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In her new book Outdated, Samhita Mukhopadhyay, Sakhi Board member and Editor of Feministing.com, offers a personal account of what she calls a ‘feminist critique’ of dating and love in our world today. “I felt a tremendous frustration with what I felt were the dominant narratives about romance in the mainstream media. I really saw the book as an intervention….
Sakhi is engaged in an exciting new policy project to help empower survivors of economic violence achieve self-sufficiency, enable family stability and access to educational and professional opportunities. Sakhi recognized early on the close links between domestic violence and economic control and realized the need for services aimed at improving survivors’ economic opportunities and security. For survivors of domestic violence,…
On November 1st, Chhaya Community Development Corporation held a Town Hall in Queens to discuss and gather feedback about a planned South Asian Community Center. Sakhi, along with numerous other South Asian organizations, such as SAYA!, and Adhikaar, and local community members attended this meeting. Through a participatory process, Chhaya engaged with approximately 100 stakeholders in determining the greatest needs…
In the last few months, Occupy Wall Street has shown us that Americans have tapped into the global movement against negligent economic policies. Americans are fed up with the aggressive capitalism that is hurting the middle class and resting on the backs of the poor. Unjust economic policy is the cause of much of the violence and disruption…
R.S. A Sakhi Advocate shares her thoughts on the 2011 advocacy Summit held by South Asian Americans Leading Together In early April, I attended a national conference put together by South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) an advocacy organization committed to elevating the voices and perspectives of South Asian individuals and organizations to build a more just and inclusive…
Tiloma Jayasinghe; Executive Director and Payal Hathi; Economic Empowerment Coordinator in conversation with AiiETV Host Nivedita Chandrappa
Celebrating and Honoring A Woman’s Worth- This Mother’s Day Too many times in our communities a woman’s worth is measured by her ability to fit in to social norms of womanhood. A woman’s true worth is not and should not be determined by her ability to give birth. Women play various roles everyday as sister, friend, head of household, mother,…
Sakhi joins other community based orgnaizations to offer valuable input to the White House Initiative on Asian American Pacific Islanders On April 8, 2011 Sakhi met with The White House Initiative on Asian American Pacific Islanders team to inform the Initiative’s efforts to understand the critical issues facing AAPIs face in the United States today. Held at the Ms. Foundation’s…
Announcements of upcoming activities, events and initiatives to create systematic social change. Sakhi at the SAALT Summit April 1 – April 4, 2011 American University Washington College of Law, Washington DC On April 1st – 4th, Sakhi will participate in a national conference to raise issues concerning South Asian communities, and collectively strategize for solutions. Hosted by South Asian Americans…
Sakhi collaborates with three anti-DV Asian American organizations on a grass-roots person-to-person approach to community education and outreach The first Pan-Asian project on Domestic Violence in New York, Project Speak Out is committed to breaking the secrecy and silence that enables and perpetuates violence in Asian American communities in New York City. “Because domestic violence is viewed as a private…
