What Do I Need to Bring to the Polls? and Document the Vote!
It's almost here! Election Day! After a rather long primary season, this election is coming to close in the most exciting way possible. Voter turnout is expected to be quite impressive and if early...
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Where were you on Election Day?
I hope that you were voting and making your voice heard. Around the country, volunteers from SAALT and other organizations from the Asian American community were at poll sites, protecting the vote and...
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Election Monitoring at Lakelands Park Middle School in Gaithersburg, MD
On November 4th, I served as the site supervisor at Lakelands Park Middle School in Gaithersburg, MD to conduct an Asian American Voter Survey and monitor and report any voter incidents. Our experience...
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The Passage of Proposition 8: Denying Fundamental Rights to LGBTIQ South Asians
A week after the elections, many in the South Asian community are looking forward to a new Administration and Congress that will hopefully bring forth positive changes concerning civil rights. The...
View ArticleSAALT and Community Partners Issue Statement Regarding Recent Bias Crimes...
You may be surprised to learn that nearly 200,000 South Asians reside in the state of New Jersey. SAALT's New Jersey Community Empowerment Project developed from a series of meetings in 2004 with...
View ArticleWhat you need to know before you buy a home ...
Have you thought about buying a home? Do you know what home equity is? Are you wondering what your credit score is? I have to confess that I know very little about the process of buying a home and have...
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Human-Kind
Beautiful poem written by Maya, a budding SAALT member from Maryland.Human-KindTogether, we’re one,Together, we belong;But apart,Divided,Discriminated and racist,Proud and vain;We lose who we are,We...
View ArticleA Loss of Life, A Community’s Responsibility
Please read this op-ed written by members of the National Coalition of South Asian Organizations (Raksha, Narika, Manavi, Maitri) on the recent murder of Reshma James in New JerseyA Loss of Life, A...
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New Jersey SAALT Circle volunteers with Habitat for Humanity
I'll admit: I almost regretted it. You would too if you had to be up at 7AM on a Saturday morning for work. What was I thinking to schedule a service project so early in the AM?It wasn't long before...
View ArticlePhilanthropy and South Asian Community
Check out the new post at the South Asian Philanthropy Project blog which provides input on how South Asians can become more engaged in supporting non-profit organizations, especially during the...
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