On December 2nd, 2014, in partnership with Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and JustVote, SAAPRI released a report titled “Illinois Embraces EDR: A Review of the Election Day Pilot Program for the 2014 General Election.” The report…
On November 28th, 2014, reporter Arthur Pais published a story titled “Being Undocumented” about undocumented South Asian Americans in Illinois and SAAPRI’s involvement in the Chicago South Asian Deferred Action Coalition (SADAC) in collaboration with the Indo-American Center (IAC), Apna Ghar,…
On November 25th, 2014, SAAPRI and the UIC Asian American Resource and Cultural Center co-hosted a conversation at UIC’s African American Cultural Center Library Addams Hall, Room 200 regarding Deferred Action in Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and provided resources to help…
On November 5th, 2014, SAAPRI’s Executive Director Ami Gandhi spoke with reporter Niala Boohoo on WBEZ’s Afternoon Shift about the polls, immigration reform, and the need to hold all parties and elected officials accountable. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk, Democratic strategist…
On October 20th, 2014 (and re-airing again on November 3rd, 2014), SAAPRI’s Executive Director Ami Gandhi appeared on the TV show You and the Law, produced and hosted by the Chicago Bar Association, on Chicago Access Network Television (CAN-TV Channel…
On October 1st, 2014, SAAPRI co-hosted a Networking and Fundraising Event with the Indian American Bar Association (IABA) at ZED451. The entrance fee was $15 at the door, and all proceeds went to SAAPRI. Thank you to all those who attended…
On September 27th, 2014, SAAPRI co-hosted a discussion on immigration in the South Asian American community in the Chicago Public Library – Northtown Branch. The conversation focused on concrete ways that South Asians can bring about change, hold government leaders…
From August 25th to October 21st, 2014, SAAPRI co-sponsored a free photo and historical exhibit titled “South Asian American History, Culture, & Community” at University of Illinois at Chicago’s (UIC) Ward Gallery, located on the second floor of the Student…
On June 7th, 2014, SAAPRI co-sponsored an Asian American Town Hall at the Japanese American Service Committee to address Jianqing Klyzek’s Chicago Police Department (CPD) brutality case that shows video footage of a Chicago police officer striking Jianqing, threatening to…
In 2014 and 2015, SAAPRI and the Center for Disease Control’s National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) conducted a research study to prevent workplace violence against South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Nepali, or Bhutanese) retail workers in…