"India AIDS Action Demonstration in NY"
Article written by Manisha Mirchandrani for the India Monitor dated August 19, 1991. This article summarizes an August 13th demonstration organized by India AIDS Action to protest the AIDS policies of the Indian government. Protesters said the policies and pending legislation regarding AIDS/HIV patients deny basic human rights and are contrary to World Health Organization guidelines.
"Protests on India's AIDS Policy" / "AIDS Bill Is Called Repressive"
Two news articles from clipping from India Abroad dated August 23, 1991. ‘Protests’, written by Brinda Chugani, summarizes the coordinated multi-city protest on August 13, 1991. Demonstrators wanted to bring attention to AIDS policies of India. ‘AIDS Bill’ was written by K.S. Nayar and summarizes how the Indian government is taking action regarding AIDS and why its actions are ‘repressive’.
"AIDS Action demonstrates in front of Indian Consulate"
News clipping of an article written by Esha Dutt in Spotlight weekly newspaper. Article summarizes the simultaneous demonstrations in front of several Indian Consulates in U.S. and U.K. The demonstration organized by AIDS Action sought to bring attention to the way the Indian government was handling the AIDS public health crisis in August 1991.
India AIDS Action Informational Handout
Handout from India AIDS Action, dated 1991, regarding the AIDS public health crisis in India. This handout seeks to generate action for more education, preventative training, and medical and government assistance to the public as well as to HIV patients.
Flyer for "Desi Cultural Rally for Amadou Diallo & Victims of Police Brutality"
Flyer for DRUM's first ever public action on April 2, 2000 in Jackson Heights, Queens. The event was part of the '41 Days of Action', organized in response to the acquittals of four police officers who shot and killed Amadou Diallo, a 22-year-old immigrant from Guinea.
Lease Driver Coalition Letter
Letter announcing the formation of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance from the Lease Driver Coalition.
Telegram to University of California Students
Telegram dated July 30, 1976 addressed to University of California informing students of “grave impending crisis” and inviting them to join the “Justice for George Fernandes and Other Freedom Fighters” committee. George Fernandes was one of twenty-five freedom fighters arrested by Indira Gandhi’s administration in June 1976 and tried in the infamous Baroda dynamite case.