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Month March 2011

Desis Rising Up & Moving (South Asia Immigrant Workers)

 

Desis Rising Up & Moving  (South Asia Immigrant Workers)

DRUM – Desis Rising Up and Moving is a multigenerational, membership led organization of working class South Asian immigrants in New York City.  Desi is a common term used by people of South Asian descent to identify as people from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and parts of the diaspora including Africa, England, Fiji, Guyana, and Trinidad.

 

Andolan (South Asian Community Organization)

Andolan

Andolan organizes low-income, South Asian workers to fight against injustices faced because of abusive employers. Andolan envisions a world in which all workers are treated with respect and dignity.

 

Women for Afghan Women

Women for Afghan Women

WAW is a grassroots civil society organization dedicated to securing and protecting the rights of disenfranchised Afghan women and girls, in Afghanistan and New York, particularly their rights to develop their individual potential, to self-determination, and to be represented in all areas of life: political, social, cultural and economic. We advocate for women’s rights and challenge the norms that underpin gender-based violence wherever opportunities arise to influence attitudes and bring about change.

 

Phillipine Forum

Phillipine Forum

The Philippine Forum strives to make Filipinos and Filipino Americans aware of their roots, conscious of their rights, and cognizant of their responsibilities as members of both the American and Philippine societies, and as citizens of the global community.

We endeavor to enhance the Filipino community’s capacity in becoming active participants in the overall effort to effect meaningful changes in society.

 

Filipino American Human Services Organization

Filipino American Human Services Organization

Filipino American Human Services, Inc. (FAHSI) is a community-based, non-profit organization dedicated to serving the most vulnerable segments of the Filipino community of New York – particularly youth, women, recent immigrants, and the elderly.

 

Nodutol (Korean Community Organization)

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Nodutol (Korean Community Organization in Queens)

Based in New York City, Nodutdol is a community of first through fourth generation Koreans living in the U.S. We are a community that has families in both, the south and north of Korea.  We are diverse in our backgrounds and perspectives, but bound together by our shared sense of the Korean homeland that continues to suffer under division [with the understanding that the concept of ‘home’ may vary]. We are part of the Korean diaspora spread throughout the globe made up of artists, filmmakers, teachers, students, workers, professionals, young families, etc. who believe in social justice.

 

Drishtipat (Bangladesh Community Organization)

Drishtipat (Bangladesh Community Organization)

The mission of Drishtipat is to empower and enable the underprivileged and the marginalized segment of the society and individuals living in social and economic poverty so that they can exercise their most basic human rights with dignity, opportunity and hope.

 

New York Immigration Coalition

New York Immigration Coalition

The New York Immigration Coalition aims to achieve a fairer and more just society that values the contributions of immigrants and extends opportunity to all. The NYIC promotes immigrants’ full civic participation, fosters their leadership, and provides a unified voice and a vehicle for collective action for New York’s diverse immigrant communities.

 

New American Leaders Project

New American Leaders Project

The New American Leaders Project (NALP) is the only organization in the country specifically focused on preparing immigrants and their children for political leadership. Nearly one in five Americans is an immigrant or a child of immigrant parents. At NALP, we believe that through political engagement and leadership, immigrants and their children can help strengthen the fabric of American democracy.

 

NYC Mayors Office on Immigrant Affairs

NYC Mayors Office on Immigrant Affairs

Building on its Charter mandate, the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs promotes the well-being of immigrant communities by recommending policies and programs that facilitate successful integration of immigrant New Yorkers into the civic, economic, and cultural life of the City.