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About Us South Asian Network was founded in 1990 to provide an open forum where individuals of South Asian origin could gather to discuss social, economic, and political issues affecting the community, with the goal of raising awareness, active involvement and advocacy among community members leading to an informed and empowered community. SAN has sought from the outset to embrace the diversity of the South Asian community as strength rather than a liability. To that end, SAN works to build unity among South Asian immigrants in Southern California that does not exist in South Asia itself, and to build alliance among the South Asian community, other immigrant communities, and communities of color in order to advance a shared progressive agenda for Southern California. The board, staff and volunteers are the most diverse and representative of any South Asian organization. Comprised of a majority of women, the team includes persons of Bangladeshi, Indian, Nepalese, Pakistani and Sri Lankan origin from Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, Christian, Muslim and Sikh traditions; first generation immigrants and first generation U.S. born; speakers of Bengali, Fiji Hindi, Gujarati, Hindi, Nepali, Punjabi, Singhalese, Tamil and Urdu; and gay and straight members. Such internal diversity enables SAN to outreach to a broad set of communities. As the South Asian community continues to grow, SAN is committed to challenging systems of inequality, build solidarities with other similarly placed communities, and to design strategies to protect economic, political, and human rights of all communities. SOUTH ASIANS IN CALIFORNIA, THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT
THE CHALLENGES OF ORGANIZING
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