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[southasian_womens_collective] [CARD] Event on 9.11 & recent India violence (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Payal Parekh)
Thu Mar 14 12:37:53 2002
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:36:50 -0500 (EST)
From: Payal Parekh <parekh@pimms.mit.edu>
To: sangam-request@mit.edu, "Shah, Paromita -- Paromita Shah" <PShah@gbls.org>,
Shahphs@aol.com, peace-announce@mit.edu,
Asha Balakrishnan <abala@alum.mit.edu>,
Asha Balakrishnan <asha_1917@yahoo.com>
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*** E T H N I C V I O L E N C E ***
IN * SOUTH * ASIA
&
SOUTH * ASIAN * AMERICA:
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FORGING AN AGENDA FOR UNITY
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---Over SIX HUNDRED people have been killed in communal violence in India
in the past two weeks
---Over SIX HUNDRED hate crimes exploded throughout America in the
aftermath of September 11
Sick of the hate? Join the struggle...
March 16 & 17 -- Sever Hall -- Room 113
March 16 events: 11am to 5pm -- March 17 events: 2pm to 4pm
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***Professor ASHUTOSH VARSHNEY - author, Ethnic Conflict and Civic Life:
Hindus and Muslims in India
***Professor SUNAINA MAIRA - author, Desis in the House and Contours of
the Heart: South Asians Map North America.
***South Asian American Leadership of Tomorrow - national advocacy group,
screening their film on hate crimes Raising Our Voices.
***Desis Rising Up and Moving - radical activist group organizing around
hate crimes and INS detention in New York.
***The SIKH COALITION - education and advocacy group dedicated to
protecting civil liberties and fighting hate.
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