2022 Midterm Election Poll Watching
On Tuesday, November 8th, 2022, SAAPRI’s team voted and poll watched at various Chicago locations. In collaboration with our partner organization Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago (AAAJ-C), we made sure South Asian American voters had the language support and resources we…
UIC AARCC Lunchbox: Ms. Marvel
On October 11th, 2022, SAAPRI and the UIC Asian American Resource and Cultural Center, the UIC Arab American Cultural Center, and the UIC Women’s Leadership and Resource Center hosted a discussion Disney+’s limited series Ms. Marvel, which starred a South…
LGC Class of 2022 Supper Club
On September 1st, 2022, the LGC Class of 2022 Supper Club met to discuss how to take action and tackle issues affecting Chicago’s Asian population, among the fastest-growing racial demographics in the country. The panel included Shobhana Verma, SAAPRI’s Executive…
Statement on hate crime in Plano
On August 25th, 2022, Plano police detectives arrested Esmeralda Upton of Plano after video was shared that shows her yelling racial slurs, etc. to a group of women the day prior. Go back to India. You curry <expletive> people are ruining…
8th Annual Asian American Advisory Council Institute Day: SAAPRI’s Executive Director Shobhana Verma serves as Keynote Speaker
On June 24th, SAAPRI ED Shobhana Verma took part as a keynote speaker in a virtual event sponsored by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and Asian American Advisory Council Institute celebrating the 8th Annual Asian American…
FIRSTHAND: Segregation – Asian American Chicago’s Spaces of Joy and Resistance
On May 26th, 2022, SAAPRI Founder and Board Chair Ann Kalayil was a panelist for a conversation exploring the unique ways in which Chicago’s Asian communities have carved out spaces of safety and resistance in the face of discrimination, as…
SAAPRI’s Jordan Stalker and Aakash Ray discuss hate crimes in Borderless Magazine
On May 25th, 2022, SAAPRI’s Research & Development Advisor Jordan Stalker and Communications & Research Intern Aakash Ray both discussed the nature of hate crimes and subsequent ill-created reporting systems in the state of Illinois. We looked at the hate…
Illinois Commission on Discrimination & Hate Crimes: Communities in Crisis Townhall
On May 24th, SAAPRI’s Executive Director Shobhana Verma took part as a panelist in a townhall discussion regarding the alarming rise in hate crimes in the Asian American community and how we can respond, efficiently, and effectively to hate in…
Our Stories: Teaching Asian American History in Illinois
On May 4th, 2022, SAAPRI hosted a virtual zoom event centered on discussions about teaching Asian American history in Illinois. In July 2021, Illinois became the first state to mandate the Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act, which…