Join The Largest Collective of Middle Eastern, Southwest Asian, North African, and South Asian Leaders.

A first of its kind collective and community for SWANASA artists, leaders, and entrepreneurs.

Collective Membership:

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For individuals who identify as being in senior leadership and/or in more advanced stages of their career.

Lead Among Leaders: East Meets West Collective members are at the forefront of the MENASA/SWANASA movement, receiving first access to define and launch new ventures across industries in our fight for socioeconomic equity.

Career Acceleration: From exclusive benefits that enhance your life to deliberate high net worth networking across industries, East Meets West Collective Members receive career-boosting professional opportunities.

Once-in-a-lifetime Experiences: From early access film premieres to unforgettable Salons, East Meets West Collective Members benefit from ultra-curated, intimate access to the most sought-after experiences.

Please review our membership criteria in the bottom of this page before requesting to join.

If you are in the early days of your career we recommend you join as our East Meets West Circle community instead.

Seed Futures:

Where we are planting the seeds of tomorrow.

For individuals who identify in the early or mid-level stages of their career such as mid and entry level employees, new graduates, or students who are looking for support will benefit from our accelerators, programmings, and curated opportunities and access to our networks and ecosystem. 

Career Acceleration: From new project funding to business development partnerships to mass marketing from the world’s leading brands and leaders, SEED Futures benefit from career-making and life-changing acceleration.

Mentoring & Skill-building: SEED Futures benefit from mentorship, exclusive educational content, and hands-on training from a curated slate of iconic, world-class creative, political, and business leaders.

Directed Networking: SEED Futures join a cross-industry network of the most promising creatives, leaders, and founders who convene regularly through private salons, early film premieres, virtual matchmaking, and more.

Are you in early stages of your career or a student looking to partner with us now? We have select volunteer and fellowship opportunities throughout the year. Fill out this form.

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East MEETS West is the leading MENASA community, fighting together for socioeconomic equity by Mobilizing, investing, and Championing SWANASA creativity, leadership, and companies.

An East Meets West Membership is a commitment to advancing the important work we collectively have ahead of us, impacting generations to come.

As a reflection of this commitment, we ask that our Membership make meaningful contributions to support East Meets West’s ability to execute our vision and initiatives.

East Meets West empowers the SWANASA community to change narratives and succeed economically. Joining the collective enables you to lead among leaders, pioneering new efforts in the MENASA movement while connecting and collaborating with like-minded industry titans and next-generation changemakers.

Collective Membership Criteria

Please review criteria for Members below before applying.

All Members adhere to a sterling character record including:

  • Commitment to innovation in their industry

  • Passionate about collaboration, partnership, and community

  • Highest standard of personal and corporate integrity

  • All below criteria must have been achieved in the last 10 years

  • Must hold local or federal seat in public office.

  • Journalist for a major broadcast channel, major publication, and/or top major award (Peabody, Pulitzer, etc.)

  • C-Suite, VP, Director, Partner, or President-level executive at a company with annual revenues in excess of $50 million.

  • GP or Director-level at an institutional fund with at least $25m under management.

  • C-Suite, VP, or Director Level HR Representative, Recruiter, or Partner at Fortune 500 company. Or equivalent Talent Manager at major talent agency or recognizable talent management company.

  • Billboard 100 charting; signed by a notable indie label or major label; credible management team; 1M+ streams, or part of major music festival (Coachella, etc.)

  • Feature-length film or series show debuted in a major festival, broadcast/cable network, platform, or comparable outlet.

  • Lead or supporting role on major broadcast/cable show and/or major supporting role in a feature-length film.

  • Over 250K in subscribers, followers, or supporters across a digital platform

  • New York Times Bestselling Author or a finalist for a prestigious book award (Pulitzer, National Book Award, etc)

  • Annual revenue in excess of $25 million or have raised over $50 million in lifetime operational financing

  • Top food or restaurant award (i.e. Michelin Star, James Beard, etc)

  • Major gallery presence and major design awards

  • Major presence in department stores, one of the four major fashion weeks, or recognizable designer at a major fashion house.

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