As three of the first South Asians ever elected to New York City and State government, Shekar Krishnan, Shahana Hanif and I are appalled by the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to our city. Our statement:

TODAY at 4PM, India's genocidal Narendra Modi will address Congress. TAKE ACTION by urging your Congressional Members to NOT attend Modi's address to Congress, reminding them of his human rights and violence against Muslims: vtr.vc/TItwG3

On July 5th the Asian American Literature Festival was suddenly canceled by Smithsonian leadership, just weeks in advance. Without explanation, they erased months of planning work and canceled a unique and historically significant event. washingtonpost.com/books/2023/07/…

Read the open letter from co-organizers of the 2023 Asian American Literature Festival. We join our community partners in condemning the cancellation of this year’s festival & calling on the Smithsonian to be accountable for the harms they’ve caused docs.google.com/document/d/1-_…

Open letter re: AALF cancellation by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center

As many of our community members know, the 2023 Asian American Literary Festival (#AALF23) to take place August 4-6 has been canceled. AAWW, alongside hundreds of festival organizers and partners have spent countless hours on programming and are turning to you for support! 🧵⬇️

Sign the open letter to call on the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center Smithsonian to be accountable to their abrupt and sudden cancellation of an important event for the Asian American community at large. This is hugely unfair and a big loss. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Join us for this convo on our instagram @aafc.nyc !!

Poet Mosab Abu Toha was taken away from his family by the Israeli Defense Forces at a checkpoint in Gaza. Please join us in calling for the international community to demand the release of Mosab, and all hostages and prisoners in Gaza and Israel.

.Asian American Feminist Collective just launched their community survey ASIAN AMERICAN FEMINISM IN 2025 AND BEYOND and needs YOUR HELP to participate, circulate, and share what collective liberation + community care mean today! bit.ly/aafc2025

Friends, Asian American Feminist Collective just launched their community survey ASIAN AMERICAN FEMINISM IN 2025 AND BEYOND, & we're asking you to help participate, circulate, and share with your networks!❤️‍🔥 bit.ly/aafc2025

"Freedom was a principle he practiced—he had always been trying, and would always be trying, to get free." ✊ Jakets.bsky.social talks with Kanya DAlmeida, cowriter of Russell Maroon Shoatz FreedomFighterExtraordinaire's memoir, I AM MAROON (Bold Type Books). aaww.org/black-panther-…