SAALT’s approach to jus­tice, in all forms, demands that the roots of the U.S. nation-state are iden­ti­fied in and traced back to the geno­cide of Native Amer­i­cans and oth­er Indige­nous peo­ple, and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. We assert that no … 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 all. … 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 pow­er. … Con­tin­ue read­ing →