Jackie Leewai has been a dedicated and dutiful advocate for diversity and inclusion in her role at SBS Australia as Community Engagement and Partnerships Manager.
Arriving to Australia at the age of two and born in the capital of Suva, Fiji – Jackie comes with generations of mixed race heritage. Her dad is Chinese and (Melanesian) Fijian, her mum is Indian-Fijian, Nepalese with Jewish ancestry on her grandmother’s side, something not yet explored. Her interests in race and international relations, politics and the media are both personal and professional. How do you discern it when it is such a strong part of your tapestry, and what does it mean for the next generation of Leewais?
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Jackie Leewai has been a dedicated and dutiful advocate for diversity and inclusion in her role at SBS Australia as Community Engagement and Partnerships Manager.
Arriving to Australia at the age of two and born in the capital of Suva, Fiji – Jackie comes with generations of mixed race heritage. Her dad is Chinese and (Melanesian) Fijian, her mum is Indian-Fijian, Nepalese with Jewish ancestry on her grandmother’s side, something not yet explored. Her interests in race and international relations, politics and the media are both personal and professional. How do you discern it when it is such a strong part of your tapestry, and what does it mean for the next generation of Leewais?
Meet Shiva! Born in the Western Suburbs of Sydney, where he has lived for most of his life, shiva is currently a Phd candidate at The University of Sydney. He has a helicopter mother, who wishes she could have microchipped him and he is super close to his sister (pictured).
Shiva talks about his journey of sweeping through contemporary ‘gayness’ and looking for the gold nugget at the end. He asks, what does it mean to be a gay man living his life 'meaningfully'? As is often the case, answers are much closer to home then they may seem at the time.
Them Heavy People
Jackie Leewai has been a dedicated and dutiful advocate for diversity and inclusion in her role at SBS Australia as Community Engagement and Partnerships Manager.
Arriving to Australia at the age of two and born in the capital of Suva, Fiji – Jackie comes with generations of mixed race heritage. Her dad is Chinese and (Melanesian) Fijian, her mum is Indian-Fijian, Nepalese with Jewish ancestry on her grandmother’s side, something not yet explored. Her interests in race and international relations, politics and the media are both personal and professional. How do you discern it when it is such a strong part of your tapestry, and what does it mean for the next generation of Leewais?
