SPEAKING
Ahmed and Mohamed have given joint and individual keynote speeches at institutions such as the World Bank, United Nations, Brooklyn Museum, as well as community centers, universities, and conferences.
As keynote and panel speakers, they cover issues of immigration, creative activism, community building, and youth empowerment.
Past Engagements
Institutions and Galleries
World Bank, Washington, District of Columbia
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
UN Migration Agency & UNICEF International Migrants Day, UNICEF House, New York, New York
TEDx
TEDxWesleyanU “Homeland inSecurity” (Mohamad)
TEDxTeen “From the Bomb that Visited my Home” (Ahmed)
Global Citizen Movement Makers Summit, New York
We Are Family Foundation Gala, New York, New York, alongside Dikembe Mutombo, Caryl Stern, LL Cool J (Speaker)
The Design Colloquium, San Francisco, Guest lecturer
OECD Global Forum on Development, Paris, France, alongside HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark and H.E. First Lady Rula Ghani of Afghanistan (Panelist)
Artspace, New Haven, Connecticut
Artist Talk with Ambassador William Luers, The Harts Gallery
The Unitarian Society, Hamden, Connecticut, Guest lecturer
Aspen Ideas Festival, Aspen, Colorado (Aspen Scholar)
Promoting Enduring Peace Organization, Guest lecturer
Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut
Lanoue Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
Universities and Academies
Harvard Kennedy School Middle East Initiative Artist Talk, alongside Congressman Seth Moulton, Lanoue Gallery, Boston MA
Wesleyan University Parents Weekend Presentation, Middletown, Connecticut
Yale Arab Conference, New Haven, Connecticut
Harvard Divinity School Dean’s Leadership Forum, (Speaker & Panelist)
Cornell University Art Beyond Borders: An Evening for Refugee Awareness, Keynote Speaker
MIT, Guest lecturer
Williams College, Guest lecturer
Westover School, Guest lecturer
Central Connecticut State College, Guest lecturer
Sacred Heart Academy, Guest lecturer
Greenwich Academy, Guest lecturer
Loomis Chaffee, Guest lecturer
Connecticut College, Guest lecturer
Groton Academy, Guest lecturer
Hopkins School, Guest lecturer
Hamden Hall, Guest lecturer
Horace Mann, Guest lecturer
Silliman College, Yale University, Guest lecturer
United Nations
United Nations Screening and discussion of "No Monsters of Berlin", New York, New York (Panel)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Goalkeepers 2017 (Goalkeeper, attendee)
United Nations Intergenerational Dialogues on the Sustainable Development Goals, New York, New York (Speaker)
United Nations World Refugee Day Private Reception, New York, New York, alongside UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Ben Stiller, and Christopher Tin (Speaker)
United Nations International Youth Day, New York, New York (Moderator)
United Nations Global Engagement Summit, New York, New York (Panelist)
United Nations & IBREA Foundation: Youth Resilience, New York, New York (Speaker and Panelist)
United Nations SDG Media Zone Art and Advocacy, New York, New York