On June 24th, SAAPRI ED Shobhana Verma took part as a keynote speaker in a virtual event sponsored by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and Asian American Advisory Council Institute celebrating the 8th Annual Asian American…
SAAPRI’s Executive Director Shobhana Verma discusses language access issues for voter turnout on WBEZ
On June 15th, 2022, SAAPRI’s Executive Director Shobhana Verma, as part of a coalition of Asian American advocacy and community leaders and organizations, discussed how the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners did not prioritize language access for Asian American voters.…
SAAPRI’s Executive Director Shobhana Verma appointed to Asian American Family Commission
On June 10th, 2022, SAAPRI’s Executive Director Shobhana Verma was one of three new appointees to the Asian American Family Commission. The Asian American Family Commission was first established in 2019 under legislation introduced by Senator Villivalam and State Rep.…
2022 CASL-SAAPRI Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) Survey
Throughout the summer of 2022, SAAPRI partnered with the Chinese American Service League (CASL) to run a survey about social determinants of health (SDoH) impacting the South Asian American community. The survey findings enable SAAPRI to better tailor our advocacy and policy…