Conscious Dating: Race & Dating

Conscious Dating Co explores what it means to date consciously in a series of panels and workshops. At 107 Projects in April we discuss attraction, racial bias and dating in Australia.

What influences attraction? Is racial bias affecting your dating life? How do you deal with being fetishised? And can we all expand our dating pool by mindfully inspecting our own racial biasses?

Conscious Dating Co founder Kaila Perusco will host a panel discussion with award-winning journalist, documentary filmmaker and host of SBS’s Date My Race, Santilla Chingaipe; writer and equal rights advocate Andy Quan; and applied sociologist Dr Zuleyka Zevallos.

Join us for a fascinating insight into modern dating!

Conscious Dating Co. runs down-to-earth events for mindful singles! Our dating nights are all about keeping it real, provoking thoughtful conversation and moving beyond surface-level introductions. We are excited to bring you this panel discussion, one of a series of panels and workshops exploring what is means to 'date consciously'.

Santilla Chingaipe is an award-winning journalist, documentary filmmaker and host of SBS’s Date My Race.

Andy Quan is a writer and editor, born in Canada of Cantonese origins. He has written about and organised around issues of race, culture and community-building including being one of the founders of Sydney’s Sexual Racism Sux campaign.

Dr Zuleyka Zevallos is an applied sociologist who writes about social justice and social inclusion on her blog OtherSociologist.com.