my group and i spent this semester researching fresno’s lgbtq+ community and our first pride parade in 1991. what we found is a compelling story of community, resiliency, and the fight for visibility. check out our website and podcast to hear it: https://t.co/HrkP7N9bkc 🏳️🌈🌟🪩❣️
Silence and complicity around the rights and survival of the people of Gaza emboldens Hindutva forces to attempt the same tactics against Sikhs and others. Our fights and futures are linked.
‘the protests are robbing my Columbia students of listening to John Cage’s 4’33, the piece of music that is explicitly designed to force you to listen to…what’s around you.’ absolutely perfect
BREAKING | India has denied its involvement in the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar by responding with unsubstantiated claims of Canada harbouring "Khalistani terrorists and extremists". India often makes this claim but never provides evidence when requested by officials.
Eugene Zumwalt died last month at age 99. He was a WWII fighter pilot, a Fresno State English professor, and the subject of a national controversy when in 1970, FSU administrators staged an armed takeover of the English dept. His story is fascinating: https://t.co/4YHGtQXJcS
#AJR2 | The California State Legislature has recognized the anti-Sikh violence of 1984 as a genocide. @AsmJasmeetBains spoke on the Bill and thanked her colleagues for "refusing to sanitize history" + acknowledging the Indian government's role in the violence.
#NeverForget84
Happy AAPI Month!
Here is an appreciation🪡🧵thread of South Asian actresses (that aren't from Never Have I Ever or Bridgerton) you should know about!
1. Parveen Kaur
Punjabi-Canadian actress best known for her roles as Saanvi Bahl from "Manifest" and Christine in "Beyond".
The FBI released its 2021 Hate Crimes Statistics & Anti-Sikh incidents accounted for 21.3% of the 1,005 reported religious hate crimes, second only to Anti-Jewish. Anti-Hindu incidents accounted for 1%.
By population ratio, Sikhs are by far the most impacted community in USA.
I was appointed by The Collegian's editorial board to write about our decision to oppose, rather than endorse, Measure E.
I was born and raised in Fresno and I'm about to be a two-time alumna of Fresno State, but I still will be voting NO on Measure E.
https://t.co/unK4syTfbI