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In reply to the discussion: USC says it's canceling pro-Palestinian valedictorian's speech over security concerns [View all]Big Blue Marble
(5,160 posts)It was about her social media and the decision of the
Jewish students that she is a radical. Threats were then
made to the school and the administration claimed they
had to cancel the speech due to security issues.
Her minor is in resisting genocide.
"USC 2024 valedictorian, Asna Tabassum is a fourth-year student from Chino Hills, California. She will be graduating with a major in biomedical engineering and a minor in resistance to genocide which includes her studies on how technology, immigration and literacy play a role in the type of medical care people will receive.
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During her four years at USC, Tabassum did a lot of work for the community, first joining LACI (L.A. Community Impact) which works with nonprofit organizations around Los Angeles. Then she co-founded the club Blueprints for Pangaea with other fellow USC students. Its goal is to reallocate medical supplies from the Keck School of Medicine to areas in need around the world.
Over the course of the next three years, I was in the club as president, I was able to send medical supplies to Ukraine, right after the war broke out, Turkey and Syria right after the earthquake, various different places around the world, which is really cool. Definitely the experience that I got the most out of and the I grew the most, said Tabassum on the work she had achieved in the club.
She is also a student ambassador for Viterbi School of Engineering and part of the USC mobile clinic, which goes to homeless shelters in Skid Row conducting hypertension screenings."
https://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2024/04/05/the-usc-valedictorian-and-two-salutatorians-were-announced-for-2024/
She has been grievously mis-represented on this thread. Her speech is far more likely to be about improving the world as her actions show, rather than violently destroying Israel.