SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN POLICY AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE (SAAPRI) AND ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE-CHICAGO CONDEMN HATE-FUELED ATTACK ON SIKH MAN IN CHICAGO SUBURB Chicago, IL – South Asian American Policy and Research Institute (SAAPRI) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago (AAAJ-C) are…
SAAPRI welcomes new Executive Director, Reema Kapur
Serving as SAAPRI’s Executive Director since October of 2011, Ami Gandhi has decided to step down from her role. She will be leaving at the end of June of 2015 to raise a family and eventually seek new professional opportunities.…
SAAPRI’s Civic Engagement Fellow Harish Patel joined post-election coverage on WBEZ
On February 24th, 2015, just after the polls closed following the 2015 Chicago elections, SAAPRI’s Civic Engagement Fellow Harish I. Patel joined WBEZ’s post-election coverage to discuss the South Asian American community’s concerns this election season – including immigrant integration,…
Report – Voter Registration, Activation, & Engagement in South Asian American Communities in Illinois
This 2015 report analyzes data from the United States Census Bureau, the Voter Activation Network (NGP VAN), and other recent research to highlight voter registration, engagement, and mobilization among South Asian Americans in Illinois. Community-based organizations, policymakers, government officials, media…
Report – Illinois Embraces Election Day Registration (EDR): A Review of Election Day Pilot Program for the 2014 General Election
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…
SAAPRI’s Executive Director Ami Gandhi discusses the election on WBEZ
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…
SAAPRI discusses language access on You and the Law
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…
Asian American Town Hall on Jianqing Klyzek’s CPD Brutality Case
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…
2014 Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration: SAAPRI Workshop in James R. Thompson Center
On May 12th, 2014, SAAPRI highlighted the concerns of the South Asian American community to Illinois state employees at the Office of the Governor’s commemoration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at the James R. Thompson Center, Room 9-031. The…
Telling Another’s Story: Letter to the India Post
On April 15th, 2014, a letter titled “Telling Another’s Story,” written by Viveka Ray-Mazumder, a Youth Organizer for Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago (AAAJ-C), and Ami Gandhi, the Executive Director of SAAPRI, was published in the India Post. Read more about co-author…