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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.

Mango Tribe Collective
This is a group photo of the Mango Tribe Collective, which was instrumental in the canon of Asian American arts and activism, which Pradeepa participated in, along with an advisor and interviewee for this Archival Creators Fellowship project on Ilankai Tamil Feminism, YaliniDream. Mango Tribe was discussed in detail in Pradeepa's interview.

Online Launch Event of Ninaivu: Tamil Memory Archive
This video is of the virtual launch event for Ninaivu: Tamil Memory Archive, where Aanjali Allegakoan facilitates a discussion with panelists D'Lo, YaliniDream, Thiviya Navaratnam, and Sunthar Vykunthanathan.

Social Media Harassment Directed at YaliniDream for Feminist Approaches to Tamil Politics
These screenshots document just a sample of the social media toxicity directed at YaliniDream. These posts demonstrate the resistance that people in the Tamil community hold against nuanced and feminist approaches to Tamil politics. Much of this harassment comes from people with nationalist political orientations.

Oral History Interview with YaliniDream
YaliniDream is an Ilankai Tamil American performing artist, facilitator, cultural practitioner, an organizer, a somatics practitioner, and a consultant who has experiences in justice and anti-oppression work globally.

Political Violence & Oral Histories: Presenting the Archive of Sri Lankan Tamil Feminist Dissent
Launch event co-hosted by PublicsLab and SAADA for Kartik Amarnath's oral history collection “Tamil Feminist Liberation: An Archive of What Could Be.” This oral history collection is one of the first attempts to document the legacies of feminist dissent in the Sri Lankan Tamil community.

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