On March 18th, 2018, SAAPRI was proud to co-host Talk It Out: #MeToo, a Desi round table discussion focused on normalizing conversations around sexual harassment and gender bias in our community. At this event, SAAPRI shared the latest demographic data…
IL Senate District 8 and House District 17 Candidate Forum on Asian American Women and Communities
On March 4th, 2018, SAAPRI co-hosted the Illinois Senate District 8 and House District 17 Candidate Forum on Asian American Women and Communities at Oakton Community Center in Skokie, IL. Senate District 8 and House District 17 have some of…
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:…
Statement on Charlottesville terrorist attack
In the aftermath of the recent deadly attack in Charlottesville, Virginia, the President’s moral equivocations in renouncing white supremacists, and the frightening resurgence of hate crimes in the past year (i), it has become clear that white supremacists, Neo-Nazis, and…
Statement by community organizations on hate crime against Muslim women in Rogers Park
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS CONDEMN ISLAMOPHOBIA AMID A RISE IN ANTI-MUSLIM BIGOTRY AND HATE CRIMES Chicago, IL – On August, 19th, 2016, a broad coalition of organizations, including Center for New Community (CNC), American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), the Chicago Chapter of Jewish…
Statement on Asian American Youth-Led Initiative for Black Lives
In light of the continuing police violence against Black folks in the United States, Asian American youth across the country spearheaded an initiative to write an open letter to families and communities about why Black lives should matter to us,…
Statement on the 2016 Orlando Nightclub Shooting
SAAPRI is deeply saddened by the attack on at least 50 innocent queer and transgender victims of color at Pulse, an Orlando, Florida nightclub. SAAPRI joins the nation in mourning the senseless loss of lives and the unimaginable pain caused…
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…
Stop the Hate: Reacting Through Community Organizing Film Screening and Panel
SAAPRI and other community organizations participated in a free film screening of A Prosecutor’s Stand and Waking in Oak Creek. A Prosecutor’s Stand follows a San Francisco district attorney bringing hate crime charges against perpetrators, and Waking in Oak Creek discusses the…