Open Call: EMERGENCE — South Queens Women’s March Literary Arts Magazine - Deadline: Thursday, October 30
Open Call: EMERGENCE — South Queens Women’s March Literary Arts Magazine (Vol. 1)
Deadline: Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM ET
Where: Online — submit via Google Form
Theme: “Emergence: New Beginnings” — poetry, short prose, reflections, and visual art exploring renewal, resilience, and transformation.
Submit here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6wRmW7kfAPo5uwLooC8QFPNoFQT95bgaYlm5_lGwIyBAHyA/viewform
Lighting the Way: South Asian Voices in Art, Nature, and Justice - San Francisco
Lighting the Way: South Asian Voices in Art, Nature, and Justice
When:
Thursday, October 30, 2025 · 5:30 – 7:30 PM
Doors open at 5:30 PM for viewing of the panelists’ art.
Panel discussion begins at 6:00 PM and concludes at 7:30 PM.
Where:
Crissy Field Center Gathering Room
San Francisco, CA
Event Description:
Join park staff for an evening of storytelling and dialogue at the Tunnel Tops to celebrate and amplify South Asian community leaders whose work bridges art, environment, and social justice.
Through the metaphors of light and darkness—echoing the spirit of Diwali, the festival of lights—panelists will share how they create spaces of curiosity, belonging, and hope. From photography to public design, each artist’s work illuminates new pathways for connection between people and the planet.
The discussion will be moderated by Yakuta Poonawalla, with support from Rebekah Berkov.
Panelists & Artists:
✨ Barnali Ghosh — Immigrant artist, landscape architect, and co-founder of the Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour. Known for her viral photo series reimagining California native flowers through South Asian textiles and dance forms, Barnali’s work explores identity, belonging, and community in nature.
Instagram: @berkeleywali | @berkeleysouthasian
✨ Vishal Subramanyan — Award-winning wildlife photographer, videographer, and National Geographic Young Explorer. A storyteller whose work has appeared in National Geographic, CNN, NPR, Smithsonian, and the LA Times, Vishal’s imagery connects audiences to wildlife and conservation in California and beyond.
Admission:
Free and family-friendly. Registration is required.
Presented by:
National Park Service – Golden Gate National Recreation Area
In partnership with Crissy Field Center and Tunnel Tops Community Programs.
Día de los Muertos & Diwali in the Presidio - San Francisco
Día de los Muertos & Diwali in the Presidio
Date: Saturday, November 1, 2025
Time: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM PT
Location: Presidio Tunnel Tops, San Francisco, CA
Join us for a free, family-friendly celebration and observance at the Presidio honoring the shared themes of remembrance, light, and renewal in Día de los Muertos and Diwali.
✨ Activities include:
Calpulli Aztec Dancing & Diya Lighting
Fun, Traditional Craft Making
Planting as Remembrance
Fire Ceremony and Song
Hosted by Hindus for Human Rights Bay Area, ASATA (Alliance of South Asians Taking Action), Presidio Trust, and Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy.
📍 Open to all ages — bring your friends and family to celebrate community, memory, and light.
For any accommodations needs please contact Miriam Manda at mmanda@presidiotrust.gov or 423.704.7187 with at least seven days’ notice to help ensure availability.
Qais Essar & Sonny Singh: SANGAT Album Release Concert - CHICAGO
Qais Essar & Sonny Singh: SANGAT Album Release Concert
Date & Time:
Saturday, November 8, 2025 · 7:30 PM
Location:
1925 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60616
Event Description:
Join acclaimed artists Qais Essar and Sonny Singh for the SANGAT Album Release Concert — an evening of transcendent music that bridges centuries and traditions. Drawing on the poetry and spirit of Sufi and Sikh texts, their collaboration celebrates unity, love, and the power of song to bring communities together in challenging times.
Tickets & Details:
Get tickets on Eventbrite: Qais Essar & Sonny Singh: SANGAT Album Release Concert
WCMIR 2025 Annual Conference: Justice, Peace & Moral Relativism, Lombard , IL - Central Time
WCMIR 2025 Annual Conference: Justice, Peace & Moral Relativism
Bay Area Chapter Meeting
Bay Area Chapter Meeting
Hosted by: Hindus for Human Rights
🗓️ Date: Sunday, November 16, 2025
🕑 Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM PST
📍 Location: Fremont, CA (exact location provided upon RSVP)
About the Event:
Join the Bay Area chapter of Hindus for Human Rights for our November community meeting. We’ll gather to share updates on our ongoing campaigns, plan upcoming events, and reflect together on our work for justice and peace. Whether you’re a longtime supporter or new to HfHR, this is a great opportunity to connect, collaborate, and build local solidarity.
🔗 RSVP: tinyurl.com/BayAreaNov
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Songs for Many Lives A multimedia performance by Sruti Sarathy & Roopa Mahadevan, Mountain View CA
Songs for Many Lives
A multimedia performance by Sruti Sarathy & Roopa Mahadevan
Description:
Join musicians Sruti Sarathy and Roopa Mahadevan for the premiere of Songs for Many Lives, an original multimedia performance of Carnatic songs. This work honors the South Asian immigrant experience in all its radical history and richness, blending tradition with contemporary storytelling.
Dates & Locations:
October 25, 2025 – 7:30 PM | Pear Theater, Mountain View
October 26, 2025 – 4:00 PM | Pear Theater, Mountain View
November 9, 2025 – 4:30 PM | Creativity Museum Theater, San Francisco
TICKETS: https://luma.com/songsformanylives
Interfaith Diwali: Know Your Lights - NYC
Interfaith Diwali: Know Your Lights
📅 Date: Saturday, October 25, 2025
🕝 Time: 2:30 – 6:30 PM
📍 Location: Church of the Living Hope
161 E. 104th St., New York, NY
✨ A pioneering interfaith Diwali celebration, co-hosted by Hindus for Human Rights and the Church of the Living Hope, bringing together South Asian and Latine communities to:
Celebrate light and life
Build solidarity across traditions
Prepare to face ongoing threats to communal safety
💡 Join us for an afternoon of community, culture, and courage — with food, performances, storytelling, and shared ritual.
Diwali: A Celebration of Community & Liberation in Bethesda MD
Diwali: A Celebration of Community & Liberation
📅 Date: Saturday, October 25, 2025
🕓 Doors Open: 4:30 PM
🕔 Program Begins: 5:00 PM
📍 Location: Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Congregation
9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814
✨ Join Hindus for Human Rights and Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Congregation for a special Diwali celebration centering community and liberation. The evening will feature food, performers, storytelling, and more.
👉 RSVP here: https://tinyurl.com/2025hfhrdiwali
🌈 Amma’s Pride: Screening in NYC
🌈 Amma’s Pride: Celebrate Love and Allyship
🗓️ Friday, October 24, 2025
🕖 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
📍 Manhattan Neighborhood Network, 509 W 38th St, New York, NY 10018
Join us for an evening celebrating love, family, and allyship!
The event begins with stand-up comedy on modern queer parenting, followed by a screening of the award-winning short documentary Amma’s Pride, which tells the moving story of a mother’s unconditional love for her trans child.
After the screening, stay for a panel discussion featuring:
✨ Nawaaz Ahmed, author of Radiant Fugitives
✨ Sneha and Fahmida, from Desi Rainbow Parents Allies
✨ Chithra Jeyaram, Lead Producer of Amma’s Pride
Moderated by Archana M. Jain, Co-Founder of Product of Culture.
Presented in collaboration with Asian Women Giving Circle, Desi Rainbow Parents Allies, Brown Girls Doc Mafia, Diversity and Inclusion Film Festival (DIFF), Manhattan Neighborhood Network, and Product of Culture.
🎟️ Register now — space is limited:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ammas-pride-fyc-screening-event-tickets-1826646040479
The Dream of a Common Movement: Selected Writings of Urvashi Vaid - NYC
The Dream of a Common Movement: Selected Writings of Urvashi Vaid
📅 Thursday, October 23, 2025
🕖 7:00 PM (EDT)
📍 The Auditorium, The New School
Join the American LGBTQ+ Museum's Lavender Literary Society for a special event during the 2025 Lesbian Lives Conference. This evening will feature a conversation with editors Jyotsna Vaid and Amy Hoffman about The Dream of a Common Movement, a powerful collection of essays, interviews, and speeches by the late feminist and civil rights activist Urvashi Vaid.
Moderated by M Gessen, the discussion will explore Vaid’s visionary contributions to the LGBTQ+ movement and her four decades of groundbreaking writing and organizing.
✨ Event Details:
6:30 PM: Doors open
7:00 PM: Program begins
Format: In-person and livestreamed (please indicate your preference when registering)
Presented by The New School's Gender and Sexualities Studies Institute, the 2025 Lesbian Lives Conference, and The American LGBTQ+ Museum.
Register here: The Dream of a Common Movement: Selected Writings of Urvashi Vaid
Judicial Independence at Risk: Reflections from the U.S. and India - NYC
Judicial Independence at Risk: Reflections from the U.S. and India
📅 Tuesday, October 21, 2025
🕠 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
📍 New York City Bar, 42 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036
Marking the 75th anniversary of India’s Supreme Court, this panel explores growing threats to judicial independence in India and the United States—from executive overreach to institutional fragility—and what these challenges mean for democracy itself.
Speakers include:
Justice S. Muralidhar, Former Chief Justice, Orissa High Court, India
Margaret Satterthwaite, UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers
Hon. Shira Scheindlin, Former Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Samah Sisay, Staff Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights
Diwali: An Interfaith Celebration of Light, Inwood, NYC
Diwali: An Interfaith Celebration of Light
Journalism in Today’s India: A Conversation with Veteran Journalists - Palo Alto, CA
Journalism in Today’s India: A Conversation with Veteran Journalists
Date: Sunday, October 19, 2025
Time: 4:00 PM PST
Location: Palo Alto, CA (address shared with all who RSVP)
Languages: Hindi and Englis
Join the Association for India’s Development (AID) for an in-depth discussion with some of India’s leading journalists on the challenges and responsibilities of journalism today—from media freedom and truth-telling to navigating political pressures and censorship.
📩 RSVP for details: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfrh4y7kOuJjyD-hNIpfnEkXlBih_3gyBIpOHGGaOC1Yrd1DA/viewform?pli=1
18th Annual Diwali Celebration: The Spirit of Jahaji, Philadelphia, PA
18th Annual Diwali Celebration: The Spirit of Jahaji
Hosted by the Unitarian Society of Germantown & Hindus for Human Rights
Description:
Join us for a vibrant Diwali celebration honoring the Spirit of Jahaji—the light carried by our immigrant ancestors. This year’s program will reflect on the resilience of Jahajis and their reimagining of Diwali in the Caribbean beyond caste constraints.
HfHR Board Member Ramya Vijaya will speak on the history of indentured labor, the traditions preserved and transformed by migrant communities, and the inspiration we can draw from their endurance and creativity. Several congregants will also share stories of their immigrant ancestors.
This is a two-day, multicultural celebration of light, history, and resilience!
Date & Time:
Saturday, October 18, 2025
6:00 PM – Diwali Feast
7:00 PM – Program
Sunday, October 19, 2025 – 10:30 AM (continuing celebration)
Location:
Unitarian Society of Germantown
6511 Lincoln Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19119
Parking: Off Johnson St. (GPS 359 W. Johnson St.)
Details:
Free & open to the public
Contact: Andrea Durham (diwali@usguu.org)
Qais Essar & Sonny Singh: SANGAT Album Release: Thursday, October 16, 2025- Berkeley CA
Qais Essar & Sonny Singh: SANGAT Album Release Show
Date: Thursday, October 16, 2025
Time: 7:30 PM PT
Location: The Back Room, 1984 Bonita Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704
Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/qais-essar-and-sonny-singh-sangat-album-release-show
Celebrate the release of SANGAT, a powerful new collaboration between Qais Essar, the Afghan-American rabab virtuoso, and Sonny Singh, the Sikh-American musician known for blending bhakti, bhangra, and resistance anthems.
Know Your Rights at Work + H1B Visa Changes - ONLINE
Know Your Rights at Work + H1B Visa Changes
Date: October 15, 2025
Time: 8 PM EST / 5 PM PST
Location: Online (RSVP link below)
Hosted by: Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF)
About the Event:
Join SALDEF for an essential bilingual (English and Punjabi) webinar to learn about your rights at work and recent changes to H-1B visa rules. This session will cover key topics for immigrant workers, including:
How new H-1B visa regulations affect you
What to do if ICE shows up at your workplace
Employer retaliation and worker protections
Legal resources available to immigrants
Speakers:
Lalitha Alladi, Founding Attorney, Alladi Law
Jaslin Kaur, SALDEF Senior Manager of Civic Engagement and Community Outreach
Caleb Soto, Director of Worker Rights, NDLON
RSVP: www.saldef.org/kyr
Hindus for Human Rights Philadelphia Chapter Meeting
Hindus for Human Rights Philadelphia Chapter Meeting
Date: Saturday, October 11, 2025
Time: 3:30 – 5:30 PM
Location: Center City Philly (exact location provided after RSVP)
Connect with fellow HfHR members and supporters to discuss current and upcoming initiatives in the Philadelphia area. Come together to plan, collaborate, and grow our local impact.
RSVP: Tinyurl.com/PhlOctMeetup
Scan the QR code on the flyer to RSVP directly.
Ambedkar King Study Circle Annual Conference 2025
🪧 Join Ambedkar King Study Circle and Hindus for Human Rights Bay Area at AKSC’s annual conference to deliberate on how to create the conditions necessary to empower people!
⚖️ To have open and frank discussions on how to create social and legal protections against caste exclusion and oppression.
🕊️ Each one of us has a unique role in forging solidarity by confronting exclusion within!
🪔 We can make an anti-caste future actually and truly possible, here and everywhere.
Location: Los Cerritos Community Center, 3377 Alder Avenue, Fremont, California, 94536
Learn more here.
We Are One Humanity’s 1st Anniversary Celebration📅 10:00 AM EST
Living Courageously in Overwhelming Times
WAOH’s 1st Anniversary Celebration
📅 Date: Friday, October 3, 2025
🕙 Time: 10:00 AM EST
📍 Location: Online (link provided upon registration)
On October 3rd, We Are One Humanity (WAOH) celebrates its first anniversary, and we’re marking the occasion with a special webinar you won’t want to miss. This gathering will bring together WAOH friends, contributing writers, and supporters from around the world to reflect on a year of speaking out with courage, compassion, and conviction.
Stay tuned on our social media for speaker announcements over the coming weeks. For now, save the date and join us as we celebrate one year of living courageously in overwhelming times.
🔗 Register here: http://bit.ly/3K98STM
Black Feminist Ethnographies in Latin America and the Caribbean - Barnard College NYC
Black Feminist Ethnographies in Latin America and the Caribbean
Presented by Barnard Center for Research on Women (BCRW)
📅 Date & Time: Thursday, October 2 · 6:30 – 8:00 PM EDT
📍 Location: James Room, 4th Floor Barnard Hall
Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
About the Event
Join us for a joint book salon with Professors Darlène Dubuisson (University of California – Berkeley) and Prisca Gayles (University of Nevada – Reno) as they discuss their groundbreaking new works:
Reclaiming Haiti’s Futures (Rutgers University Press, 2024)
Pain into Purpose (Cambridge University Press, 2024)
Both scholars bring rich ethnographic research into conversation, examining how Black intellectuals and activists resist colonial displacement and erasure while reclaiming space, shaping belonging, and envisioning futures. Dubuisson traces Haitian intellectuals returning home to rebuild, while Gayles explores Black women’s leadership in Argentina’s resistance movement.
Together, their books illuminate broader global struggles for racial justice, belonging, and social transformation.
The conversation will be moderated by Amelia Simone Herbert (Education and Urban Studies, Barnard) and Maricarmen Hernandez (Sociology and Urban Studies, Barnard).
Hindus for Human Rights – South Bay Chapter Meeting 10:30 AM – 2:30 PM PST
Hindus for Human Rights – South Bay Chapter Meeting
Date & Time:
📅 Sunday, September 28, 2025
🕥 10:30 AM – 2:30 PM
Location:
📍 Location will be provided after RSVP
Description:
Join the South Bay Chapter of Hindus for Human Rights for our upcoming community meeting. Together, we’ll connect, share updates, and discuss how we can advance justice, equality, and human rights through a Hindu perspective.
This is a chance to build solidarity, deepen community ties, and contribute to ongoing efforts for pluralism and resistance against hate.
RSVP:
👉 tinyurl.com/SouthBaySeptember
NYC Chapter Picnic & Durga Puja Celebration
NYC Chapter Picnic & Durga Puja Celebration
Date: Sunday, September 28, 2025
Time: 2:00 – 4:30 PM
Location: Prospect Park Boathouse, Brooklyn, NY
Register here: https://secure.everyaction.com/ldZ-o1hQ0k6PrMcIu82cqA2
Join the NYC chapter of Hindus for Human Rights at our September Meeting
Come celebrate Durga Puja with your New York City comrades. Bring a murti, a doll, an action figure or a photo - anything that is meaningful to you - and we will build a kolu together for it using clay and crafts supplies!
We will also go over current HfHR projects, will talk about folks' interests and goals for the rest of the year, and will discuss how you can get involved. The meeting will be from 2:30-4:30 pm on Sunday, September 28th, near the boat house in Prospect Park, and is open to all. If you have any questions, please contact Vrinda: vrinda@hindusforhumanrights.org.
This meeting is open to all interested in Hindus for Human Rights and our work.
Goddess Rising - A Celebration of Shakti 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT
Baithaks for Liberation - Goddess Rising: A Celebration of Shakti
Date: Sunday, September 28, 2025
Time: 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT
Join us for a powerful gathering exploring the divine feminine energy of Shakti. This Bhaithak will celebrate goddess traditions and their role in liberation and justice.
RSVP: Tinyurl.com/SeptemberBaithak
Yoga Fundraiser for Palestine & Beach Day Santa Monica CA
Yoga Fundraiser for Palestine & Beach Day
Hosted by Tejal Yoga
📅 Date & Time:
Saturday, September 27, 2025
11:00 AM – Gentle Yoga (Ocean Park Playground lawn, Santa Monica)
12:00 PM – 4:00 PM – Beach Day (Lifeguard Tower 25, Santa Monica)
📍 Location:
Ocean Park Playground lawn & Lifeguard Tower 25, Santa Monica, CA
Mehfil of Ragas: Vidushi Alif Laila (Sitar) & Abhay Kulkarni (Tabla) - Bethesda MD
Mehfil of Ragas: Vidushi Alif Laila (Sitar) & Abhay Kulkarni (Tabla)
Date & Time: Saturday, September 21, 2025, 4:00 PM
Location: Cedar Lane UU Congregation, 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda, MD
Host: Cedar Lane UU Congregation
About the event:
As fall invites renewal across traditions—Rosh Hashanah, Durga Puja, and the Autumn Equinox—join us for a mehfil, an intimate gathering where music becomes prayer. Internationally acclaimed sitarist Alif Laila (Senia Maihar gharana; founder of Sitar Niketan) and dynamic tabla artist Abhay Kulkarni will guide us through the beauty and power of Indian classical music—an immersive journey into the ancient art of ragas.
Suggested Love Offering: $20 individual • $40 family • Children under 12 free
Good to know: Family-friendly; all are welcome.
RSVP/Details: Please use the QR code on the flyer.
Stan Swamy Memorial LectureTheme: Migration for Livelihood: Hope Amidst Miseries 🕕 6:00 PM IST
Stan Swamy Memorial Lectur
Theme: Migration for Livelihood: Hope Amidst Miseries
Speaker: Father Prem Xalxo SJ
Chair: Advocate Indira Jaising
📅 Friday, 13 September 2025
🕕 6:00 PM IST
Venue (In-Person):
Yashwantrao Chavan Centre
Nariman Point
Mumbai 400021
Online Access (Zoom):
🔗 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87639592991?pwd=Zb6lvRL0ux6gS9XIMniIA9IUdcaHi6.1
This year’s Stan Swamy Memorial Lecture will reflect on migration, livelihood, and justice, continuing the legacy of Father Stan Swamy’s lifelong advocacy for the marginalized.
Democratic Backsliding and Peoples’ Resistance in India
Democratic Backsliding and Peoples’ Resistance in India
Disappearing Democracy in the “World’s Largest Democracy”
Date: Tuesday, September 10, 2025
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT
Venue: Zoom Webinar
Description:
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi—Steve Bannon’s favorite foreign dictator—has been in power for eleven years, winning reelection twice. Over this period, India’s imperfect but functioning democracy has been systematically dismantled:
Press freedom has been attacked, and dissent criminalized.
Mob violence against Muslims and other religious minorities has been incited, with perpetrators shielded from justice.
The judiciary, bureaucracy, and educational institutions have been infiltrated and stripped of independence.
Repressive influence has extended beyond India’s borders, including targeted assassinations of Sikh dissidents in the U.S., Canada, and elsewhere, as well as growing sway over electoral politics in other countries.
Alliances with the global far right, including in the U.S., have been deepened.
Despite this, Indian social movements continue to resist, achieving key victories even as far-right Hindu nationalism remains entrenched in political power and popular culture.
As the U.S. faces its own slide toward authoritarianism, what lessons can we draw from India’s experience? This discussion will explore the parallels and strategies for resistance.
Speakers:
Ria Chakrabarty, Senior Policy Director, Hindus for Human Rights
Arjun Sethi, Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University
Aabha Muralidharan, Independent Researcher, Writer, and Photographer
Moderator:
Basav Sen, Climate Policy Director, Institute for Policy Studies
Series Note: This session is the sixth in the monthly IPS series Lessons from Resistance to Authoritarianism Around the World.
Registration: Democratic Backsliding and Peoples’ Resistance in India - Institute for Policy Studies
AB 715 & the Right-Wing Attack on Palestine in Education - 5:00 PM PST
AB 715 & the Right-Wing Attack on Palestine in Education
🗓 Date: Monday, September 8, 2025
🕔 Time: 5:00 PM PT
📍 Location: Online
🔗 Register: bit.ly/715webinar
📝 Description:
Join AROC Action and co-sponsoring organizations—including CAIR SF Bay Area, Jewish Voice for Peace - Bay Area, QUIT!, Hindus for Human Rights, and the CA Coalition to Defend Public Education—for a critical webinar on Assembly Bill 715.
AB 715 is a dangerous piece of legislation aimed at censoring Palestine solidarity in California’s educational institutions. This webinar will explain the bill, its implications, and how it fits into a broader pattern of right-wing repression targeting academic freedom and racial justice in education.
Let’s come together to protect the rights of educators and students, and defend public education from censorship.
Intro to Community Self-Defense - Los Angeles, CA 4:00–6:00 PM - PST
Intro to Community Self-Defense
📅 Date: September 6, 2025
🕓 Time: 4:00–6:00 PM
📍 Location: Los Angeles (RSVP for exact location: https://tinyurl.com/iceoutsept6)
Description:
Join South Asian Americans and allies in Los Angeles for an interactive workshop with community defense experts. Together, we’ll strategize on how to organize our families and neighborhoods to keep each other safe from ICE.
🌐 Translations will be available in Bangla.
Hosts:
Hindus for Human Rights
South Asian Network
Reading & Discussion Session: How Indian Americans Live San Jose, CA - 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM PST
Reading & Discussion Session: How Indian Americans Live
Hosted by: Ambedkar King Study Circle (AKSC)
🗓 Date: Saturday, September 6, 2025
⏰ Time: 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM PST
📍 Location:
1060 N 4th Street, Suite 200
San Jose, CA 95112
🔍 Topic:
Explore the results from the 2024 Indian American Attitudes Survey in a community reading and discussion format. Join AKSC to reflect on how Indian Americans live, think, and engage with issues of identity, politics, and social justice.
📖 Read the report: bit.ly/akspreadsep6
The Freedom Seeker: An Immersive Migrant Performance - NYC
✨ The Freedom Seeker: An Immersive Migrant Performance
Join us at the Bowery Poetry Club for a powerful evening that brings the story of 12-year-old Simi Singh to life. Through theater, music, and storytelling, we’ll follow her perilous journey across the desert in search of her father in Queens — a moving reflection on the realities of child migration.
🎭 Featuring Shubhra Prakash, Sage Gunning & Raghu Rayadurg
🎶 Music by Natalia Perlaza
🎤 With a special appearance by author Ruchira Gupta
After the performance, share your own reflections in an open mic: What does freedom mean to you? The three most powerful voices will win a signed copy of The Freedom Seeker.
📅 Wednesday, September 3, 2025
🕖 7 PM | Free Event
📍 Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, NYC
Hosted by Hindus for Human Rights 💛
From Texas to Bihar: How Elections Are Being Manipulated for Autocratic Control 🕚 11:00 AM EST | 8:30 PM IST
From Texas to Bihar: How Elections Are Being Manipulated for Autocratic Control
Date & Time:
📅 Tuesday, September 3rd, 2025
🕚 11:00 AM EST | 8:30 PM IST
Speakers:
Salman Bhojani – Texas State Representative
Pawan Khera – All India Congress Spokesperson
Description:
Across the world, elections are being undermined to consolidate authoritarian control. Join us for a timely conversation spanning Texas to Bihar, examining how democratic processes are manipulated and what this means for the future of governance.
Registration Link:
👉 tinyurl.com/texastobihar
HfHR South Bay Area Chapter Meeting: Understanding the Hindu American Foundation
The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) pushes right-wing Hindu supremacy, while pretending to advocate for civil rights for all Hindus. We will discuss the first thirteen pages of Savera's report on HAF and go over current HfHR Bay Area projects and how you can get involved.
📆 August 24th, 2 - 4 PM
📍 Milpitas, California (exact location provided after RSVP)
This meeting is open to all interested in Hindus for Human Rights and our work. Learn more and register here.
Baithaks for Liberation: Standing Together Against Religious Supremacy – A Hindu-Jewish Interfaith Dialogue
Baithaks for Liberation: Standing Together Against Religious Supremacy – A Hindu-Jewish Interfaith Dialogue
Date & Time: Sunday, August 24, 2025
12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT
Location: Online – RSVP for the link
RSVP: tinyurl.com/AugustBaithak
Description:
Religion has often been used to justify social and political oppression—from centuries-old caste discrimination and Hindutva-fueled hostility toward Muslims in India to Zionism’s defense of colonialism and displacement in Palestine, leading to the ongoing genocide in Gaza. This urgent interfaith dialogue brings together Hindu and Jewish voices to confront these injustices and explore how our traditions can inspire truth-telling, resistance, and solidarity.
Join panelists Umesh Kabir and Rabbi Alissa Wise, moderated by Dr. Linda Hess, as they share how their religious philosophy and practice challenge the misuse of faith to uphold systems of oppression.
This month’s discussion—part of Hindus for Human Rights’ Baithaks for Liberation series—will focus on building unity across faiths to resist religious supremacy and stand for justice and love for all.
Philadelphia Celebrates Rakhi – An Interfaith Festival of Brotherhood
🎉 Event: Philadelphia Celebrates Rakhi – An Interfaith Festival of Brotherhood
📅 Date: Sunday, August 24, 2025
🕒 Time:
Worship Service: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Rakhi Celebrations: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
📍 Location:
Germantown Unitarian Society Parking Lot
359 W. Johnson St., Philadelphia, PA
🪢 About the Event:
Join Hindus for Human Rights and community partners for a joyful interfaith celebration of Rakhi (Raksha Bandhan) in the City of Brotherly Love!
🌿 Learn about this cherished tradition
🎨 Make your own rakhi crafts
🍛 Enjoy delicious Indian snacks
💬 Celebrate community, connection, and peace across all faiths
Hosted by: Hindus for Human Rights (HfHR)
All are welcome!