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Past Events

Wednesday, June 6, 2018 @ 5:30pm ET
"Strengthening Our Roots" at the Washington Leadership Program
Location: AARP: The Hatchery, 575 7th St NW, Washington, DC
The first Washington Leadership Program (WLP) Session: Strengthening Our Roots will focus on the salient role of knowing and understanding AANHPI history. The session aims to provide attendees with a foundation of how AANHPI successes and lessons from key moments in American history relate to the struggles of other minority communities, and how that can inform modern advocacy efforts and movements. Registration for the event will begin at 5:30pm with our program following promptly at 6:00pm. All WLP sessions are free to the public, but seating is limited. Please register online to reserve your seat. Dinner will be provided.

Saturday, May 26, 2018 @ 10:30am CT
"The Other Community Archivist: Volunteering Your Archival Labor"
Location: Society of Southwest Archivists Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX
This panel will highlight lessons learned and challenges of working together with community organizations as an unpaid/underpaid volunteer archivist. As conversations expand on the importance of community archives, there also exist a need to identify who or how these repositories will manage and maintain themselves. Panelists will include archivists with previous experiences of working in these situations as well as one representative from the community the archivist engaged with. Society of Southwest Archivists conference attendees will gain insight into different approaches to community outreach as well as conversations on the moral obligation archivists have towards the larger community outside of their workplace.

Thursday, May 24, 2018 @ 7pm to 8:30pm
The Missing Stories
Location: Piscataway Public Library, 500 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ
In 1883, Anandibai Joshee, a young woman from a small city in western India arrived in Roselle, New Jersey. She had traveled thousands of miles, overcoming incredible physical and emotional hardships. She arrived with a purpose and eventually became the first South Asian woman in the world with a degree in western medicine. South Asians have been a presence in the US for more than 130 years, but their stories are mostly unknown. In this session, participants will engage in an interactive discussion about underrepresented populations, specifically examining South Asians, and how sharing community stories can help create a more inclusive future. Come join us for a special presentation from Samip Mallick, Co-Founder and Executive Director of SAADA, as we examine and celebrate these missing stories from our shared experience.

Saturday, May 12, 2018 @ 3pm to 4:30pm ET
The Missing Stories
Location: Livingston Public Library, 10 Robert H. Harp Drive, Livingston, NJ

Saturday, March 10, 2018 @ 4pm ET
Beyond Apu: A Community Conversation
Location: URBN Screening Room at Drexel University, 3401 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, PA

Saturday, October 28, 2017 @ 9am PT
Between Indigenous and Immigrant: A Workshop on South Asian Migration in Global History
Location: University of Victoria, Victoria, BCCanada
Participant(s): Samip Mallick

Thursday, August 24, 2017
South Asian Canadian Digital Archive (SACDA): Knowledge Mobilization Workshop
Location: University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, BCCanada
Participant(s): Samip Mallick


Saturday, April 8, 2017 @ 9:30am - 3:30pm ET
Where We Belong: Artists in the Archive
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA

Wednesday, November 30, 2016 @ 6pm ET
Panel Discussion at Georgetown University
Location: Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Participant(s): Samip Mallick