by Ritu Marwah | Mar 18, 2020 | *Slider - Latest, Articles, Features, Profiles
Pranoti Nagarkar looks across the kitchen counter at her partner Rishi Israni. Gosh they had come a long way. 2008 was a distant memory when they had fought about who was going to make the hot roti flatbread for dinner. Pranoti, who had rolled rotis since the age of 8...
by Srishti Prabha | Mar 1, 2020 | *Slider - Latest, Articles, Features, People, Profiles
Why do I feel a kinship with Ash Kalra, D-CA 27? Maybe because we are both Indian, Canadian-born, Bay Area transplants? Though 20 years my senior, Ash Kalra speaks my language. He mirrors my experience, taking a non traditional path of social justice. Not an engineer...
by Srishti Prabha | Feb 23, 2020 | *Slider - Latest, Articles, Features, Not For Profit, Profiles
I remember my first day at my Americorps program, Public Allies Silicon Valley – a program which recruits young people to engage in grassroots activism. I stood alone – the only Indian in the room of 40 people. Discomfort was the first emotion. Will anyone...
by Staff Writer | Feb 15, 2020 | *Slider - Latest, Articles, Community, General, Not For Profit
SAALT recently announced the appointment of new Executive Director Lakshmi Sridaran who previously led SAALT’s policy and legislative agenda for four years. Simran Noor, an expert in philanthropy, movement building, and organizational development will now serve as ...
by Anjana Nagarajan-Butaney | Feb 10, 2020 | *Slider - Latest, Profiles
In September, 2019 sujatha baliga won the MacArthur “Genius Award” for her work in Restorative Justice. The MacArthur fellowship is awarded to individuals who have shown “extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for...
by Sara Singh | Jan 20, 2020 | *Slider - Latest, Features, Not For Profit, Profiles
As we look back on this past decade of rapid and polarizing social change in the USA, its end has been defined by political upheaval, the #MeToo reckoning, and climate change controversies. In spite of climate change deniers and the defanged EPA, we saw progress with...
