South Asian Minority Groups Prevent Hindu Fundamentalists Attempt to Omit Caste Oppression in CA Curriculum Battle
California Education Commission denies anti-Dalit revisions in favor of academic-backed positions on history of caste-based violence
“Caste Apartheid” Responsible for Death of Dalit Scholar Rohith Vermula
Communities raise concern that officials are at fault for culpable homocide Organizations representing Indian-American interests gathered in San Francisco at the Indian Consulate on Friday to submit an official memorandum…
Minority Groups Plan Protest at Indian Consulate Over Dalit Student Suicide
Indian Communities to remember low-caste student leader Rohith Vemula of Hyderabad San Francisco, CA — Community leaders from various Indian diaspora groups will gather at the Indian Consulate in San Francisco…
Northern California Seminar Urges Unity Against Caste Violence and Religious Persecution
Sikh and Christian leaders gathered at Trinity Anglican Church in Marysville for a forum on Caste violence and religious persecution in India.
African-American Felt Segregated for Protesting Indian PM Modi in California
“I’ve never been treated like an Untouchable – not until yesterday,” says Modi protester The following is a personal report by Jada Bernard, an advisor to Organization for Minorities of…
Modi Followers Assault American Christian Peacefully Protesting in California
“I will break you,” threatens Modi follower while shoving protester in view of police The following is a personal report by Pieter Friedrich, an advisor to Organization for Minorities of…
Editorial: First Asian in U.S. Congress Was a Sikh Inspired by Civil Rights Principles
Dalip Singh Saund spoke against “coddling kings and dictators and protecting the status quo” The same year the United States passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957, an immigrant in…
Editorial: What if we listened to Dr. Ambedkar?
OFMI advisor Pieter Friedrich presented the following remarks at a July 19 banquet hosted by the Begampura Educational and Cultural Society of Sacramento, CA. Ladies and Gentlemen — I am…
Conference Challenges India’s “Dehumanizing” Belief System
Speakers term Brahmanical caste system a “legal apartheid” Stockton, CA: July 15, 2015 — When he took the stage at University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA to speak to…
Multi-faith Coalition Will Highlight Casteism at California Conference
Speakers to “question whether caste ideology has truly been abandoned in India” Stockton, CA: June 13, 2015 — The conversion of Indian minorities to Hinduism drew worldwide attention late last…