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2000 – 2010: SAALT celebrates Ten Years of Strengthening South Asian Communities - Click on the link above to contribute towards building another decade!
Are you Ready for the Be the Change 2010? Check out the Be the Change page and sign up to volunteer or host an event on your campus or in your city by September 7th.
Join SAALT in Denouncing the Rise in Islamophobic Rhetoric. Check out SAALT's recent statement raising concerns with racist, Anti-Muslim and xenophobic rhetoric being used in relation to the Park51 Community Center and Muslim places of worship around the country. Take action to write your legislators to support religious freedom and media outlets to cover the debates accurately and fairly.
Fall Internships Available at SAALT Apply by September 3 for priority consideration. Interviews will be scheduled on a rolling basis. See the SAALT Employment Page for more information and to learn how to apply.
SAALT Statement on Court Decision Blocking Anti-Immigrant Arizona Law Click here for SAALT's statement applauding the federal court's decision to halt key provisions of of the law. Click here to read SAALT's previous statement condemning SB1070 after it was signed into law.
End Racial Profiling Act (H.R. 5748) Introduced SAALT welcomes the introduction of the End Racial Profiling Act. Learn more about ERPA and take action!
SAALT Sends Letter about NJ Assault Investigation Read the letter to the Prosecutor here. Send your own letter to demand a robust investigation.
SAALT Responds to TIME Magazine Columnist Joel Stein, "My Own Private India" Read an open letter from SAALT and New Jersey South Asian organizations to Stein here and the letter to the editor from SAALT's Executive Director, Deepa Iyer, here. Also, please sign the petition to raise your concerns here. Read letters to the editor from the Division of South Asian Americans (DoSSA); Sen. Robert Menendez (NJ); South Asian Bar Association of New York (SABANY); Rep. Mike Honda (CA); Ravi Bhalla (Hoboken City Council Member); Nuran Nabi (Plainsboro Township Committeeperson)
SAALT Submits Written Testimony to Congress on the impact of profiling on the South Asian community. Click here to read the testimony.
SAALT and APALRC's Montgomery County Resources Brochures available in English, Hindi, Urdu, and Bangla.
Call for Submissions Marking 10-Year Anniversary of September 11th Read more about an exciting collaboration between SAALT and Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Contexts, featuring a special journal issue on the 10-year anniversary of 9/11. Submission Deadline: October 15, 2010.
Say it Loud: Share your Story for Immigration Reform!
This spring, as Congress and the Administration debate immigration reform, SAALT wants to hear your story. Click here to find out how you can share your story today.
UPCOMING EVENTS
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POLICY NEWS
SAALT Welcomes New Airport Screening Policies
SAALT welcomes the announcement from the Department of Homeland Security to rescind the misguided 14-country policy and apply new security protocols to all international travelers. Read SAALT's earlier statement criticizing the former policy here. Racial and Religious Profiling Issue Briefs
Factsheet about Healthcare Reform Bill
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SAALT IN THE MEDIA
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Press Releases:
SAALT Community Alert: New Airport Screening Policies
Press Releases:
SAALT Community Alert: New Airport Screening Policies
Recent articles:
"South Asian Groups Welcome Revocation of 'Misguided' Travel Policy," Taragana Legal News
"Local Organizations Team Up to Ensure South Asian Immigrants Respond to Census," Somerville Journal
"South Asian Groups Welcome Revocation of 'Misguided' Travel Policy," Taragana Legal News
"Local Organizations Team Up to Ensure South Asian Immigrants Respond to Census," Somerville Journal
