Building Solidarity Amongst Black x Brown Communities
Mission
The BlindianProject is a collective of dreamers, healers, visionaries, and thought-leaders. We aim to inspire the Global Majority through creative storytelling and placemaking to live unapologetically and authentically.
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To date, our work has been featured in international publications such as The BBC World News, The Lily (Washington Post), Psychology Today, The Times of India, BBC Asian Network, and many others.
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Vision
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Become the hub of Black x Brown culture
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Jonah Batambuze
Founder & CEO
Jonah Batambuze is a Ugandan-American filmmaker, place-maker, and community builder. His work focuses on the intersection of Black and Brown culture, delving into themes of migration, memory, identity, race, and Afro-Asian solidarities.
In 2020, Batambuze founded BlindianProject, a global platform dedicated to bringing together Black and Brown cultures. It’s a collective of dreamers, healers, visionaries, and thought leaders using storytelling and placemaking. Since 2021, he has owned and managed South Asians for Black Lives.
Batambuze and his work have been featured on the BBC, ITV, Fatherly, Psychology Today, Times of India and more. He has been a guest lecturer at Stanford, UCLA, St. Johns, Stanford, and SOAS among others.
Managing Editor
Ayesha is a Pakistani-Swiss polyglot and multigenre creative with a background in Sociology. She is a collector of all things brand, people, and storytelling.
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a freelance writer and editor by day and a theatre student by night, her focus revolves around crafting identities, building community, and solving unsolvable problems. Alongside working as the Managing Editor, Ayesha will work on other #BlindianProject strategic activities.
Creator
Arsheen Shamaila is a poet, writer, and journalist originally from Pakistan but now based in Toronto. In the past, she has worked as an associate producer and line producer for various national and local radio shows. Her responsibilities included pitching, researching, interviewing, writing scripts, and more recently, on-air newsreading.
Arsheen is driven by a passion for social justice and creating positive change in her community. She uses her experiences and life lessons to narrate untold stories that are often hidden under taboos.
