The South Asian Bar Association of North America Foundation supports access to justice for South Asian communities in North America.
President-Elect Trump has promised to implement drastic changes to immigration law and policy on his first day in office. Whether ending birthright citizenship, conducting workplace raids, separating families, or detaining and deporting people en masse, South Asian and other immigrant communities are bracing for their impact. At the end of his first week in office, the South Asian Bar Association Foundation is bringing together advocates to discuss new executive orders and policy announcements, their real-world impact on our communities, and what people are doing to prepare themselves and their families.
Our speakers include --
• Muneer Ahmad, Sol Goldman Clinical Professor of Law at Yale Law School, whose academic work and legal representation of individuals and organizations focuses on immigration, immigrants’ rights, and labor.
• Jessica Farb, Deputy Director of the Immigration Center for Women and Children which provides free and affordable legal services to underrepresented immigrants in California and Arizona.
• Serene Hawasli Kashlan, Legal Director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta, the first and largest nonprofit legal advocacy organization dedicated to protecting the civil rights of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander (AANHPI) and Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian (AMEMSA) communities in Georgia and the Southeast.
• Reyna Montoya, Founder & Executive Director of Aliento, a nonprofit organization in Arizona that supports and advocates for the rights of undocumented, DAC, and mixed-status students and families.
• Kalpana Peddibhotla, Executive Director of the South Asian American Justice Collaborative (SAAJCO), a legal nonprofit committed to advancing the civil and human rights of South Asians in the U.S.
