Join Us for a Hindus for Human Rights Chapter Meeting Near You This Month! |
2024 was a huge year of growth for Hindus for Human Rights, from establishing our membership program to hosting frequent meet-ups for our progressive community. We had such a great time connecting and building our local chapters, and we're looking forward to amplifying that energy even more in 2025!
As we enter the new Trump administration, we want to continue strategizing, organizing, and building a progressive community here across the United States. Throughout the month of January, we will be hosting meet-ups in several cities, and we hope you'll join us. Check out our upcoming events below to see if there's an event happening near you! We look forward to seeing you as we build a vibrant political and social base! |
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Raju Rajagopal’s New Year Reflections: |
Our Co-Founder’s Message of Hope and Justice |
As we begin 2025, our Co-Founder Raju Rajagopal shares insight, words of wisdom, and prayers to start off the new year right. |
Join Riverside Church NYC on MLK Day for Reclaiming the Dream: An Interfaith Call to Action |
Join our Executive Director Sunita Viswanath alongside several other faith leaders on January 20th as they reflect on reclaiming Dr. King’s vision of justice and equity, and further explore how diverse faith traditions can inspire collective action in today’s pressing social and political climate. This event will take place both in person and online; those who attend in person are welcome to join for a lunch following the panel! |
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Call Upon President Biden to Pardon Ravi Ragbir! |
Ravi Ragbir is a 60-year-old husband, father, and nationally recognized leader in the immigrant rights movement.
During the Trump administration, Ravi’s outspoken advocacy for immigrant rights made him a target. In January 2018, ICE officials in New York arrested Ravi and another leader of the New Sanctuary Coalition for deportation. These actions came during a period when many prominent immigrant rights activists were suddenly being targeted by federal immigration officials. Community allies—including 31 members of Congress and more than 1,800 community organizations and individuals—spoke out against ICE’s targeting of Ravi.
A pardon is the only real and permanent protection from deportation under the incoming second Trump administration. We are urging President Biden to grant Ravi's pardon before he leaves office.
We humbly ask that you please take a few moments to sign and circulate the petition supporting Ravi Ragbir's pardon. We only have until January 20th to urge President Biden for a pardon before Trump's administration deports Ragbir. |
Join ICNY for Faith Communities Against Mass Deportation |
Join the Interfaith Center of New York next Thursday, January 16th for Know Your Rights, Find Your Voice, a critical gathering exploring the role of faith communities in supporting the newest New Yorkers.
Faith communities throughout New York are grappling with how best to support immigrants in the coming years of the Trump administration. This Consultation will provide crucial resources and networking opportunities to faith communities, including Know Your Rights Training, legal protections, and spiritual/theological resources. Working together, attendees will share and learn about what resources exist in the event of deportations and emergency needs. |
Satya Dharam Samvad Spreads a Message of Love |
Our 2024 Swami Agnivesh Memorial Award Winners, Satya Dharam Samvad, spread a message of progressive Hinduism and using religion as a means to spread interfaith peace and unity, rather than hate. |
Learn All About Progressive Hinduism With Our Hinduism 101 Guide! |
Our Hinduism 101 guide is LIVE! This extensive guide takes a deep dive into progressive Hinduism, from the basics of Hinduism to gender and sexuality in Hinduism to even understanding the role of sacred groves in Hinduism. Our guide tackles questions of caste, progressive takes on controversial festival origins, and more. Be sure to check all ten pages out under our ‘Hinduism 101’ dropdown menu on our website! |
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Southern Poverty Law Center interviewed our Executive Director Sunita Viswanath alongside Ram Vishwanathan, Research Director at India Civil Rights Watch International, about the foundations of Hindu supremacy, how faith and religion factor into this way of thinking and how it is showing up in civic society and progressive political circles. |
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Southern Poverty Law Center additionally interviewed Pranay Somayajula, our Director of Organizing and Advocacy, in tandem with Safa Ahmed, Associate Director of Media and Communications at Indian American Muslim Council, about Hindu supremacists overlap with white supremacist power structures, how these groups are increasingly aligned with the U.S. political hard right, including SPLC-designated anti-Muslim groups and what can be done to challenge this ideology. |
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| We are disappointed by the racist backlash against celebrating the creation of an Indian American coalition. It's important for all people of all walks of life to be represented in government, and this coalition is a step towards positive change. |
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| In a horrifying move for non-profits, the House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would allow the President to strip the tax-exempt status of any non-profit deemed to support 'terrorism'. In an era of the new Trump administration and anti-Palestinian rhetoric, this places non-profits speaking out against the genocide in Gaza at risk for simply speaking up in the name of human rights. |
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The tragic murder of Indian journalist Mukesh Chandrakar has highlighted the dangers surrounding press freedom and reporting, particularly in some of India's more volatile regions. Chandrakar's body was found last week in a septic tank in a compound owned by a contractor he had implicated in a story about corruption in Chhattisgarh state. |
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Become an HfHR Member Today! |
An HfHR membership gives you access to a community of progressive, change-oriented Hindus, our exclusive WhatsApp community, affinity groups, weekly community calls, merch discounts, local organizing groups, and more. Join today! |
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