Flyer for "Desi Cultural Rally for Amadou Diallo & Victims of Police Brutality"
Flyer for DRUM's first ever public action on April 2, 2000 in Jackson Heights, Queens. The event was part of the '41 Days of Action', organized in response to the acquittals of four police officers who shot and killed Amadou Diallo, a 22-year-old immigrant from Guinea.
Photograph of DRUM Action
Photograph of a community march and mela for immigrant rights, and against Special Registrations, detention, and deportations. Members of Nodutdo for Korean Community Development, CAAAV, and other allied organizations marched alongside DRUM in the action.
DRUM Newz (Volume 1, Issue 1)
DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving) newsletter published July 2001. Articles include ‘Race Riots in Britain’, ‘When Rich Bhatia Exploits, Domestic Workers Organize’, and other various articles concerning South Asian news.
"Se los tragó la migra"
Front page of the January 22, 2002 issue of El Diario, entitled "Se los tragó la migra," or “Immigration swallowed them.” The article, written in Spanish, shows protesters demanding to know the whereabouts of their loved ones, who were detained in the immediate aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks. It notes the particular focus of the FBI and INS on men of Pakistani origin.
DRUM INS De-Detention Campaign
Flyer describing the mission statement and projects of DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving), which seeks to organize and support low-income South Asians immigrant communities. The flyer describes projects that support the ‘INS De-detention Campaign’.
Photograph of DRUM Community Accountability Forum
Photograph of Zara Khan, a mother of a detainee and DRUM volunteer, at a community forum organized as part of DRUM's "Stop the Disappearances Campaign" in response to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) special registration program.
