Soosh-Me-Taa. 🇺🇸(She) Entrepreneur, Business(s)Owner, Designer, Cultural Artist, Civic Leader, Tireless, Fearless, Passionate about Equity, Inclusion, Dignity, Racial Justice in Action, Community Engagement & Equity Consultant, Choreographer, Henna Artist & Cultural Event Coordinator also my careers. Occupying Atfalati Lands in 📍Oregon, from 🇮🇳, South Asia. Started 2 businesses at 27 & somewhere during 15 years, 5 simultaneous careers, 3 small businesses I fell in love with community service & cultural consciousness. I am thankful for discovering my purpose. What is yours? Rise of Nazis globally should scare you. Extremist ideology must be tamped down the minute it rears its head. Let it never take root in society. Raise yr voice for 🇦🇫 🇭🇹 🇵🇸 🇱🇧 🇮🇷 Don’t be silent. Founder of ♣️ Billion Color Story Our Stories, Our Voices ♥️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤍🤎💗 ~~~~~~~ I ❤️dancing, laughing, food, musical jams, long drives, midnite ☕escapades, 📚, art, crafts, gardening, cooking, community work, severe case of wanderlust, all opportunities to hang out with new and old friends, learning about everything, always up for a spontaneous adventure. I love listening to stories. ❤️ Rumi & enjoy writing & poetry. Monotony & boredom terrify me. I rebel against most things that serve the status quo yet sometimes I find myself following tradition and it baffles my abolitionist & activist mindset. 😁 Ocean is my happy place and always up for great conversations. Civic Engagement: County Land Use &Transportation Planning Commissioner | Energy Justice | Transportation Justice | Climate Justice | Community Organizer: Community Alliance of Tenants | Oregon Health Equity Alliance | Sunrise Movement | Fund the People | Vice-Chair Asian American Pacific Islander Caucus & Secretary of Congressional Dist 1 Democrats OR | EMERGE Grad. Leadership training for women | Housing Justice Advocate | Feminist, Activist🏳️‍🌈✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿Womxn Rights, Anti-Casteist, Anti-Religious Extremism. Trainer, Speaker, Presenter, Panelist: Civic Leadership, Arts & Cultural Consciousness, Allyship, Intention, Community Engagement, Diversity, Equity, Serving Humanity & Human Dignity, Small Biz/Micro Biz Mentor. IG: SushmitaPoddarCivicLeader | ShopAMRAPALI | SalonAMRAPALI | FashionableCurves by AMRAPALI LinkedIn: sushmita-poddar