SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN POLICY AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE (SAAPRI) AND ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE-CHICAGO CONDEMN HATE-FUELED ATTACK ON SIKH MAN IN CHICAGO SUBURB Chicago, IL – South Asian American Policy and Research Institute (SAAPRI) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago (AAAJ-C) are…
Cornell University – Combating Racism & Hate: A South Asian Perspective
On March 11th, 2015, SAAPRI’s Executive Director Ami Gandhi visited Cornell University’s Law School, Myron Taylor Hall, Room 182 to discuss the prevention of hate crimes in the Midwest and beyond. SAAPRI thanks Cornell University’s South Asian Law Students Association (SALSA),…
SAAPRI’s Pro-bono Legal Consultant Shubra Arora interviewed in India Abroad
On December 12th, 2014, reporter Arthur Pais published a story titled “Brown Hands Up Too” about South Asian Americans joining movements against police brutality, featuring an interview with Shubra Ohri, SAAPRI’s pro bono legal consultant. Shubra has assisted SAAPRI in…
Asian American Town Hall on Jianqing Klyzek’s CPD Brutality Case
On June 7th, 2014, SAAPRI co-sponsored an Asian American Town Hall at the Japanese American Service Committee to address Jianqing Klyzek’s Chicago Police Department (CPD) brutality case that shows video footage of a Chicago police officer striking Jianqing, threatening to…
Research Study – Preventing Violence Against South Asian Retail Workers
In 2014 and 2015, SAAPRI and the Center for Disease Control’s National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) conducted a research study to prevent workplace violence against South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Nepali, or Bhutanese) retail workers in…
Town Hall on Profiling & Its Consequences: Anti-Muslim, Religious, and Racial Profiling
On June 1st, 2014, SAAPRI co-hosted a town hall event on anti-Muslim, religious, and racial profiling at the University of Chicago’s Harper Memorial Library, Room 140. The event included remarks from several experts and significant time for attendees to ask questions and…
Telling Another’s Story: Letter to the India Post
On April 15th, 2014, a letter titled “Telling Another’s Story,” written by Viveka Ray-Mazumder, a Youth Organizer for Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago (AAAJ-C), and Ami Gandhi, the Executive Director of SAAPRI, was published in the India Post. Read more about co-author…
Harnessing Diversity: Letter to the Editors of Desi Talk Chicago
Snapshot of “Harnessing Diversity,” a letter by SAAPRI Executive Director Ami Gandhi to the Editors of Desi Talk Chicago in their March 7th, 2014 issue
SAAPRI’s Executive Director Ami Gandhi and Indo-American Center’s Tanvi Shah discuss the Model Minority Myth on Vocalo/WBEZ
On August 29th, 2013, SAAPRI’s Executive Director dAmi Gandhi and Indo-American Center’s Tanvi Shah spoke with Audra Wilson of Practically Speaking about intersections between South Asian Americans and African Americans and discussed how communities of color can come together, despite…
SAAPRI’s Executive Director Ami Gandhi discusses the American civil rights movement on WBEZ on the 50th Anniversary of March On Washington
On August 28th, 2013, SAAPRI’s Executive Director Ami Gandhi spoke to reporter Niala Boodhoo of WBEZ’s Afternoon Shift about how the American civil rights movement impacted diverse communities of color, including South Asian Americans. Additional speakers include Tuyet Le of…