On January 26th, 2018, SAAPRI held a voter registration drive at the Muslim Community Center in Albany Park. The Jummah prayer brings a large crowd of worshippers to the mosque and community center around lunchtime on Friday afternoons. Alongside the…
2017: SAAPRI’s Year in Review
2017 has been a year of new beginnings for SAAPRI as we charged ahead with a focus on developing new means of community engagement. Below is a review of some of the initiatives of which we have been a part. Ahimsa:…
2016 Post-Election Analysis Event
On November 29th, 2016, SAAPRI hosted a post-election analysis event with special guests David Orr, Cook County Clerk, and Ameya Pawar, 47th Ward Alderman. Mr. Orr and Mr. Pawar spoke about the importance of community organizing and unity in moving…
South Asian Womanhood and Girlhood Conference: Political Advocacy and Outreach Panel
SAAPRI was delighted to contribute to a panel discussion regarding political outreach and advocacy at the first conference on South Asian womanhood and girlhood at Loyola University Chicago. The panel featured Reema Kapur, SAAPRI Executive Director; Kathleen Yang-Clayton, independent consultant; and…
Fundraiser to support Civic Engagement: Our Vote Matters!
On September 15th, 2016, SAAPRI hosted “Our Vote Matters!,” an event focusing on the organization’s civic engagement initiative. The event brought together over 40 supporters, board members, and staff together for a thoughtful conversation regarding SAAPRI’s Get Out the Vote…
AAPI Civic Engagement Panel: Have we built Asian American Power?
SAAPRI was delighted to sponsor and participate in a panel about AAPI political empowerment hosted by the Woods Fund Chicago and co-sponsored by other community organizations: Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP), Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago (AAJC), Coalition for a…
Report – A Roadmap to Civic Engagement for South Asian Americans in Illinois
SAAPRI’s Civic Engagement Initiative South Asian Americans are one of the fastest growing groups in Illinois and across the nation. However, the community’s influence on elections has not increased at the same rate as its population. South Asian Americans represent…
Purdue University’s AAARCC’s Spring 2016 Lecture Series: the South Asian American Identity
As part of Purdue University’s Asian American and Asian Resource and Cultural Center’s Spring 2016 Lecture Series, SAAPRI’s Executive Director Reema Kapur discussed the development of the South Asian American identity, undocumented South Asian immigrants, and hate crimes against South…
Northwestern University Series on Confronting Anti-Blackness in the South Asian American Community
SAAPRI participated in a three-day series of workshops at Northwestern University, spearheaded by undergraduate student Sanjana Lakshmi, on confronting anti-blackness in the South Asian American community and discussing how we can be more effective allies to Black folks as people…
DREAMers Resource Conference
On January 30th, 2016, Syeda Raza, an E3! Ambassador for the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAPPI), organized a DREAMers resource conference to support undocumented immigrants, in collaboration with various community organizations such as the Asian American…