Just wanted to put in a late blog entry on a forum I attended last Friday night, on the crises in Perak and Selangor, featuring Nik Nazmi, Prof. Aziz Bari and Ibrahim Suffian.
The organisers, a Perak student NGO called Bersatu and Sepakat (aka Common Ground), a new organisation I’ve been involved with a little bit, managed to get a bigger than expected crowd.
All three speakers were insightful, and entertaining to boot. I had a good time catching up with everyone :)
Sepakat’s future aims include bringing together a more diverse set of opinions and perspectives than we usually see. In the short time since its inception, its been a great way for me to interact more with a BM speaking crowd, an experience I have found to be invaluable, and something I miss from my previous job.
Here’s hoping there’ll be more good things to come!
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