SAADA is the leading source for South Asian American history.

Philadelphia
Joined December 2010
We’re looking for a few volunteers to support our upcoming Blockade '71 event in Philadelphia on Friday, November 6! 🙋🏽 Learn more about volunteering and let us know you're interested: saada.org/volunteer
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We’re excited to announce the winner of our Memory Bucket raffle for September . . . Joshlyn Thomas!!! 🎉🎉🎉 Stay tuned for more responses and our next Memory Bucket raffle! 🐚 saada.org/memorybucket
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We’re commemorating the history of the 1971 Blockade for Bangladesh with artmaking, food, music, and more. Hear directly from those who were part of the 1971 Blockade, and those working to keep their stories alive! 🎫 RSVP at saada.org/blockade
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Explore Echoes of Home, SAADA Archival Creator Fellow Rojika Sharma’s digital exhibit about placemaking by and for Bhutanese refugees in the Midwest, with original artwork by Bikash Rai: saada.org/echoes
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Our campaign ends tonight at midnight! We’re so very close to our goal… 91% of the way there! Please make your gift now… you can be the one to push us over the finish line! Donate now: saada.org/donate
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Our campaign ends at midnight! Please make your gift now to help us reach our GOAALLLLL!!!! ⚽ Every dollar of your donation to SAADA is an investment in a more diverse, pluralistic, and tolerant future. We need you with us! Donate now: saada.org/donate
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URGENT: Our campaign ends TOMORROW! 🌻 Please make your gift now to help us cross the finish line! Every dollar of your donation to SAADA is an investment in a more diverse, pluralistic, and tolerant future. We need you with us! Donate now: saada.org/donate
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We’ve got something to smile about… we’re 78% to our year-end goal! 🌻 Please make your gift now to help us cross the finish line! Your donation to SAADA is an investment in a more diverse, pluralistic, and tolerant future. Make your gift now: saada.org/donate
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Your gift to SAADA is a commitment to the allyship, friendship, love, and hope that make a brighter future possible. 🌻 Donate now: saada.org/donate
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Please join us by making a year-end gift now to help SAADA thrive in '25. Every dollar you donate goes directly to preserving and sharing South Asian American stories! Make your gift now at saada.org/donate
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Last week, SAADA was recognized as one of the 2024 Art Works grantees! 🎨 Our huge thanks to Art Works, Forman Arts Initiative, and Philadelphia Foundation for this meaningful recognition.
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We're looking to fill three exciting roles at SAADA: 💻 Web (Drupal) Developer, 🖇️ Senior Administrative Coordinator, and 🔍 Archival Assistant! ⁠ 💼 Learn more about each role and how to apply using the link in bio. Send questions to [email protected].
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We’re excited to introduce SAADA’s Healthcare Fellow, Swati Avashia! During her fellowship, Swati will conduct oral history interviews with South Asian American healthcare providers who worked on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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On MLK Day & Inauguration Day, we invite you to join SAADA virtually to learn about how South Asian Americans and other communities of color have worked together to fight for justice and dignity for all. 🫶🏽 RSVP using the link in bio!
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A Story of Resilience and Hope: "When Dalip Singh Saund took the oath of American citizenship on December 16, 1949, he had already faced more than two decades of exclusion." 📖 Read more: mailchi.mp/saada/a-story-of-…
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A first day in a new country is already full of unusual sights, but even more so when it’s also your first Halloween! 🎃 To read the rest of this story (and others from the First Days Project), check out the link in bio!
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In honor of Halloween Week, we're digging up 🪦 the 4th episode of Radiostan, titled "This Ghostbuster Stuff." Samip and Tina take on the supernatural in its many forms: "magic used for good, and magic used for evil." 😱 Listen to Episode #4 of Radiostan using the link in bio!
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SAADA’s Summer Fellowship in Community Archives is an opportunity to receive hands-on training in community-based archival work. Learn more at link in bio! 🎧 The application is now live! Please apply by January 12, 2025, to join our inaugural cohort of SAADA Summer Fellows!!
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SAADA is hosting a virtual workshop on developing an oral history project! ✍️If you’d like to learn more about collecting oral histories, sign up through the link in bio. We hope you can join us!
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Get your favorite hoodie from SAADA Spotlight ☀️ today! All proceeds from our SAADA Spotlight gift shop help support SAADA’s mission of ensuring that South Asian American stories are preserved and shared. 🍁 Link in bio!
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