Stand With India’s Students: Main Bhi Cockroach

Join community members in Fremont for a peaceful gathering in solidarity with India’s students and young people demanding fair examinations, accountable recruitment systems and institutions that respect their right to be heard.

“Main Bhi Cockroach” reclaims an insult directed at unemployed youth as a declaration of dignity: no student or job seeker is disposable.

Saturday, July 25, 2026
2:00 PM
Unity Sculpture
Corner of Stevenson Boulevard and Paseo Padre Parkway
Next to the Fremont Main Library
Fremont, CA 94538

All are welcome.

Stand With India’s Students: New York City

Join community members in New York City for a peaceful gathering in solidarity with India’s students and job seekers demanding fair examinations, accountable institutions and a future they can trust.

The gathering will also uplift “Main Bhi Cockroach,” a slogan that reclaims an insult aimed at unemployed youth and rejects the idea that any young person is disposable.

Friday, July 24, 2026
7:00 PM

Mahatma Gandhi Statue
Union Square
New York, NY

Come stand with students calling for dignity, justice and meaningful accountability. All are welcome.

Stand With India’s Students: Chicago

Join community members in Chicago for a peaceful gathering in solidarity with India’s students and job seekers demanding fair examinations, accountable institutions and a future they can trust.

The gathering will uplift “Main Bhi Cockroach,” a slogan that reclaims an insult aimed at unemployed young people and rejects the idea that any student or job seeker is disposable.

Friday, July 24, 2026
4:00 PM

Outside the Indian Consulate at NBC Tower
455 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive
Chicago, IL

Come stand with students calling for education justice, dignity and meaningful accountability.

Stand With India’s Protesters: San Francisco

Join Hindus for Human Rights and the Alliance of South Asians Taking Action for a peaceful gathering in solidarity with students and protesters across India.

Participants will call for an end to state violence and police brutality, and demand accountability from the Indian government for its treatment of people exercising their right to protest.

Friday, July 24, 2026
4:00 PM

Outside the Consulate General of India
71 Stevenson Street
San Francisco, CA

All are welcome.

Supported by:
Hindus for Human Rights
Alliance of South Asians Taking Action

Community Vigil for Education, Justice and Accountability

Join Hindus for Human Rights and South Asian Network for a community vigil in Los Angeles in solidarity with students across India.

Students and job seekers are demanding fair examinations, accountable institutions and an end to the systemic failures threatening their education and futures. We will gather peacefully to support their voices, their rights and their movement for change.

Friday, July 24, 2026
11:00 AM

Outside the Indian Consulate
707 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA

All are welcome.

Sponsored by: Hindus for Human Rights and South Asian Network
Questions: saninfo@southasiannetwork.org
More information: southasiannetwork.org | hindusforhumanrights.org

Solidarity with Sonam Wangchuk

Friday, July 17, 2026 | 4:00 PM
Gandhi Statue, Q Street and 21st Street NW, Washington, DC

Join Hindus for Human Rights and The Azadi Project for a solidarity gathering in support of Sonam Wangchuk as he continues his hunger strike demanding the resignation of India’s education minister.

We will gather at the Gandhi Statue in Washington, DC, to stand with Wangchuk and all those calling for accountability, dignity, and a meaningful response to India’s education crisis.

Show up. Speak out. Stand together.

Organized by: Hindus for Human Rights and The Azadi Project

Weekly Prayer Vigil for Those Who Have Been Disappeared by I.C.E.
Tuesday, July 14 | 12:00–1:00 PM
Repeats: Every Tuesday
Location: Los Angeles Federal Building, 300 N. Los Angeles St, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Join faith and community leaders for a weekly prayer vigil honoring those who have been disappeared by I.C.E. and calling for the release of detained community members. This week’s vigil will be led by communities often underrepresented in conversations around immigration.

The vigil is organized under the banner of Godmothers of the Disappeared, women of faith giving voice to those taken from their families and communities.

Participants will gather in prayer, solidarity, and public witness to demand dignity, accountability, and an end to the violence of detention and disappearance.

All Out to the UN: Ben-Gvir Out of NYC

Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Time: 4:00 PM ET
Location: Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, New York City
Website: stopbengvir.com

Join organizers for a protest at the United Nations opposing the visit of Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to New York City for the 5th United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit.

The action will take place at Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza near the United Nations, calling on community members to mobilize against Ben-Gvir’s presence in New York and to stand in solidarity with Palestinians.

Organized by: Stop Ben-Gvir / Palestinian Youth Movement

Global Campaign in Support of Palestinian Resistance

Date: Saturday, July 4, 2026
Time: 8:00 PM IST / 3:30 PM BST / 10:30 AM ET / 7:30 AM PT
Location: Online via Zoom

Socialist Party (India) and India Palestine Solidarity Forum invite you to attend Global Campaign in Support of Palestinian Resistance, an online gathering featuring speakers from Palestine solidarity, humanitarian relief, and global justice movements.

Speakers include:

Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh
Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability, Bethlehem University

Raouf Farah
Political Impact, Global Sumud Flotilla, Algeria

Sameera Mahboobdeen
Global Sumud Flotilla, Sri Lanka

Nikita Naidu
Only Indian participant in the Land Convoy to deliver relief to Gaza this summer

Feroze Mithiborwala
Founder General Secretary, India Palestine Solidarity Forum

Moderator:
Prof. Shiva Shankar
Formerly Professor, IIT Bombay and Chennai Mathematical Institute

Join via Zoom:
Meeting ID: 830 8675 3120
Passcode: 103066

Organized by: Socialist Party (India) and India Palestine Solidarity Forum

Contact: +91-522-2355978, +91-522-3564437, 9029277751
Email: socialistpartyindia@gmail.com

NYC Pride March Big Truck: Immigrant Power, Rooted in Culture
Sunday, June 28, 2026 | 2:30 PM
Meet-up Location: Issey Miyake, 45 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10010

Join the Caribbean Equality Project for the 2026 NYC Pride March Big Truck, celebrating Caribbean LGBTQ+ visibility, immigrant power, and culture. Marchers will gather to fight back against attacks on LGBTQ+ people and immigrants while honoring the beauty, resilience, and diversity of Caribbean communities in New York City.

The event will feature music by DJ Spice and DJ Echo XPO.

South Queens Women's March Pop-Up Pantry & Voter Festival

Sunday, June 28
1:00 PM
130-01 Liberty Avenue, Unit 1R
Richmond Hill, NY

Celebrate Caribbean Heritage Month and Pride Month while connecting with community resources at the South Queens Women's March Pop-Up Pantry & Voter Festival.

The event will feature:

• Free groceries and fresh produce

• Free period products

• Gender-based and domestic violence resources

• Voter education and civic engagement resources

• Live music by DJ Keshan

• Community partners and local organizations

Admission is free. Supplies are available on a first-come, first-served basis—please bring a shopping bag. To protect community privacy, photography and videography of attendees are not permitted.

Join Sangeetha Kowsik — Hindu Chaplain, Spiritual Advisor of NYU, and Founder of NYU Hindu Center — for a talk in conjunction with the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new exhibit, “Household Gods: Hindu Devotional Prints — 1860-1930”.

This talk will feature Museum experts, including curators, conservators, scientists, and scholars, for a deep dive into a selection of exhibition objects in the galleries. Hear new insights and untold stories from Met insiders and take a closer look at the works of art, as well as ask any questions you may have!

This event is free with museum admission, and museum admission is free to all NYC residents.

Learn more about the talk here.

About the exhibit:

In Hinduism, the act of darshan, or “seeing god,” is central to worship. This intimate exchange between deity and devotee traditionally takes place in the temple. But within each home is also a shrine, dedicated to that householder’s chosen deity. The need to display an image of the divine in the home was traditionally fulfilled by small icons made of clay or metal. In the mid-19th century, new technologies were introduced into India, first photography and then the chromolithographic press. The latter permitted the production of inexpensive prints of the Hindu gods for mass consumption. These proved immensely popular and for the first time in India, even the humblest home could afford a colorful icon of their chosen god to display in the household shrine.

Household Gods: Hindu Devotional Prints, 1860–1930 presents the first encyclopedic exhibition of these chromolithographic prints from the pioneering studio presses of Calcutta (Kolkata), Poona (Pune), and Bombay (Mumbai). These mass-produced prints became a powerful means of expressing Indian religious identity at a time when the country was experiencing the first stirrings of the Independence movement.

Featuring approximately 120 works, shown in four rotations, from The Met’s collection of chromolithographic prints, along with paintings and portable triptych shrines, Household Gods provides a unique window on the vibrant tradition of Indian devotional imagery on the cusp of modernity.

Philly Anti Imperialist South Asian Alliance Teach-In: BAPS Temple Case

Date: Sunday, June 21, 2026
Time: 4:00 PM ET
Location: Online / Livestream
Hosted by: Philly Anti Imperialist South Asian Alliance, with representatives from Indian Stoneworkers of America

Join Philly Anti Imperialist South Asian Alliance and representatives from Indian Stoneworkers of America for a teach-in and discussion on the BAPS Temple Case, forced labor, caste exploitation, and the silicosis epidemic in the temple construction industry.

The conversation will explore the history of caste exploitation in the diaspora, the connections between labor conditions in Rajasthan and temple construction in New Jersey, and the ongoing campaign challenging BAPS.

Watch / Register: https://buff.ly/HTx5lU0

Eugene Open House

Sunday, June 21 | 2:00–3:00 PM
Eugene Public Library, Singer Room
100 W 10th Ave, Eugene, OR

Join Hindus for Human Rights for an open house in Eugene to learn more about our work and connect with others interested in justice, inclusion, and progressive Hindu values.

We’ll share more about our efforts to reimagine Hindu festivals and ceremonies in ways that promote social justice, respond to worsening human rights conditions for religious minorities, queer people, Dalits, and other marginalized communities in India and the United States, and engage Hinduism as a living ethical and spiritual tradition with the power to confront injustice.

For more information, contact Sravya at sravya@hindusforhumanrights.org or 541-231-2870.

RSVP: tinyurl.com/hfhreugene

Baithaks for Liberation: Hinduism Today — Where Do We Go From Here?

Sunday, June 14, 2026
12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT
Online event — registration required

Join Hindus for Human Rights for the June Liberation Baithak, a conversation with Rajmohan Gandhi on themes from his newly published book, Do You Know Your Hinduism? Notes for Modern-Day Hindus.

This Baithak will explore what it means to be Hindu today, and what Hinduism asks of us in a world increasingly shaped by rancor, resentment, violence, and political extremism. The conversation will approach Hinduism not as a fixed identity, but as an evolving ethical and spiritual tradition — one that can still speak meaningfully to questions of justice, coexistence, nationalism, war, and democracy.

The discussion will feature Rajmohan Gandhi, Indian historian, biographer, and public intellectual, in conversation with Sunita Viswanath, Executive Director of Hindus for Human Rights.

RSVP: tinyurl.com/June2026Baithak

Queer Futures in Majoritarian Times: Rights, Democracy, and Belonging

Date & Time: Saturday, June 13, 2026
12 PM ET / 9 AM PT / 9:30 PM IST

Location: Online
Register: tinyurl.com/June2026DeshVidesh

Description:
Join Hindus for Human Rights for the next gathering in the Desh Videsh Conversation Series, exploring what the rise of majoritarian politics means for LGBTQ+ rights in India and the United States today.

This conversation will examine how contemporary struggles for queer liberation are deeply connected to wider battles over democracy, belonging, pluralism, and human rights.

Featuring:

Anish Gawande
National spokesperson of the NCP — Sharad Pawar; Founder of Pink List India; author and translator

Janani Ramachandran
Oakland City Councilmember, public-interest attorney, and community organizer

Moderated by Thrisha Mohan of HfHR.

Register now: tinyurl.com/June2026DeshVidesh

Interfaith Day of Action & Celebration

Join Hindus for Human Rights, The Sikh Coalition, Emgage, the NYC Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes, and the NYC Commission on Human Rights for an Interfaith Day of Action & Celebration in Jackson Heights.

We’ll begin by canvassing our South Asian neighbors and helping community members register to vote, then gather for a free interfaith celebration with food, fellowship, and community connection.

Date: Saturday, June 13
Time: 10 AM–2 PM
Meeting Point: Diversity Plaza, Jackson Heights

Schedule:
10 AM–12 PM: Canvass in Jackson Heights
12 PM–2 PM: Free interfaith celebration at Shanai Restaurant & Party Hall, 37-43 74th St., Jackson Heights, NY 11372

RSVP: tinyurl.com/interfaithnyc

Nationwide Virtual Religious Liberties Policy Townhall

Date: Thursday, June 4, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM CT / 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
Location: Virtual
Registration / Join Link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/Np-pP7NbRPydj83Lt1W9cw

Join the Nationwide Virtual Religious Liberties Policy Townhall, a national multifaith convening bringing together policy advocates, legal experts, academics, faith leaders, and community stakeholders from across the United States.

Ahead of America’s 250th birthday, this townhall will focus on religious liberties, civil rights, civic responsibility, and the public policy priorities impacting faith communities across the country. The event will feature diverse voices from Catholic, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Sikh, and other communities, with members of Congress and media invited to listen and engage.

At a time of rising political division, this gathering offers a model for respectful dialogue across difference and shared action against hate, exclusion, and dehumanizing rhetoric.

Media Contact:
Arjumand Hashmi Khan
H3M Media Consulting, LLC
773-616-0755
h3mmediallc@gmail.com

ICE Out of Dublin Coalition: South Asian Power Hour

Date/Time: Tuesday, May 26 6 – 7pm PDT
Location: Virtual training

Hosted by: ICE Out of Dublin Coalition, ASATA — Alliance of South Asians Taking Action, Hindus for Human Rights, and Indivisible Tri-Valley
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/indivisibletrivalley/event/958845/

Join the ICE Out of Dublin Coalition, ASATA, and Hindus for Human Rights for the final South Asian Power Hour training to help stop FCI Dublin from reopening as an ICE detention center.

On May 1, the Federal Bureau of Prisons published an Environmental Assessment Report on FCI Dublin, moving the facility one step closer to possible reopening as an ICE detention center. A 30-day public comment period opened on May 1 and closes on June 1, 2026.

During this virtual call, organizers will share updates on the ICE Out of Dublin campaign, explain the environmental assessment process, and walk participants through how to submit public comments. Attendees will also have time to write and submit comments together in real time.

The goal is clear: flood the public comment process with hundreds of responses saying NO ICE prison in Dublin — not in the Bay Area, not anywhere.

Can’t attend? Use the toolkit to submit a comment now: https://tinyurl.com/IOD-EA-Toolkit
Or submit quickly through Action Network: https://tinyurl.com/IOD-EA-Action

Interfaith Vigil for the Victims and Families of the Tragic Islamic Center of San Diego Shooting

Date: Thursday, May 21
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Islamic Society of Orange County
Address: 1 Al Rahman Plaza, Garden Grove, CA

People of all faiths are invited to gather in solidarity with the San Diego Muslim community, honor the three heroes killed in the attack, and support their families in grief.

Speakers include Hussam Ayloush, CAIR-CA CEO; Deana Helmy, Shura Council Board Chair; Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi, ISOC Senior Advisor; and Sheikh Abdullah Misra, ISOC Religious Director.

Hosted by CAIR California, the Islamic Society of Orange County, and the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California.

An Evening with Joe Sacco: Graphic Journalism, Hindu Nationalism, Palestine & War

Date & Time:
Wednesday, May 13
6:30–9:00 PM ET

Location:
The People’s Forum NYC
320 W 37th St, New York, NY

Tickets:
$20

Purchase Here: https://secure.everyaction.com/mm8vq_U5xE-O9ZtJg-kkLg2

Event Description:
Join Hindus for Human Rights and 1804 Books for an evening with legendary graphic journalist Joe Sacco, author of The Once and Future Riot, the acclaimed Palestine, and the forthcoming Requiem for Gaza with Chris Hedges.

Sacco will be in conversation about Hindu nationalism, anti-Muslim mob violence in India, and his wider body of work documenting Palestine, war, state violence, and communities living through conflict.

Hosted by:
Hindus for Human Rights, Jewish Currents and 1804 Books at The People’s Forum.

Analyzing State Elections 2026: SIR & Delimitation Impacts

A discussion examining the impact of SIR processes, delimitation, voter exclusion, and communal polarization in the aftermath of India’s 2026 state elections.

Featuring Nadeem Khan, National Secretary of APCR, the event explores growing concerns around electoral integrity, democratic participation, minority rights, and the reshaping of political power across states including West Bengal, Assam, and Tamil Nadu.

Date: Saturday, May 9, 2026
Time: After Maghrib (approx 7:00 PM IST)
Venue: Media Hall, Markaz JIH, Jamia Nagar / Okhla, New Delhi, India

The conversation will reflect on the broader implications of voter roll deletions, institutional erosion, and the future of democracy in India.