South Asian American Policy Working Group

The South Asian American Working Group is an emergent network of local and national South Asian organizations that address policy issues affecting South Asian communities, with a commitment to collective liberation, human dignity, and collaboration. 

Background

South Asians are one of the fastest growing racial groups in the U.S., comprising over 6 million people and making up 25-29% of the total Asian American population. Our community members face a myriad of concerns from immigrant rights and gender justice to accessing basic services and benefits to discrimination, profiling, and surveillance.

Realizing the need for collaborations between South Asian groups especially during a time of social and political upheaval in the US and around the world, four organizations – ManaviAlliance of South Asians Taking ActionMuslims for Just Futures, and Raksha – convened the South Asian Policy American Working Group in October 2024. 

Goals

The South Asian American Policy Working Group seeks to amplify key policy priorities and issues affecting South Asians in the United States through community awareness, policy analysis, and collaborations.  The immediate goals of the South Asian American Policy Working Group are to:

  • Share and provide information about policy issues and community needs in today’s political environment
  • Collaborate on policy analysis, community awareness, and rapid response through a systems framework and intersectional lens.
  • Practice solidarity, community care, trust, and spaciousness for holding complexities and contradictions

Organizations

The following organizations are part of the South Asian American Policy Working Group.

Last Updated: January 22, 2025

The South Asian American Policy Working Group is supported by the SolidarityIs program at Building Movement Project along with trusted advocates and advisors. 


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