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 – Manavi, Alliance of South Asians Taking Action, Muslims for Just Futures, and Raksha – convened the South Asian Policy American Working Group in October 2024. In July 2025, the network renamed itself as the South Asian Coalition.