Yasmin Shiraz

Yesterday in my Oscar highlight posts, I forgot to include Geoffrey Fletcher’s win. Geoffrey won an Oscar for Writing (Adapted Screenplay) for his adaptation of Precious: Based on the Novel Push By Sapphire. According to Oprah, Geoffrey is the first African American ever to win in this category. As a person who has adapted three [...]

On this past Friday, I was the keynote speaker for Planned Parenthood’s Teen Life Conference that was held at William Patterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. One of the workshop topics was Youth Rights. A lot of young people don’t understand that they have rights. When I think of youth rights, I think of people [...]