Since its incep­tion in 2000, South Asian Amer­i­cans Lead­ing Togeth­er (SAALT) has been guid­ed by the needs of our com­mu­ni­ty. Over its twen­ty years, SAALT has respond­ed to this guid­ance with vary­ing strate­gies. This time­line takes you through the course … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

1. What is Be the Change? Be the Change is an annu­al nation­al day of ser­vice coor­di­nat­ed by South Asian Amer­i­cans Lead­ing Togeth­er (SAALT) to inspire and fos­ter civic engage­ment and stronger com­mu­ni­ties through vol­un­teerism and com­mu­ni­ty ser­vice. Every year, … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Reports | Tes­ti­mo­ny & Pol­i­cy Rec­om­men­da­tions | Fact­sheets & Brochures | Train­ings & Webi­na­rs | Mul­ti­me­dia Projects Reports SAALT’s work relat­ed to the after­math of 9/11 focused on doc­u­ment­ing the lived expe­ri­ences of com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers, pro­vid­ing rec­om­men­da­tions for struc­tur­al and pol­i­cy … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Giv­en that women make up near­ly half of the total pop­u­la­tion of South Asians in the Unit­ed States, gen­der equi­ty is a crit­i­cal goal with­in the South Asian com­mu­ni­ty that groups and indi­vid­u­als are increas­ing­ly bring­ing to the fore­front of … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Most mem­bers of the South Asian com­mu­ni­ty cur­rent­ly in the U.S. were actu­al­ly born out­side the U.S., but as a dias­po­ra, each of our indi­vid­ual rights are reliant on jus­tice for (im)migrants, whether with­in or beyond the South Asian Amer­i­can … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

About SAALT’s work in the DC area SAALT engages in both nation­al and local lev­el work in the Wash­ing­ton, DC area. Local­ly, SAALT holds events that pro­mote dia­logue and com­mu­ni­ty edu­ca­tion. We have held sev­er­al com­mu­ni­ty events, includ­ing a nat­u­ral­iza­tion … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

HISTORY OF SAALT About SAALT SAALT Mile­stones REPORTS & PUBLICATIONS Unequal Con­se­quences: The Dis­parate Impact of COVID-19 Across South Asian Amer­i­can Com­mu­ni­ties — 2020 Com­mu­ni­ties on Fire: Con­fronting Hate Vio­lence and Xeno­pho­bic Polit­i­cal Rhetoric — 2018 Pow­er, Pain, Poten­tial: South Asian Amer­i­cans at … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Shya­ma Kuver / Heart Over Crown After 15 years, the NCSO remains a cru­cial space for our con­stel­la­tion of orga­ni­za­tions, and the South Asians in the U.S. we serve, work with, orga­nize, and advo­cate for. We are unit­ed by our com­mon … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

With a pop­u­la­tion of over 5.8 mil­lion South Asians, our com­mu­ni­ty is one of the most rapid­­­ly-increas­ing pop­u­la­tions in the Unit­ed States. As our com­mu­ni­ty grows in size, com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers are engag­ing more active­ly in the civic and polit­i­cal process … Con­tin­ue read­ing →