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Samar Magazine Article Profiling Diaspora Flow
Diaspora Flow is profiled in this article, and is a topic of discussion during the Archival Creators Fellowship interview, articulating the duo's political activism through artistic expression.

"Inside the whirlwind: in the wake of the tsunami, progressive Sri Lankans question the politics of aid."
Diaspora Flow is profiled by Colorlines Magazine for organizing tsunami relief fundraising events with the intention of providing equitable aid amid ethnic violence in Sri Lanka due to civil war.

NBC Asian America feature of Pradeepa
Profile of Pradeepa's experience in media, culture, and entertainment, which is a topic of discussion in the interview she did for the Archival Creators Fellowship Project on Ilankai Tamil Feminism. This profile is part of NBC Asian America's #RedefineAtoZ series.

"Kamala Harris is breaking barriers for Tamil Americans. But we need more." Written on Behalf of Maynmai Collective
This article, for which Maya McCoy was a principle writer, was prepared by Maynmai and published on Medium. It discusses the progress made in the arena of representation, by having Kamala Harris, an Indian Tamil and Jamaican American woman elected as Vice President of the United States.

"Shallows" by Maya McCoy, Asian American Writers' Workshop
This article was written by Maya McCoy about a family originating from Sri Lanka, whose identities and histories are inflected upon their present experiences, including the time of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

2006 UN Plaza Rally Flyer and Pamphlet
This is a flyer card and pamphlet for a rally at the UN Plaza organized by progressive Tamils in the diaspora, in response to publicized peace talks between warring factions of the Sri Lankan Civil War. The rally advocates for a just peace, where those entities implicated in harming civilians should not be the primary decision-makers on the terms of peace.

"The Eviction" by YaliniDream
This poem was written by YaliniDream in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the 1983 anti-Tamil pogroms in Sri Lanka. While the writing refers to these pogroms as "Black July" it is important to note that YaliniDream no longer uses such language to describe the pogroms due to the racialized repercussions of associating negativity and tragedy with the color black.

ZELL Visiting Writers Series
This is an event flyer for a visiting writers series at the University of Michigan, featuring a joint performance session featuring YaliniDream and Sumathy Sivamohan (written as "Sivamohan Sumathy" on the flyer) on February 18, 2013.

The Broken Palmyra: The Tamil Crisis in Sri Lanka, An Inside Account
Pages with annotations of U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka William Howard Wriggins' personal hard copy of The Broken Palmyra: The Tamil Crisis in Sri Lanka, An Inside Account.

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