The Student Activity Center auditorium was filled with laughs Thursday night, but the reason behind the event was much more serious.
The second annual Stand Up for Refugees night brought together 150 people to watch dance performances and four comedians, and donated all proceeds towards Refugee Services of Texas, an organization which offers resettlement and legal services to refugees in the state. The event was hosted by members of the Ismaili Muslim Students Association, Management Information Systems Association and OneWay South Asian Intervarsity.
Inaara Jamal, the vice president of external affairs for IMSA, said she personally knows a few refugees in her hometown of Dallas and wants to raise awareness for ways to help people on a similar journey.
“There are a lot of ways we can support them and unfortunately not everyone knows how to support them,” said Jamal, a management information systems junior. “So partnering with Refugee Services of Texas is really cool because we know that wherever we put our funds, our money is going to good use.”
Another goal of the event was to change the stereotype surrounding the IMSA group, Jamal said.
“If you just look at our name ‘Ismaili Muslim Students Association,’ there’s a lot of assumptions you can make about that without ever meeting an Ismaili Muslim,” Jamal said. “An event like this forces you to understand what we’re about.”
Read at the source: The Daily Texan / Nicole Stuessy / March 29, 2018
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