“Growing up trying to assimilate and feeling accepted amongst peers and outside home life, meant pretending to be ashamed of my South Asian identity, especially at school. It was almost like living a double life and feeling disconnected to both the western society and the brown community. There was no sense of belonging for me, growing up as a brown girl in the UK.

Events like Who We Are are super important as it's a safe space for us to have conversations that we normally can't have in other social groups, or settings. For example, the difficult conversations of our own community's complicity on issues, such as anti-blackness or colourism, to taboo topics such as abuse and mental health issues within the South Asian community.

Hopefully, by utilising those interactions and ideas generated at these events, we can apply it to the wider society for the betterment of current and future generations of brown girls and other WoC.”

- Tanzimah (event attendee)