Award-winning actress, writer and stand-up comedian Maysoon Zayid will speak at CU Boulder on听Tuesday, Nov.听1, at 7 p.m. in the UMC Glenn Miller Ballroom. The event, hosted听by听the Cultural Events Board, is free and open to the public.
Zayid is the co-founder/co-executive producer of the New York Arab American Comedy Festival, and has appeared on Comedy Central, CNN, PBS, HBO, ABC, BBC听and MTV. She听has performed stand-up comedy in top New York clubs and toured in the US and abroad, such as Palestine and Jordan, and听was a 2013 honoree of the United Cerebral Palsy of NYC鈥檚 鈥淲oman Who Care鈥� Awards, and currently sits on its planning committee. She听will speak about her experiences as a Palestinian Muslim-American with cerebral palsy, and how these multiple identities have shaped her life.
The Cultural Events Board鈥檚 mission is to provide programming that brings culture, diversity, and social awareness to the CU Boulder campus.
If you have any questions about the event, please contact the Cultural Events Board Speakers Coordinator at . For further information regarding the Cultural Events Board, visit , or look for CEB on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter at Cultural Events Board.
