Oceania: Let's Talk About It

What this event is about?

You've probably felt it. The extra effort it takes to be heard in a meeting. The moment someone mangles your South Asian name and laughs it off. The quiet calculation of how much of yourself to bring into the room. This panel is about naming that experience out loud and giving people real tools to navigate it, not just another conversation about awareness.

Why we're running this

We asked our community what's actually happening at work, and the pattern was hard to ignore. People feel they have to work twice as hard just to be taken seriously. Expectations shift without notice. They get left out of the conversations that matter, all while feeling pressure to fit in socially.

Then there's the smaller stuff that adds up. A mispronounced name. An assumption made before someone's even spoken. Being asked to explain or defend their faith or…