Mission
Origins
Founded in the summer of 2021 by Anika Tasnim, Keenan Do, and Suzzy Ndiforchu, Students Activating Social Innovation (SASI) is a team of undergraduate students at UC Irvine funded by the Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning.
Through research, writing, and discussion-forward events, SASI aims to reform UC Irvine at the administrative level to center interdisciplinary and diverse voices in all departments at UC Irvine.
Anika Tasnim
Co-Founder
SASI began out of a “desire to challenge the US education system dominant ideology.”
SASI members saw a “separation between our social sciences classes and our STEM courses” with STEM courses lacking a connection to the real world. SASI then joined the faculty-led initiative, End Racism Initiative, where they met Dr. Wray and Michael Dennin who would support and fund SASI.
SASI Alumni and Past Contributors
Suzzy Ndiforchu (2021-2022)
Wiley Wilson (2021-2022)
Neda Ibrahim (2022)
Dylan Greco (2022)
Obeyday Darwish (2021)
Javier Garibay (2021)
Michelle Thomas (2021)
Josué Ruedas (2021)
Kevin Si (2021)
Jasper Dwyer (2021-2023)
Emily Macintyre (2022-2023)
Faith Couts (2022-2023)
Frank Granda (2022-2023)
Angeline Obedoza (2021-2022)
Anika Tasnim (2021-2022)
Keenan Do (2021-2022)
Thao Pham (2021-2022)
Kara Chizek (2024-2025)
Kayode Giwa (2024-2025)
Nghia Pham (2024-2025)
Arjun Dabir (2023-2024)
Kimberly Nyugen (2023-2024)
Jade Nettrour (2021-2024)
Giselle Garcia (2022-2024)
Elizabeth Lee (2022-2024)
Alyssa Romea (2021-2023)