On December 7th, 2013, SAAPRI co-hosted a discussion on immigration in the South Asian American community in the Schaumburg Library, Rasmussen North Room. Speakers included Ami Gandhi, the Executive Director of SAAPRI, Reema Ahmad from Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago, Neha Gill from Apna Ghar, Inc., Lakshmi Lakshmanan from the Indo-American Center (IAC), Tejas Shah from the Indian American Bar Association-Chicago, and Manar Waheed from South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT)
Co-hosts: South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) & Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago
Co-Sponsors: Indo-American Center (IAC), Council on American-Islamic Relations-Chicago (CAIR-Chicago), Apna Ghar, Inc., Punjabi Cultural Society of Chicago, Nepalese American Society, Hamdard Center for Health & Human Services, American Association of Retired Asians, Muslim Women Resource Center, and Indian American Bar Association-Chicago
Restaurant Sponsor: Atithi ~ Taste of India
Thank you to all those who attended our event!