Alia Salem
She/Her/Hers
Alia Salem is the Founder and Executive Director of Facing Abuse in Community Environments (FACE). Her professional background is in communications, organizational development, and community organizing. Alia has been serving Muslim and other marginalized communities at the local, state, and national level for the past 17 years and is also a co-founder of Action for Palestine (AFP). She is a proud Roddenberry Fellow Alumna and a Dallas Public Voices Fellow with the OpEd Project. She is a published writer and public speaker and her work has been featured on most major media outlets globally. She is a graduate of UT Arlington with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with her three focuses of study being in Communications, Sociology and Religion/Culture.
Sessions in which Alia Salem participates
- Making a Difference - the Protest Workshop Orange County Convention Center - Flamel Room (W231ABC)
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Join the Protego Foundation as we craft for good! In this workshop, you will learn effective techniques for creating protest materials for activ...
- Protecting Meaningful Consent: A Case for Why Love Potions Should Be Categorized as Unforgivable Orange County Convention Center - Flamel Room (W231ABC)
- 3:40 PM - 4:40 PM | 1 hour
- The muggle world may not have the myriad of benefits that come with the gift of magic. However, muggles are leading the charge in a global conve...
- Panel
- A Beautiful Fandom - How Charity and Activism Has Risen from Toxicity Orange County Convention Center - Flamel Room (W231ABC)
- 11:20 AM - 12:20 PM | 1 hour
- Infiltrating the Ministry: How Apathy, Incompetence, and Fear Breeds Institutional Corruption and Abuse of Power Orange County Convention Center - Flamel Room (W231ABC)
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- We look to the Ministry of Magic as a case study on how Voldemort was able to find a footing in the highest ranks of the Wizarding World. How di...
- Panel