Celebrating Pride at Greenwood: Guest Speaker Alyy Patel

10/25/2023

Alexis Dobranowski, Manager, Communications

In celebration of Greenwood Pride Month, we welcomed LGBTQ+ activist, author, creative, and scholar Alyy Patel for a full-school keynote address on Friday, October 20. Alyy spoke about their experience being queer and South Asian, and their journey to reconcile these identities. They also read from their first book of poetry “Don’t Tell My Parents: Queer Diasporic Truths.”

The event was organized by Greenwood’s DEI Committee. Members of the committee also sat down with Alyy to record an upcoming podcast.

Keep an eye out for more information about this and other events in the upcoming DEI newsletter.

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Alyy Patel is a LGBTQ+ activist, scholar, creative and author.
Left to right: Quinn Batori '24, Linda Hu, Alyy Patel, Aubrey Campbell '24 and Izzy McEvily '24 pose together after the assembly.
Left to right: Alyy Patel, Aubrey Campbell '24, Quinn Batori '24 and Izzy McEvily '24 record a podcast together after the assembly.

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