After a val­ues realign­ment process in 2020, the orga­ni­za­tions list­ed below remained in the NCSO, with the fol­low­ing shared val­ues and beliefs:

• We are peo­ple centered.
• We believe in caste abolition.
• We believe in racial justice.
• We hon­or growth and build­ing com­mu­ni­ty power.

Read the NCSO Mem­ber­ship Guide­book for more infor­ma­tion on the NCSO’s mis­sion, val­ues, struc­ture, and appli­ca­tion process. If your mis­sion and val­ues are in align­ment we wel­come you to apply!

If you have any ques­tions please con­tact SAALT at info@saalt.org.

Cur­rent NCSO mem­bers work in the fol­low­ing regions:

Cal­i­for­nia

• Alliance of South Asians Tak­ing Action (ASATA) (Berke­ley, CA)
• Jakara Move­ment (Cen­tral Val­ley, CA)
• Maitri (Bay Area, CA)
• Nari­ka (Bay Area, CA)
• South Asian Net­work (SAN) (Los Ange­les, CA)

Geor­gia

• Burmese Rohingya Com­mu­ni­ty of Geor­gia (Atlanta, GA)
• Rak­sha (Atlanta, GA)

Illi­nois

• Apna Ghar (Chica­go, IL)
• Chica­go Desi Youth Ris­ing (CDYR) (Chica­go, IL)
• Chica­go South Asians for Jus­tice (Chica­go, IL)
• South Asian Amer­i­can Pol­i­cy and Research Insti­tute (SAAPRI) (Chica­go, IL)

Mary­land

• Ashiyanaa (Bethes­da, MD)
• South Asian Pub­lic Health Asso­ci­a­tion (Potomac, MD)

New Jer­sey

• Bangladeshi Amer­i­can Women’s Devel­op­ment Ini­tia­tive (BAWDI) (Pater­son, NJ)

New York

• Adhikaar (Queens, NY)
• Asian Amer­i­cans Writ­ers Work­shop (AAWW) (Man­hat­tan, NY)
• Coun­cil of Peo­ple’s Orga­ni­za­tions (New York, NY)
• Desis Ris­ing Up & Mov­ing (DRUM) (Queens, New York)
• Equal­i­ty Labs (New York, NY)
• Laal NYC (New York, NY)
• Jaha­jee Sis­ters (The Bronx, NY)
• Sad­hana (New York, NY)
• Sakhi (Man­hat­tan, NY)
• Sap­na NYC (The Bronx, NY)
• Sikh Coali­tion (New York, NY)
• South Asian Left Activist Move­ment (SALAM) (New York, NY)
• Turn­ing Point for Women & Fam­i­lies (New York, NY)

North Car­oli­na

• North Car­oli­na Asian Amer­i­cans Togeth­er (NCAAT) (Raleigh, NC)

Texas

• Daya (Hous­ton, TX)
• Kaur Life (Austin, TX)
• South Asian Youth in Hous­ton Unite (Hous­ton, TX)

Wash­ing­ton

• API Chaya (Seat­tle, WA)

Wash­ing­ton, D.C.

• Sikh Amer­i­can Legal Defense and Edu­ca­tion Fund (SALDEF) 

Dig­i­tal

• Asian Amer­i­can Fem­i­nist Collective
• ​Desi LGBTQ Helpline
• Desi Rain­bow Par­ents & Allies
• Divi­sion on South Asian Amer­i­cans (DoSAA) of Asian Amer­i­can Psy­cho­log­i­cal Association
• Heart Women & Girls
• The Hid­den Dream
• Kalakars
• Mann Muk­ti
• Mayn­mai
• The Rights Collective
• South Asian Avant-Garde (SAAG) Anthology
• South Asian Sex­u­al & Men­tal Health Alliance (SASMHA)
• South Asians for Black Lives (Malikah)
• SPEAK Men­tor­ship
• Stand With Kashmir
• Stu­dents Against Hin­dut­va Ide­ol­o­gy (SAHI)