"Desis Seek Amnesty" article
Article on rally for undocumented immigrants rights organized by the Human Rights of Immigrants and the National Coalition for Dignity and Amnesty, and contributed to by SAAAC. SAAAC was key to encouraging the South Asian community to support the rally.
Letter from Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Letter from an attorney at AALDEF thanking Roop Persaud for their testimony at a hearing held by NYS Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment about the Asian American community.
Oral History Interview with Rangoli
Anish, Deepshikha and Satvika are co-founders of Rangoli, an LGBTQ+ South Asian group based in Pittsburgh, and editors of Mirrors, an LGBTQ+ South Asian anthology. They describe their personal histories individually followed by a discussion on how their involvement with Mirrors and Rangoli.
Andolan Photograph
An office warming party to celebrate their new space. Andolan went from meeting in Nahar's kitchen to sharing an office space with DRUM (whose co-founder had also won the Union Square Award that same year). They started writing grants and fundraising, and in 2003, were able to secure our own office space in Jackson Heights--a place for workers to feel at home, to meet, to organize.
Andolan Photograph
An office warming party to celebrate their new space. Andolan went from meeting in Nahar's kitchen to sharing an office space with DRUM (whose co-founder had also won the Union Square Award that same year). They started writing grants and fundraising, and in 2003, were able to secure our own office space in Jackson Heights--a place for workers to feel at home, to meet, to organize.