videographer, and is working with a small film production company on a part-time basis. Having a natural flair for incorporating creativity and aesthetics with maximal effectiveness in communication, Nandita brings her expertise in web/ graphic design to the DP Boston team. She is in charge of the local chapter website, and will help in the creation of marketing and promotional materials for the chapter’s launch activity.
http://cs.wellesley.edu/~nahmed
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Faarzein Mahmud
Faarzein was born and brought up in Dhaka and came to U.S. in 1996 for college. She graduated from Smith College in 2000 with a Bachelors Degree in Economics. Faarzein worked in Washington DC for 4 years- 2 years in business consulting and 2 years as a paralegal. She moved to Boston to study law at Suffolk University Law School and was recently interning at the DA's office over the summer. Faarzein worked with Drishtipat in Washington DC during 2003-2004 to help raise funds for the Women of ‘71 campaign and the viewing of Shadhinota by Yasmine Kabir. Actively involved with DP Boston’s launch efforts, Faarzein will be managing the logistical aspects as well as helping with the marketing efforts.
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Zoey Farooq
Zoey graduated with a BA in Sociology and a minor in Communications from Clark University. She recently completed her Masters in Marketing Communications from Emerson College and currently works at a PR agency in Boston. Zoey’s background in the creative and strategic aspects of marketing and public relations gives her the perfect opportunity to spearhead the marketing and PR activities for DP Boston’s chapter launch. Zoey grew up all over the world and having never lived in Bangladesh, she felt she wanted to get involved with Drishtipat to learn more about Bangladesh and meet like-minded young expatriate Bangladeshis who shared a similar goal in wanting to help improve the lives of those less fortunate back at home.
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This could be you, if you want to make a real difference, if you want
to make someone smile.
Join the Drishtipat Boston team! Email us at
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Volunteers |
You believe that every person has an equal right to be heard, and an equal right to dignity, compassion and opportunities. You believe that safeguarding every individual’s basic human rights will complement, and not hinder, the sustainable progress and development of Bangladesh. You believe that there is so much more to Bangladesh – its culture, its language, its people – than the flood-ridden, poverty-stricken image portrayed in international news. You read the news and feel the urge to speak out, to do something, to make a difference, however small.
You are, in spirit, already a member of the Drishtipat family. Welcome to Drishtipat!
Your vigilance, your awareness, and the passionate manifestation of your compassion through your proactive stance is exactly a reflection of Drishtipat’s spirit. All you need to do is make yourself known to the rest of the community members who are actively trying to make a real difference, one small step at a time.
To ensure that your first few days with the organization go smoothly, here are some resources compiled to help orient you with the spirit and mandate of the organization, as well as with the how-tos and daily logistics. If you have any questions, feel free to email us at info@boston.drishtipat.org.
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As a first step towards initiating a relationship of mutual cooperation and exchange, Drishtipat, Boston will reach out to local advocacy groups as well as college student organizations to work with us in our endeavors to address human rights violations in Bangladesh. Partnerships with local advocacy groups would allow both organizations to work together to raise awareness of international human rights issues, for example through jointly organizing lectures, seminars, workshops and panel discussions. Further, partnership with local college student organizations would allow DP Boston to significantly broaden the scope of its target audience – reaching out to students interested in human rights, who may have a pre-existing interest in human rights issues in Bangladesh or in South Asia in general, or who may develop such an interest through contact and interaction with DP Boston members and events.
Increasingly, there is a feeling that highlighting human rights violations in the international community damages the image of the nation in the eyes of our colleagues in the global village. More practically, it affects foreign aid, foreign policies, and even tourism and the way everyone regards our country abroad. DP Boston aims to demonstrate that talking about our internal inadequacies does not detract from our nationalistic pride and passionate love for our country. We need to realize that we have problems and not hide them under a cloak of protective secrecy. Recognizing the problem is often the hardest and the most critical step in addressing it. Through our collaborative efforts with local affiliates, and by involving the academic minds of Boston's intellectual community, we want to initiate productive dialogue - meaningful exchange of *real* ideas - that can be implemented towards making a difference in a uniquely innovative way that transcends the barriers of the human rights groups versus the governing bodies divide.
DP Boston will launch on Oct 15, 2005 with a Vision.
A vision to integrate the respect for human rights into the underlying fundamentals of our governing policies, and into our goals of sustainable economic development and national growth and progress.
A vision to provide a reliable voice of constructive criticism and specialized expertise in human rights, so that the governing and judicial authorities can turn to us with confidence, for recommendations and critique of policies, regulations or crisis management when situations of human rights violations do arise inadvertently. At DP Boston, we feel that we share this vision with many like-minded local advocacy groups and student organizations, and we all stand to benefit from collaborative learning experiences that will ensue from a working relationship among us. |
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