Campaign Spotlight  SAALT releases a new report, Community Resilience, on looking ahead after 9/11. The report focuses on community resilience, collaborations and recommendations. Download a free copy of the report here. Press Release here. |
UPDATE! SAALT is proud to announce the release of our newest student resource, Building An America For All of Us: A Campus Workshop Guide.
Tailored to student groups, this interactive workshop guide provides
discussion points and engaging exercises designed to explore the impact
of the decade since 9/11 on the South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh
communities in the United States. Download the facilitator's guide here, and a cheat sheet with plans, statistics, and policies here.
UPDATE! Special 9/11 Journal Issue Exploring Race Released - The new issue of Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Contexts examines the impact of the September 11 tragedy on Middle Eastern, Muslim and South Asian racial, ethnic and religious identities. SAALT's Executive Director, Deepa Iyer, guest edited the issue. Learn more here and order your copy today!See Executive Director, Deepa Iyer's Op-Ed on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 here.
VICTORY! The Board of Education of Passaic, New Jersey unanimously pass an Anti-Bullying Resolution presented by SAALT. See the Resolution here and read the press release here.
VICTORY! Mayor and Township Council of Teaneck, New Jersey unanimously pass an Anti-Bias Resolution presented by SAALT! See the press release here.
Over 70 community members attended our hearing - South Asians in New Jersey: Ten Years After 9/11 - in Jersey City, New Jersey on Saturday, July 30, 2011. Read the press release here.
King Hearing Denounced: Read the statement by SAALT, OCA and Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) denouncing Representative Peter King's Hearing targeting Muslim communities. Take action urging Congress to counter anti-Muslim actions.
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Read SAALT's report, From Macacas to Turban Toppers: The Rise in Xenophobic and Racist Rhetoric in American Political Discourse.
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SAALT's Three Year Strategic Plan (2010 - 2012)
SAALT recently completed a three-year (2010-2012) strategic plan with the input of stakeholders, members, and organizational partners. Read more to learn about our programmatic goals and objectives over the next three years.
South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) is a national, nonpartisan, non-profit organization that elevates the voices and perspectives of South Asian individuals and organizations to build a more just and inclusive society in the United States. Please make a tax-deductible donation by clicking here.
SAALT's Three Year Strategic Plan (2010 - 2012)
SAALT recently completed a three-year (2010-2012) strategic plan with the input of stakeholders, members, and organizational partners. Read more to learn about our programmatic goals and objectives over the next three years.
POLICY NEWS
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.
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.
SAALT Submits Written Testimony to Congress on the impact of profiling on the South Asian community and the importance of the End Racial Profiling Act (H.R. 5748). Click here to read the testimony. Learn more about ERPA and take action! SAALT has developed 3 issue briefs that highlight the impact of racial and religious profiling on the South Asian community. Read the briefs on surveillance, travel and immigration.
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.
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.
SAALT Submits Written Testimony to Congress on the impact of profiling on the South Asian community and the importance of the End Racial Profiling Act (H.R. 5748). Click here to read the testimony. Learn more about ERPA and take action! SAALT has developed 3 issue briefs that highlight the impact of racial and religious profiling on the South Asian community. Read the briefs on surveillance, travel and immigration.
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.
Read a factsheet about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act with frequently asked questions here.
