B/deshi

Connecting the Bangladeshi diaspora + taking control of our global narrative.

[B/deshi @bdeshiglobal]

Congrats to Saif Mahmud from B/deshi Toronto!

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[B/deshi @bdeshiglobal]

We officially launched B/deshi in Dubai, our 13th city! Thanks to everyone who came last Wednesday! Excited that in expanding to the Middle East, we can further bridge our community's ability to support each other throughout the world.

[B/deshi @bdeshiglobal]

We had an amazing time launching B/deshi in San Francisco! What an amazing group of Bangladeshis! Looking forward to more events in the Bay Area!

[B/deshi @bdeshiglobal]

Last evening, B/deshi launched in Seattle—our 10th city globally! Thanks to everyone who came!

[B/deshi @bdeshiglobal]

B/deshi launches in Seattle and San Francisco this week!

Please RSVP below, and invite/tag anyone who would be interested. We welcome professionals from all fields (including the arts).

Seattle RSVP: https://t.co/0wx96eQF8i

San Francisco RSVP: https://t.co/lzq3Dp7C96

[Rahat Ahmed @dequinix]

We're heading to the Pacific Northwest to launch @bdeshiglobal in Seattle on November 9! It'll be our 10th city across 3 continents! Excited to bring together awesome Bangladeshis with each other as well as supportive friendlies!

Please RSVP (link in the following tweet) to get the updated location and info, and invite/tag anyone who you believe would be interested. We welcome professionals from all fields (including the arts) who want to engage and elevate each other.

B/deshi is a community-driven organization committed to connecting the Bangladeshi diaspora and empowering us to take control of the global Bangladeshi narrative.

[Rahat Ahmed @dequinix]

Folks in San Francisco and the Bay Area, we're launching @bdeshiglobal in your area on November 10! We've now launched in 9 cities across 3 continents, and we are incredibly excited to bring together Bangladeshis in the world's largest tech hub with each other as well as global peers!

Please RSVP (link in next tweet) to get updated location and info, and invite/tag anyone who you believe would be interested. We welcome professionals from all fields (including the arts) who want to engage and elevate each other.

B/deshi is a community-driven organization committed to connecting the Bangladeshi diaspora and empowering us to take control of the global Bangladeshi narrative.

[Rahat Ahmed @dequinix]

B/deshi, a community-driven organization committed to connecting the Bangladeshi diaspora and empowering us to take control of the global narrative, has now officially launched in 9 cities across 3 continents—but we're far from done! Over the next few months, we're preparing to launch in:

· Washington, DC
· Seattle
· San Francisco/Bay Area
· Atlanta
· Singapore
· Dubai

If you know anyone in these cities who would be interested in participating, please tag them to put the event on their radar. If you have a city that's not on the list that would make for a great launch, let us know!

We thank the 50+ organizers globally who have helped build @bdeshiglobal, and we look forward to continuing our efforts for a stronger Bangladeshi diaspora for all!

[B/deshi @bdeshiglobal]

He's been globally recognized for his work by the @NSF and @RoboticBusiness. Ariyan has a PhD in robotics and AI and is a graduate of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), @UofMaryland and @USC.

[B/deshi @bdeshiglobal]

Ariyan Kabir (@ariyankabir) is the Co-Founder & CEO of Gray Matter Robitics (@GrayMatterRobot), an AI robotics startup helping manufacturers improve shop floor workers’ quality of life, increase production capacity, and reduce costs. The company has raised $25.4 million to date.

[Rahat Ahmed @dequinix]

We launched @bdeshiglobal in London last Friday with an incredible turnout, indicative of the Bangladeshi diaspora's desire to be better connected both locally and globally.

The UK has the largest Bangladeshi community in the world, though at many levels, their successes aren't often visible to Bangladeshis elsewhere. It's our hope to strenghten this bond over time to the North American and other communities.

It was a pleasure to see folks of so many different backgrounds and interests show up, and we hope that this is just the beginning of more B/deshi launches outside of the U.S.

B/deshi is an organization committed to connecting the Bangladeshi diaspora and empowering us to take control of the global Bangladeshi narrative.

[B/deshi @bdeshiglobal]

B/deshi Los Angeles had a summer gathering last Sunday!

[Rahat Ahmed @dequinix]

Boston, we're kicking off @bdeshiglobal next Wednesday! Last time, we had to reschedule due to weather issues—should be smooth sailing this time!

Please RSVP (link in the next tweet) and invite/tag anyone who you believe would be interested. We welcome professionals from all fields (including the arts) who want to engage and elevate each other.

B/deshi is an organization committed to connecting the Bangladeshi diaspora and empowering them to take control of the global Bangladeshi narrative.

[Rahat Ahmed @dequinix]

London, here we come! B/deshi will be launching across the pond on July 21!

Please RSVP (link in next tweet) to get the updated location and info, and invite/tag anyone who you believe would be interested. We welcome professionals from all fields (including the arts) who want to engage and elevate each other.

@bdeshiglobal is an organization committed to connecting the Bangladeshi diaspora and empowering them to take control of the global Bangladeshi narrative.

Many thanks to Shamsun Nahar, Shurovi Badrun and Abdullah Raj for organizing!

[Rahat Ahmed @dequinix]

Excited to see @bdeshiglobal launch in Sydney on July 7th!

It's wonderful to see the organization become slowly decentralized so that we have pockets around the world to strenghten our community. Many thanks to @mishwaza for taking the lead!

Location: Helm Bar & Bistro (7 Wheat Road)
Time: 6pm-830pm

B/deshi is an organization committed to connecting the Bangladeshi diaspora and empowering them to take control of the global Bangladeshi narrative.

Please tag anyone who you believe would be interested. We welcome professionals from all fields (including the arts) who want to engage and elevate each other.

[Rahat Ahmed @dequinix]

Over the past month plus, we've officially kicked off B/deshi, a community-driven organization committed to connecting the Bangladeshi diaspora and empowering us to take control of the global Bangladeshi narrative.

Why does @bdeshiglobal exist?

In short, we as a people are disconnected generationally, geographically and through class structures.

Some of the most successful Bangladeshis (many of whom we've highlighted on our socials) are not visible—and often became successful outside of the Bangladeshi community. That doesn't mean they don't want to be Bangladeshi—if anything, from many I've spoken to, most want to figure out how to represent Bangladesh even more effectively. In doing so, we also show to Bangladeshis everywhere in the world a set of role models who have achieved what many of us have historically been told we couldn't do!

So, what's our primary overarching goal? It's to increase the global branding of Bangladesh and Bangladeshis everywhere. As a collective whole, our brand is worth more than individual success. We want to collaborate with solution-oriented folks who believe in something greater than themselves.

Representation matters.

There are several B/deshi initiatives in progress which we will be unveiling over the next few months. To begin with, we are "launching" the organization across cities in North America and elsewhere to build a foundational community.

We've now launched in Toronto, New York, Austin, Chicago and Los Angeles—with each city having its own local organizer committees to operate in a decentralized manner while maintaining a certain standard. In fact, the upcoming Sydney launch is being wholly run by local organizers!

In the process, we've built out community groups—some more active than others—in Austin, Australia, Boston, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, London, the UAE, Toronto, Seattle, Los Angeles, New York, Houston, Atlanta, DC and the San Francisco/Bay Area. We look forward to strenghtening the ones we have and building new ones as needed.

If we're missing your community, let us know! And if you'd like to help out with any of the cities or have initiatives in mind, let's work together.

[Rahat Ahmed @dequinix]

Great energy at the Austin launch for B/deshi!

This is just the beginning of connecting our fragmented Bangladeshi diaspora. We can't wait to share more about what we've got on tap at @bdeshiglobal over the next few months!

[B/deshi @bdeshiglobal]

She also owned a diner in Brooklyn named Hail Mary.

In October, she is releasing her first cookbook titled "Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook."

She is a graduate of University of California, Irvine and The Culinary Institute of America.

[B/deshi @bdeshiglobal]

Sohla El-Waylly is a chef, culinary writer and producer recently seen as a judge on HBO Max's The Big Brunch with Dan Levy.

Previously, she worked at @nytimes ("Mystery Menu"), @history, @BingingWBabish, @seriouseats, @bonappetit and at Michelin-starred Atera and Del Posto.

[Rahat Ahmed @dequinix]

Great times at the Los Angeles launch of @bdeshiglobal last Thursday! We had folks from many different industries—tech, film, music, finance—who came together in our journey to strenghten the Bangladeshi experience!