Officers
Anjali Devaraj Tierney, Executive Director
Bharati Sen, President
Kalpana Batni, Secretary
Jaya Krishnamurthy, Treasurer
Board
Elizabeth Chatham Sarbari Chowdhury
Nanda Datta Indulata Prasad
Doreen Nicholas Nandini Kanagal
When South Asians immigrated to the United States in great numbers in the 1970s, they were passionately driven to achieve economic stability and socialize the next generation to retain the traditions of their home culture. During these years, the immigrant community went to great lengths to project an impeccable public image by denying the existence of social problems such as domestic violence, sexual assaults, child abuse, mental illness, racism, and integration conflict. It is not until recently that activist groups have brought these issues out in the open.”—Shamita Das Dasgupta in Body Evidence: Intimate Violence Against South Asian Women in America
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