Diaspora Speaks

20/04/2022

The certificates have all arrived so here are the award winners for the student media awards!

Give them all a massive round of virtual applause! 😍

Plain text version:
All in a yellow and black box with white text. All include the qmsu name, the student media name and the Barts student association name. Each award is signed by Adi Sawalha (president of QMSU)

Slide 1: The Student Media Awards 2022.

Slide 2: Diversity and Inclusion award - Diaspora Speaks.

Slide 3: Positive Impact Award- Clera Rodrigues

Slide 4: Outstanding commitment- Laila Ali

Slide 5: Editor of the year - Neha Solanki

Slide 6: Article with the most hits Ana Rosales

Slide 7: Writer of the Year - Kate Mccormick

13/11/2021

Diaspora Speaks presents...
Authenticity..as our theme for the print edition

Get pitching! We'll be picking our content soon ☺

01/11/2021

28/08/2021

Are you good at organisation and time management?

Join the team! Diaspora Speaks are searching for someone to fill the brand new Event Manager role.

Duties:
Manage monthly or bimonthly events
Liaise with guest presenters and hosts
Create event agenda
Host or co-host and facilitate smooth running of events

*UNPAID role open only to QMUL students
*Online and/or in-person

Apply here ONLY: https://forms.gle/UxqVCmfYbErGmYGA6
Deadline: Wednesday, June 30th 2021, 11:59 PM (if busy, message us and we’ll sort it out for you)

25/08/2021

Diaspora Speaks magazine is on the hunt for its next creatives!

- Guide budding journalists and creatives.
- Find a home in a supportive community.
- Gain transferable skills.
- Looks shiny and tops your CV/LinkedIn.

Apply now: https://forms.gle/9SFL3WJZe6zcbZyBA

27/06/2021

Diaspora Speaks magazine is on the hunt for its next team as well as for its next creatives!

Team positions up for grabs: 6 Section Editors, Event Manager, Graphic Designer. Contributor positions open: Writers, Artists, Photographers. You can contribute to one or all of our columns: Features, Expression, Culture & Lifestyle, Style & Beauty, First-Person, Media. Apply now!

Apply here ONLY: https://forms.gle/efZxdYNBpzo7BHeV6
Deadline: ❗Wednesday, June 30th 2021, 11:59 PM❗ (if busy, message us and we’ll sort it out for you)

12/06/2021

Do you have an eagle's eye for detail as well as for the bigger picture?

Join the team as a Graphic Designer and stretch your artistic abilities!

Duties:
Improve website features such as design, layout, font
Help to design print editions
Design posts for social media platforms

*UNPAID role open only to QMUL students
*Online

Apply here ONLY: https://forms.gle/UxqVCmfYbErGmYGA6
Deadline: Wednesday, June 30th 2021, 11:59 PM (if busy, message us and we’ll sort it out for you)

12/06/2021

Are you good at organisation and time management?

Join the team! Diaspora Speaks are searching for someone to fill the brand new Event Manager role.

Duties:
Manage monthly or bimonthly events
Liaise with guest presenters and hosts
Create event agenda
Host or co-host and facilitate smooth running of events

*UNPAID role open only to QMUL students
*Online and/or in-person

Apply here ONLY: https://forms.gle/UxqVCmfYbErGmYGA6

12/06/2021

Do you have an eagle's eye for detail as well as for the bigger picture?

Join the editorial team! Diaspora Speaks are on the hunt for the next 6 Section Editors for the following sections:
Features, Culture & Lifestyle, First Person, Style & Beauty, Media, and Expression.

Duties:
Manage a small team of writers
Edit monthly submissions
Fact-check and verify sources
Proficient in the English language

*UNPAID role open only to QMUL students
*6 positions available!
*Online

Apply here ONLY: https://forms.gle/UxqVCmfYbErGmYGA6
Deadline: Wednesday, June 30th 2021, 11:59 PM (if busy, message us and we’ll sort it out for you)

16/05/2021

Diaspora Speaks Magazine stands with Palestinians and for the liberation of Palestine 🇵🇸
Over the last week we’ve seen the violence inflicted on the people of Palestine by a settler colonial state in which they’ve killed and injured hundreds, infringing on the rights of Palestinians in Gaza and Sheikh Jarrah.
One of the ways we can help Palestine is by Divesting, Boycotting, and Sanctioning. We’re asking to divest from Israel and stop their monetary support of Israel’s occupation.
We have the email template by .fop in our bio which you can use to email QMUL management and ask them to stop supporting the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. We also have a link to an open letter by students you can sign (which will be sent to management).
As a magazine we’ll be sharing media resources to help you better educate yourself and understand what has been happening in Palestine since the 1948 Palestinian exodus.

04/05/2021

For our last group of awards we have the Diaspora Speaks Section Awards ✨
For these awards, section editors selected the best regular contributors from their respective sections! Here are the winners:
for Media
for Expression blog for Features
for First-Person
for Culture & Lifestyle
for Style & Beauty
*repost correcting a typo*

03/05/2021

For our last group of awards we have the Diaspora Speaks Section Awards ✨
For these awards, section editors selected the best regular contributors from their respective sections! Here are the winners:
for Media
for Expression blog for Features
for First-Person
for Culture & Lifestyle
for Style & Beauty

03/05/2021

For the Outlet Awards, our editors-in-chief selected members who’ve gone above and beyond to contribute to Diaspora Speaks ✨
Congratulations to all the winners 🎉
for Outstanding Commitment
for Writer of the Yearbishi for Best Print Articleali100 for Highest Engagement
Isio for Interview of the Year

03/05/2021

Now for our amazing committee members who’ve been awarded by
Congrats to for winning the Innovator Award, Fama for winning the Professional Development Award, and for winning the Communication and Positive Impact Awards 🎉

03/05/2021

We’re honoured to have been awarded Student Media Outlet Of The Year by 🎉
We also won the Positive Impact Award and Newcomer Award 💜
Thank you to everyone involved in making Diaspora Speaks this year ❤️

21/04/2021

Join us for April’s Diaspora Reads book club meeting 🌱
We’ll be discussing the two texts: Leila Aboulela- The Museum and Valda Jackson- An Age of Reason (Coming Here) ✨
DM or e-mail us for PDFs of the two texts!
Book Club: 29/04/2021 @ 7pm (BST)
Sign up using the link in our bio 💜

22/03/2021

Sign up to Culture Shock💥 a show and tell event for Asian History Month!
Don’t be shy and sign up to showcase your culture, perform, or share interesting things cultural artefacts and objects 💜
We’ll even have a quiz at the end to test your knowledge of Asia ✨
Sign up links in our bio!!

17/03/2021

We’ve rescheduled last month’s book club for next week! Join us on Thursday (25th) at 7pm to discuss the last two chapters of Girl, Woman, Other 📚
Sign up using the February form!!