What Is SAAN

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• What Is SAAN?
• SAAN was founded at the University of Michigan
  in 2001 to raise awareness about issues affecting
  South Asians, primarily through an annual
  conference
• The conference today is the largest student-run,
  content-driven conference in the United States,
  attracting over 300 participants and speakers
  from across the world
• SAAN is dedicated to promoting dialogue,
  networking, unity and inspiration among South
  Asian youths and South Asian leaders in the
  community and abroad

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M I S S I O N
SAAN 2008 will challenge participants to discover
how intrapersonal, cross-cultural and
transnational interactions involving South Asians
have affected the global community. Dialogue and
collaboration at this year's conference will
encourage informed participants to actively
engage in the world at large. From global to
personal levels, SAAN 2008 will serve as a
C A T A L Y S T F O R C H A N G E
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Speakers
Past speakers have included Indra Nooyi (CEO of
Pepsi) Rajmohan Gandhi (M. Gandhis
Grandson) Dr. Sanjay Gupta (CNN
Correspondent) Kal Penn (Actor) Vijay Prashad
(Author of Karma of Brown Folk) Sumaya Kazi
(Founder of Cultural Connect)
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Previous workshops include
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rises
Cream
to
the
top
Is your South Asian identity relevant to you and
your goals?
In order to climb the corporate ladder, are we
encouraged to leave our culture behind?
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Where
my
Girls
at?
Do we have responsibility as South Asian
Americans to care about the lives of women in
South Asia? 
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The
Bollywood
Effect
How have these movies shaped South Asians
perception of their culture, their behavior, and
their expectations of life?
When making films, should Bollywood consider the
extent of its impact?  
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Participants
I have been to a number of conferences but very
few showed the personalized care and enthusiasm
and teamwork that I ran into at the SAAN
conference. - Rajmohan Gandhi 
 I feel fortunate to have been invited and share
my thoughts with the new generation of South
Asians. It was a very energizing, rich and
memorable experience for me. - Arpana Inman
Our sessions were intellectually stimulating and
I learned quite a bit from my interaction with
the participants. - Sunil Bhatia 
Incredible - Asma Gull Hasan
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Register or Contact Us Website
http//www.sanconf.org E-mail saan_at_umich.edu
Location Michigan Union 530 S. State
Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1308