Georgia had been laying the framework for what we saw in the 2020 election for the past decade. For Rupkatha, it was both special to watch it unfold the way it did and have played a part in making it happen. Rupkatha got her start in the advocacy and organizing…

Community organizing is the process of building power, solidarity, and allyship towards collective liberation. It can be actualized at different levels of community through the articulation of shared values and intentional relationship building between people of different backgrounds. One way I have seen organizing succeed within the South Asian American…

If there is one shared constant for the immigrant experience in America, it is that there will eventually come a day where one feels unwanted and unwelcome. For Sikh Americans who wear a turban, that day typically comes sooner rather than later. For Dr. Kuldeep Singh, it indeed came early…

Creating media truly representative of our South Asian identity is a complex phenomena given the intersectional diversity within our diaspora communities. Zayna Syed, an up and coming twenty-two year old investigative journalist, has worked to forge spaces which center South Asian issues in a way that is both authentic and…

“Bringing awareness to my identity has always been something that has excited me and brought me a sense of joy. It is not something that has ever tired me or fatigued me. …

Parmeshwar Coomar immigrated to the United States in 1994 to pursue a graduate level education in Platteville, Wisconsin. His immigration story takes the shape of a tale all too familiar to first-generation children — his last few dollars spent on a plane ticket in pursuit of perceived opportunity and education…

For leading immigration lawyer Ahilan Arulanatham, fighting for immigrant rights isn’t just work — it’s personal. The son of Sri Lankan Tamil immigrants, Arulanatham has spent his life fighting for immigrant justice within the South Asian American community and for noncitizens nationwide. When Arulanatham was ten years old growing up…

I’ve often found myself ruminating over a mantra by late Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga): “Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime.”…

“I’m not afraid, I’m not afraid / To take a stand…” were the Eminem lyrics that had 18-year-old Sparsh Shah’s name on the tip of everyone’s tongue. While his titles as a prodigy, singer, songwriter, rapper, inspirational speaker, and philanthropist preceded him, another label informed much of his life. Diagnosed…