Alysha Aziz
My favorite thing about SOUL is the emphasis on putting theory into action. For the first time, I was taught theory in a way that was accessible to me, and was given the opportunity to see abstract concepts learned in class come to life in community work.
Part of an extended family that stretches from the Bay Area to Bangladesh, Alysha came to SOUL this summer by way of the East Coast, where she studies Public Health and organizes with other students in solidarity with Palestine, and as part of her university's Muslim Students Association. This summer Alysha works at AROC, the Arab Resource & Organizing Center in San Francisco, supporting community organizing and base-building work for civil rights.
Eunice Lam
My favorite thing about SOUL is they assign us to organizations to get hands on experience. It creates a meaningful opportunity to really try out and use what we learn.
Born in Hong Kong, Eunice immigrated to the US when she was eight years old, and is now a lead member of Youth Build Immigrant Power, the youth wing of AIWA, Asian Immigrant Women Advocates. As a high school student, she has fought alongside other young women in campaigns to demand educational equity & language access in public schools. This summer she works with the Chinese Progressive Association in San Francisco, supporting a campaign in the Chinese immigrant community for health care rights.
Gabriela Monico
Although I have some organizing experience, I did not have any formal training. SOUL is providing me with knowledge that I will hopefully pass on, to make a more sustainable organization & immigrant rights movement.
Gabby immigrated to the US from El Salvador at the age of sixteen, and soon after started speaking out in defense of the rights of undocumented students. Her organization, RISE, is part of a growing national movement of students raising their voices to demand equal access to education for all students, documented & undocumented. This summer Gabby is working with POWER, People Organized to Win Employment Rights, organizing alongside immigrant Latina workers, fighting unjust detention & deportation policies in San Francisco.
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