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Here are some media highlights featuring AAVEd members at work!

2021, April 25

Anti-Asian violence and the role of history curriculum.

2021, April 25
2022, May 11

Mom On A Mission

2022, May 11
2021, June 2

The Fight to Teach Asian American History

2021, June 2
2021, August 5

Requiring Asian American History In Schools: A Win In Illinois, A Challenge In Georgia

2021, August 5
2021, April 14

Illinois House passes bill mandating Asian-American history in schools.

2021, April 14
2022, March 30

A ‘History of Exclusion, of Erasure, of Invisibility.’ Why the Asian-American Story Is Missing from Many U.S. Classrooms

2022, March 30
2022, January 24

How the Pandemic and Anti-Asian Violence Spurred 2 States to Change History Lessons

2022, January 24
2022, May 20

States are mandating Asian American history lessons to stop bigotry.

2022, May 20

The history of the United States is complex, composed of overlapping experiences, voices, and stories that have shaped our nation. When these layered perspectives are taught, students learn to value not only themselves, but all people in society.

At AAVEd, we promote the teaching of comprehensive U.S. history as a path to fostering understanding and relational connection in the classroom and beyond.

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Melissa Paa Redwood

Operations Associate

Melissa joined AAVEd in the fall of 2023, and has lived in the Atlanta area since 2019. Before working with AAVEd, she received her Masters in U.S. History with a focus on Asian American women’s transpacific activism. She also served as the inaugural supervisor for Emory University’s Asian Student Center, established in 2021.

Outside of work she is an avid reader, an amateur painter and a doting cat mom.

Asif Jessani

Board Member

Asif Jessani is a professional volunteer. He currently serves as a board member for Artworks Gwinnett, Gwinnett County Parks Foundation, and Gwinnett County Public Library Foundation. He also serves as an advisory board member for the United Way of Greater Atlanta – Gwinnett and Atlanta Speech School. With a passion for early childhood education, he is also involved with Gwinnett County’s early learning initiative, Building Babies’ Brains. As part of the Ismaili Muslim Community, he has been a volunteer preschool teacher for the past 24 years.

Asif is also actively involved with the communications and outreach team for the Ismaili Muslim Community and previously led the marketing and media team for the United States Ismaili Games. When he isn’t volunteering, Asif takes on the responsibility of partner at CCS: Marketing & Technology, which provides chief marketing and technology officer services and branded items for mission-driven organizations.