South Asian Minority Groups Prevent Hindu Fundamentalists Attempt to Omit Caste Oppression in CA Curriculum Battle

California Education Commission denies anti-Dalit revisions in favor of academic-backed positions on history of caste-based violence
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“Caste Apartheid” Responsible for Death of Dalit Scholar Rohith Vermula

Communities raise concern that officials are at fault for culpable homocide

Organizations representing Indian-American interests gathered in San Francisco at the Indian Consulate on Friday to submit an official memorandum decrying government policies following the suicide of a Dalit student … Read More

Minority Groups Plan Protest at Indian Consulate Over Dalit Student Suicide

Indian Communities to remember low-caste student leader Rohith Vemula of Hyderabad

San Francisco, CA — Community leaders from various Indian diaspora groups will gather at the Indian Consulate in San Francisco for a protest at noon on Friday. Protests have already … Read More

Northern California Seminar Urges Unity Against Caste Violence and Religious Persecution

Sikh and Christian leaders gathered at Trinity Anglican Church in Marysville for a forum on Caste violence and religious persecution in India.Read More

African-American Felt Segregated for Protesting Indian PM Modi in California

“I’ve never been treated like an Untouchable – not until yesterday,” says Modi protester

The following is a personal report by Jada Bernard, an advisor to Organization for Minorities of India, about his experiences participating in protests against Hindu nationalist … Read More

Modi Followers Assault American Christian Peacefully Protesting in California

The following is a personal report by Pieter Friedrich, an advisor to Organization for Minorities of India, about his experiences being assaulted while peacefully … Read More

Editorial: First Asian in U.S. Congress Was a Sikh Inspired by Civil Rights Principles

Dalip Singh Saund spoke against “coddling kings and dictators and protecting the status quo”

The same year the United States passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957, an immigrant in California achieved the triple honor of becoming the first Asian, … Read More

Editorial: What if we listened to Dr. Ambedkar?

OFMI advisor Pieter Friedrich presented the following remarks at a July 19 banquet hosted by the Begampura Educational and Cultural Society of Sacramento, CA.

Ladies and Gentlemen —

I am honored at the opportunity to speak in honor of Dr. … Read More

Conference Challenges India’s “Dehumanizing” Belief System

Stockton, CA: July 15, 2015 — When he took the stage at University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA to speak to a diverse audience of Indian diaspora and concerned … Read More

Multi-faith Coalition Will Highlight Casteism at California Conference

Speakers to “question whether caste ideology has truly been abandoned in India”

Stockton, CA: June 13, 2015 — The conversion of Indian minorities to Hinduism drew worldwide attention late last year when reports surfaced that converts only participated in the … Read More