2022
South Asian American Community Roundtable with Geri Aglipay 
South Asian American Community Health Forum: Heart Health 
South Asian American Community Health Forum: Mental Health Awareness 
Surveying for the CASL-SAAPRI Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) Survey 
2022 Citizenship & Immigration Forum with attorney Dhenu Maru 
UIC AARCC Lunchbox: Ms. Marvel 
2022 Ballot Party 
2022 Impact Report: Reflecting on 2022 and Looking to 2023
- Report – 2022 Impact Report: Reflecting on 2022 and Looking to 2023
- SAAPRI hosted a Movember Panel to discuss important issues affecting men’s health and suicide prevention from a South Asian lens
- 2022 GOTV Campaign:
- SAAPRI poll watched at the 2022 Midterms
- SAAPRI hosted a Voter Education Event on the 2022 Midterms
- SAAPRI hosted a Ballot Party to share the various offices on the ballot, their responsibilities, and how they impact our communities
- SAAPRI hosted a conversation on Ms. Marvel
- SAAPRI partnered with the Chinese American Service League (CASL) to run a survey about social determinants of health (SDoH) impacting the Asian American community
- SAAPRI hosted two events in regard to immigration:
- 2022 Citizenship & Immigration Expo
- A Conversation with attorney Dhenu Maru to discuss hot topics in immigration law
- SAAPRI hosted two South Asian Community Health Forums:
- SAAPRI hosted a “South Asian American Community Roundtable with Geri Aglipay” to celebrate the historic appointment of Geri Sanchez Aglipay as Regional Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
- SAAPRI hosted “Chicago Redistricting: 2022 Asian American Community Update,” a virtual presentation and Q&A session focused on keeping our Asian American communities together and to continue the conversation on redistricting
- SAAPRI took part in a few events to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Atlanta, Georgia shooting:
- SAAPRI’s Executive Director Shobhana Verma was appointed to the Asian American Family Commission
- SAAPRI was invited to various celebrations, panel discussions, and conferences:
- Executive Director Shobhana Verma took part in the 2022 White House Diwali Reception
- Executive Director Shobhana Verma took part in the Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA) Region 6 Conference
- Asian Engagement & Recruitment Core’s (ARC) 2022 national conference
- Executive Director Shobhana Verma took part in the Chicago Indus Googler Network Identity & Career Panel
- Executive Director Shobhana Verma took part in the LCG Class of 2022 Supper Club
- Executive Director Shobhana Verma took part in the Change InSight Luncheon
- Executive Director Shobhana Verma served as keynote speaker in the 8th Annual Asian American Advisory Council Institute Day Conference
- Executive Director Shobhana Verma took part in the Illinois Commission on Discrimination & Hate Crimes: Communities in Crisis Townhall
- Executive Director Shobhana Verma took part in the 2022 Impact Summit & Gala, hosted by the Indian American Impact Project
- Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Chicago Community Kick-Off hosted by Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Office
- Executive Director Shobhana Verma took part in a Partnering to Serve Ethnic Communities panel
2021
South Asian Community Health Forum: COVID-19 Impact and Vaccine Rollout 
Chicagoland Vigil & Rally for Georgia Shooting Victims 
Redistricting in Chicago 
2021 Hot Topics in Immigration Law with Dhenu Maru 
2021 Citizenship & Immigration Expo Virtual Roundtable 
2021 Impact Report: Reflecting on 2021 and Looking to 2022
- Report – 2021 Impact Report: Reflecting on 2021 and Looking to 2022
- SAAPRI hosted two events in regard to immigration:
- 2021 Citizenship & Immigration Expo
- A Conversation with attorney Dhenu Maru to discuss hot topics in immigration law
- SAAPRI hosted a “Workshop with Chandini Lord” which explored finding connection with art
- SAAPRI took part in the #SendIndiaVaccines Campaign with other South Asian organizations compel the Biden administration to rush COVID-19 vaccines to India
- SAAPRI hosted a “Dialogue on South Asian Mental Health“
- SAAPRI took part in the 2021 Asian American Action Day, joining the the Pan-Asian Voter Empowerment (PAVE) Coalition
- SAAPRI hosted a few events in regard to redistricting and the 2020 Census
- SAAPRI took part in a few events to commemorate the Atlanta, Georgia shooting:
- Statewide Vigil for the Georgia shooting victims, as part of the Asian American Caucus
- Chicagoland Vigil & Rally for Georgia Shooting Victims, as part of the National Day of Action
- SAAPRI hosted two South Asian Community Health Forums:
2020
2020 Women’s March 
Census Outreach Workshop at Hamdard Center 
South Asians and the 2020 Census with University of Chicago’s SASA 
South Asians and the 2020 Census with the University of Illinois-Chicago’s Indian Student Association 
Town Hall: South Asian Americans on the Ballot: 2020 and Beyond 
2020 Impact Report: Learning from 2020 and Looking to 2021
- Report – 2020 Impact Report: Learning from 2020 and Looking to 2021
- 2020 GOTV Campaign:
- SAAPRI hosted a Town Hall on Voting and the 2020 election
- SAAPRI hosted a discussion on the role of South Asians in the 2020 election
- SAAPRI hosted a Town Hall on South Asian Americans on the Ballot
- SAAPRI hosted a Town Hall on Mental Health and Civic Engagement in the South Asian community
- 2020 GOTC Campaign: SAAPRI programmed outreach for the 2020 Census at various locations including the Hamdard Health Center, various universities (University of Chicago, Northwestern University, University of Illinois-Chicago), etc.
- SAAPRI participated in the 2020 Women’s March with many partner organizations
2019
- SAAPRI welcomes Shobhana Johri Verma as Executive Director
- Report – Defying Dependence: Impacts of H-4 Authorization Policy on Immigrant Women, Families, and Communities
- SAAPRI hosted “South Asians Aging in America,” a discussion on the unique challenges and intersections of multigenerational caregiving, disability, health, and aging in the South Asian community
- 2019 GOTV Campaign: SAAPRI was involved in phone banking, student civic engagement workshops, etc.
2018
2018 Voter Registration Drive 
IL Senate District 8 and House District 17 Candidate Forum on Asian American Women and Communities 
Talk It Out: #MeToo – Desi Round Table on the Women’s Movement 
Asian American Action Day Rally 
Ahimsa: The End of Violence at Abbott Park 
Ahimsa: The End of Violence at Shedd Park 
The State of South Asian American Influence & Power in Illinois: Fall Fundraiser 
Dil Dhadakne Do: South Asian Community Health Forum
- SAAPRI hosted “Dil Dhadakne Do,” a South Asian Community Health Forum
- 2018 GOTV Campaign: SAAPRI hosted various student civic engagement workshops and a GOTV campaign for the 2018 midterm elections
- SAAPRI assisted Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago (AAAJ-C) in Election Day Poll Watching in Cook County precincts
- SAAPRI hosted a “Get Out the Vote” phone banking event
- SAAPRI, as part of the South Asian Civic Engagement Coalition, hosted its first ever South Asian Early Voting Day
- SAAPRI hosted a civic engagement workshop with the UChicago SASA
- SAAPRI hosted Young Professionals Phone Banking as part of its Get Out the Vote work for the 2018 midterm elections
- SAAPRI hosted “The Future of South Asians in the U.S.” Immigration Town Hall
- SAAPRI hosted The State of South Asian American Influence & Power in Illinois panel discussion
- SAAPRI hosted multiple “A Night in the Parks – Ahimsa: The End of Violence” Performances and Discussion Series with Kalapriya
- SAAPRI joined Pan-Asian Voter Empowerment (PAVE) for Asian American Action Day in Springfield, Illinois
- SAAPRI hosted “Talk It Out: #MeToo,” a Desi Round Table Discussion on the Women’s Movement in Our Community
- SAAPRI hosted a IL Senate District 8 & House District 17 Candidates’ Forum on API Women and Communities
- SAAPRI hosted a voter registration drive at the Muslim Community Center
2017
- SAAPRI joined an initiative led by the Arab American Institute called the Report Hate Project
- SAAPRI advocated for the Chicago Municipal ID program through the Health Communities Cook County coalition, led by Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and Communities United
- SAAPRI organized “Be the Change Day,” a civic engagement workshop for South Asian American students from Loyola University focusing on increasing South Asian voter registration and a letter writing campaign on the following issues: the Cook County ID Program, the State Student ACCESS Bill, and the Federal DREAM Act.
- SAAPRI’s hosted its first “Desi Round Table” discussion to address some of the most important issues facing our community today, including DACA and immigration relief, the rise in hate crimes, the need to reach vulnerable populations within our communities, and opportunities to build South Asian solidarity
- SAAPRI partnered with Kalapriya to put on “Ahimsa: The End of Violence”, an event series which uses storytelling, music, and a discussion to address how to end violence in our communities
2016
2016 Get Out the Vote campaign 
2016 Get Out the Vote campaign: SAAPRI’s Executive Director Reema Kapur (middle right) at a Civic Engagement and Voter’s Education forum hosted by the Sikh Religious Society on February 21st, 2016 at the Sikh Gurdwara in Palatine, Illinois 
SAAPRI’s Leadership Forum 
AAPI Civic Engagement Panel: Have we built Asian American Power? 
Post-2016 Election Analysis Event
- SAAPRI hosted a post-2016 election analysis event
- SAAPRI hosted a fundraiser and conversation regarding SAAPRI’s Get Out the Vote (GOTV) work in advance of the 2016 Primary and General Elections, “Our Vote Matters!”
- SAAPRI co-sponsored “Have We Built Asian American Power?” AAPI Civic Engagement Panel
- SAAPRI Leadership Forum: SAAPRI convened a Leadership Forum attended by South Asian-facing organizations, community leaders, and business persons to examine civic participation among the South Asian American community
- 2016 GOTV Campaign: SAAPRI hosted various phone banking sessions, civic engagement and voter education forums, etc.
2015
- SAAPRI hosted a film screening of A Prosecutor’s Stand and Waking in Oak Creek and subsequent panel discussion
- SAAPRI created a South Asian Community Asset Map for Illinois
- SAAPRI joins Asian American and Arab American Collaboration on Deferred Action (A4CDA)
- Chicago South Asian Deferred Action Coalition (SADAC), led by SAAPRI, received SAALT’s ChangeMaker Award for significantly advancing social justice among South Asians in the U.S.
- SAAPRI welcomes Reema Kapur as Executive Director
- Report – Voter Registration, Activation, & Engagement in South Asian American Communities in Illinois
- SAAPRI hosted Roundtable on Administrative Immigration Relief
2014
- Report – Illinois Embraces EDR: A Review of the Illinois Election Day Registration Pilot Program for the 2014 General Election
- SAAPRI facilitated event at University of Illinois at Chicago on resources for undocumented South Asians students
- SAAPRI hosted Idli & Immigration: Strategy Session
- SAAPRI conducted a focus group research study to prevent workplace violence against South Asian retail workers in Chicago
- SAAPRI hosted Town Hall on Anti-Muslim, Religious, and Racial Profiling
- SAAPRI led workshop at the Office of the Governor’s Commemoration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
- SAAPRI joined and led Chicago South Asian Deferred Action Coalition (SADAC)
2013
- SAAPRI hosted Idli and Immigration
- SAAPRI helped the Chicago Bar Association and Chicago Bar Foundation kick off their 9th Annual Pro Bono Week by urging attorneys of all backgrounds to help the growing number of community members with limited English proficiency
- SAAPRI advocated for comprehensive immigration reform in solidarity with the NCSO
- Report – The Asian American Community Engagement Project: Voting Trends and Access in 2012
- SAAPRI helped expand access to the polls by advocating for online voter registration
- SAAPRI hosted a panel discussion on immigration reform
- Journal Article: “South Asian American Civic Engagement: Opportunity for Impact,” published in the DePaul Journal for Social Justice
- Report – South Asian Americans in Illinois: Making Data Count
2012
- SAAPRI helped draft and push for anti-hate resolutions in Illinois and Chicago
- SAAPRI assisted local election boards in implementing the first ever language assistance program to Indian American voters in the Chicago area
- Report – Asian American Community Organizations Conduct Research on Voter Behavior
- Report – Social Capital in Illinois: Potential and Pitfalls
- SAAPRI hosted a White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAPPI) community roundtable
- Report – SAAPRI Recommendations to FBI Advisory Board
- SAAPRI hosted a community forum on demographic information and welcomes Ami Gandhi as Executive Director
2009
- Oral History Project: Memories and Milestones Exhibit
2007
- Report – Developing Devon: Creating a Strategic Plan for Economic Growth through Community Consensus
- Oral History Project: Collected the oral histories of South Asians from interviewees from downstate Illinois and beyond the Chicago metro area
2005
- Report – Making Data Count: South Asian Americans in the 2000 Census with a Focus on Illinois
- Report – Health Care for All: Health Access Recommendations for Asian Americans in Illinois by Asian Americans in Illinois
- Oral History Project: Collected the oral histories of South Asians from the Chicagoland area who came to Illinois between 1945 and 1965
2001
SAAPRI was founded