Auston has served as a community organizer for over twenty years,[2] and has been featured on television and radio in discussions on media and race, Islamophobia, and feminism.
[8][9][10][11][12] In the summer of 2015, Auston started a viral Twitter campaign, #BlackMuslimRamadan, in an effort to honor and celebrate the traditions of Black Muslims in the United States, which she argued were "absent in the media.
[14] Auston and her campaign were featured on a national scale, in outlets like NBC News,[13] the New York Times,[15] and the Huffington Post.
[16] In 2019, Auston was interviewed for an episode of the PBS series "A Matter of Faith", in which she discusses the growing popularity of Islam in the United States, and shares her vision for how Muslim spaces in America can improve.
The series is hosted by a bishop, imam, and a rabbi, and the episode delves into topics relevant to the Muslim community, and how social justice is pertinent to Auston's own reversion story and understanding of the Islamic faith.