His­to­ry of SAALT About SAALT SAALT Mile­stones Back­grounders About the South Asian Com­mu­ni­ty Reports & Pub­li­ca­tions In Our Own Words: Nar­ra­tives of South Asian New York­ers Affect­ed by Racial and Reli­gious Pro­fil­ing (PDF) — March 2012 From Macas to Tur­ban … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Shya­ma Kuver / Heart Over Crown Since 2008, the Nation­al Coali­tion of South Asian Orga­ni­za­tions (NCSO) has been a con­stel­la­tion of orga­ni­za­tions around the U.S. that pro­vides sup­port to, orga­nizes, and advo­cates on behalf of South Asian com­mu­ni­ties. It has … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

With a pop­u­la­tion of over 4.3 mil­lion, South Asians are one of the most rapid­ly increas­ing pop­u­la­tions in the Unit­ed States. Of this pop­u­la­tion, approx­i­mate­ly 1.3 mil­lion are cit­i­zens and eli­gi­ble to vote. Under­stand­ably, as our com­mu­ni­ty grows in size, … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Many com­mu­ni­ties of col­or expe­ri­ence pro­fil­ing, a dis­crim­i­na­to­ry law enforce­ment prac­tice that tar­gets indi­vid­u­als as sus­pi­cious based on race, eth­nic­i­ty, reli­gion, or nation­al ori­gin. Addi­tion­al­ly, this sanc­tioned form of dis­crim­i­na­tion fos­ters stereo­types and threat­ens com­mu­ni­ty safe­ty as tar­get­ed groups are … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Near­ly 5.4 mil­lion South Asians live in the Unit­ed States. The South Asian com­mu­ni­ty in the Unit­ed States com­pris­es of indi­vid­u­als with ances­try from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pak­istan, Sri Lan­ka, and the Mal­dives. The com­mu­ni­ty also includes mem­bers of … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

South Asian Amer­i­cans Lead­ing Togeth­er (SAALT) is a nation­al, non­par­ti­san, non-prof­it orga­ni­za­tion that fights for racial jus­tice and advo­cates for the civ­il rights of all South Asians in the Unit­ed States. Our ulti­mate vision is dig­ni­ty and full inclu­sion for … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Pur­pose South Asian Amer­i­cans Lead­ing Togeth­er (SAALT) is a nation­al move­ment strat­e­gy and advo­ca­cy orga­ni­za­tion com­mit­ted to racial jus­tice through struc­tur­al change, which means we focus on trans­form­ing insti­tu­tions while lever­ag­ing incre­men­tal change as a means to shift con­di­tions and … Con­tin­ue read­ing →