Speakers:
1) Jit Lee (Undi 18)
“It is through celebrating our individualities within our diversity that we begin to understand ourselves and each other.” ~Jit Lee
As a Media, Culture and Communications graduate who engages in creative storytelling as a tool of advocacy, Jit is a strong believer in the ability of art and youth to challenge ideas and inspire change. His work in Undi18 and his advocacy project, @suara_my, strives to portray and dissect the world through intersectional and diverse voices. In his spare time, he reads about philosophy, eats cheesecake, and emcees events, perhaps even all at the same time.
2) Albert Bansa (Film Maker/ Orang Asal activist)
“Kepelbagaian di Malaysia adalah sangat penting bagi saya, ia adalah salah satu identiti kita rakyat Malaysia” ~ Albert Bansa
Seorang pembikin filem dokumentari dari Sarawak. Minat yang mendalam dalam menghasilkan dokumentari dan cerita tentang masyarakat Orang Asal di Malaysia terutama sekali untuk menyuarakan isu dan masalah yang dihadapi oleh Orang Asal.
3) Tilaga (Justice For Sister)
Thilaga is a community organizer and researcher. their, her (or other pronouns) work largely revolves around gender and sexuality, LGBTIQ+, human rights and social justice. they are the co-founder of several LGBTIQ campaigns and initiatives, including Justice for Sisters and queer lapis. Thilaga is also a member of Seksualiti Merdeka.
4) Danial Hakeem (Jaringan Pekerja Kontrak Kerajaan /JPKK)
“Diversity is vital to any society, because there is only difference, nobody is ever the same copies of each other, everything is constantly changing and reality is a process of becoming. To progress is to embrace difference & diversity and to reconcile those difference to help each other.” ~ Danial Hakeem
Danial adalah kordinator nasional untuk sebuah organisasi pekerja, Jaringan
Pekerja Kontrak Kerajaan (JPKK), yang mewakili pekerja pembersihan & keselamatan di bangunan kerajaan terutamanya sekolah & hospital. JPKK sejak 2015 berusaha membawa isu sistem kontrak yang menindas pekerja sejak penswastaan khidmat ini pada 1997, yang menghakis hak pekerja seperti kenaikan gaji tahunan, cuti tahunan & cuti sakit, jaminan kerja, pencen dan sebagainya, ke muka pengadilan, pihak berkuasa, dan kerajaan.
Maklumat lanjut mengenai JPKK dan hasil kajian mereka boleh didapati di jpkk.org/penyelidikan.
JPKK juga giat mengorganisasi pekerja di akar umbi supaya pekerja lebih arif & aktif dalam usaha menuntut semula hak mereka & maruah mereka sebagai pekerja barisan hadapan yang mustahak dalam pemulihan negara dari pandemik COVID 19. Perkembangan terkini boleh di-ikuti di laman sosial media jpkk di Twitter, Facebook & Instagram.
Moderator:
Lucas Heng Lung(Executive of MEMC)