Building Solidarity Amongst South Asian x Black Communities
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Solidarity in Struggle: South Asians for Black Lives is a program of Malikah started by a group of Gen Z South Asian women in California. The program aims to dismantle anti-Blackness and Indophobia and calls on our communities to join the racial solidarity movement. Through our social media, monthly newsletters, workshops/events, we focus on education and awareness as an enabler to inspire change.
Oppressive systems like white supremacy, colorism, racism, and xenophobia work together to harm people of color, including South Asians. Our work is framed intentionally to tackle the complexities of anti-Blackness in South Asian communities, hold space for healing, and to activate South Asians to actively dismantle anti-Blackness.
MISSION AND VISION
Mission: Dismantle anti-Blackness and Indophobia through education and awareness.
Vision: Become the go-to destination of raising awareness, education, self-reflection, and healing that inspires solidarity between South Asian and Black communities.
OUR VALUES
Healing: Rooting in our histories and stories to work through our trauma.
Solidarity: Understanding our role in uprooting anti-Blackness and Indophobia within our communities.
Liberation: Fighting for our collective liberation with the awareness that none of us are free until Black people are.
PROGRAM GOALS
Raise awareness of anti-Blackness and Indophobia
Create space for South Asian and Black communities to explore their identity and heal from historical and current trauma.
Build a community of people ready, willing, and able to engage in inter-racial solidarity work.
Gain confidence in speaking about anti-Blackness and South Asian identity in the larger conversation about racial equity.
OUR APPROACH
Our approach to dismantling anti-Blackness and Indophobia starts with understanding our history, healing from our trauma, exploring our identity, and raising awareness of the oppression faced by our people.
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE OFFER
We offer:
Resources through our social media and monthly newsletter.
Online events and webinars.
In-person events
Past, Present, and Future; South Asian & Black Solidarity workshops. Used to train people to facilitate conversations on solidarity, healing, and dismantling anti-Blackness in their community.
LINK TO RESOURCES
Letters for Black Lives: An Open Letter Project on Anti-Blackness
Black and Asian-American Feminist Solidarities: A Reading List
It Starts at Home: Confronting Anti-Blackness in South Asian Communitie
HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED
Subscribe to our monthly newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/00ce67932142/southasians2blacklives
Email South Asians for Black Lives at south-asians-for-black-lives@malikah.org
Follow us on Social media
ABOUT THE CREATORS
This project was formally started in December 2019, by a volunteer group of six Gen Z, South Asian women based in California. They came together through mutual friends to address anti-Blackness within their community.
In October 2021, the project transferred ownership to the BlindianProject management team.
