Civic Participation & Democracy | Voting Rights 101 & Bridging Gaps in Community Participation

Описание: Watch the full recording of our February 12, 2026 Engaged Communities Series panel under the Civic Participation & Democracy theme:

Voting Rights 101 & Bridging Gaps in Community Participation

Moderated by Jordan Stalker and featuring two amazing panelists:

Shobhana Verma | Executive Director, South Asian American Policy and Research Institute

Chanda Parbhoo | Founder at SAAVETX South Asian American Voter Empowerment | Executive Director SAAVETX Education Fund

Key takeaways and session notes from this discussion will be available soon on SAAPRI and SAAJCO’s websites.

This event is part of the Engaged Communities Series, a dynamic year-long multimedia initiative co-hosted by SAAPRI and SAAJCO examining pressing civil rights and social justice issues affecting South Asian and other immigrant communities.

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SAAPRI is a non-profit, non-partisan organization established in 2001. Through community-based research and strategic partnerships, SAAPRI drives impactful policy change at local, regional, and national levels. It is dedicated to empowering South Asian Americans by advancing data equity and ensuring our communities are accurately represented in public policy.

SAAJCO is a civil rights and legal services nonprofit committed to advancing the civil and human rights of the South Asian diaspora in the U.S. through direct legal services, community engagement, and impact litigation.

We’d also like to thank the SABA Foundation, SABA North America and Indiaspora for their generous support of this series.

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