Diverse Crowd Cites Gandhi’s Legacy in Demonstration to Remove Cerritos Statue

Close to 75 link Gandhi to Adolf Hitler, segregation, and sexual abuse in Saturday protest at Cerritos City Hall

Cerritos, CA, Sept. 16, 2013 – Controversy swirled in Cerritos over the weekend as opinions clashed about a Gandhi statue installed … Read More

Opponents of Cerritos Gandhi Statue Plan Saturday Demonstration At City Hall

Support for statue’s removal grows as group plans to speak at City Council Thursday and demonstrate Saturday

Cerritos, CA, Sept. 11, 2013 – Believing the City of Cerritos has turned a deaf ear to a public concern, a group working … Read More

Cerritos Gandhi Statue Opponents Invoke Southern Californian Murdered by Gandhians

“We will speak louder and more frequently,” say South Asian minorities as they pledge to protest for statue removal

Cerritos, CA, Aug. 22, 2013 – After an unsatisfactory response from Mayor Bruce Barrows to demands for removal of Cerritos’ Gandhi … Read More

Lynched, Gang-Raped Dalit Girl Championed by South Asian Americans

“Impunity for Anju Bala’s murder illustrates ongoing dehumanization of the Dalit people,” says human rights group

Sacramento, CA, Aug. 14, 2013 – South Asian Americans half a world away from Himachal Pradesh are championing justice for a young woman from … Read More

Letter to Cerritos City Council Requests Removal of “Repugnant” Gandhi Statue

Gandhi was “morally odious” and sexually abused his grandnieces, claim South Asian Americans

Cerritos, CA, July 26, 2013 – A statue of Hindu religious icon Mohandas Gandhi has no place in a progressive society, claim a group of minorities of … Read More

White House yanks petition to reassess Obama’s hero Gandhi

South Asian Americans call Obama administration’s censorship a “slap in the face on Valentine’s Day”

Petition originally available at this link: http://wh.gov/pSLY

View and sign new petition here: http://tinyurl.com/anfgnw4

Washington, DC, Feb. 14, 2013 — Early Thursday afternoon, the Obama … Read More

Gandhi spread racial hatred and was pro-caste says petition to President Obama

Obama asked to reject his hero Gandhi for supporting “fundamental divisions” of caste

View and sign petition here: http://wh.gov/pSLY

San Francisco, Feb. 12, 2013 – A new petition to the Obama administration says Gandhi spent his life spreading racial hatred … Read More

OFMI Launches White House Petition to Reassess Gandhi

On March 6, OFMI launched the following petition:

WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:

Publicly reassess Gandhi, President Obama’s admitted hero, as anti-black, anti-woman, and pro-war (title links to whitehouse.gov petition site)

Gandhi rejected essential human ideals that all are … Read More

South Asian Americans Petition White House to Reassess Gandhi

Petition to President Obama calls his hero Gandhi “anti-black, anti-woman, pro-war”

View and sign petition here: http://wh.gov/pSLY

Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 2013 – President Obama often cites Mohandas Gandhi as his hero. At times, he has called him “an inspiration” … Read More

South Asian Faces Animate American Civil Rights Movement at California Capitol

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 24, 2013 – On Tuesday, South Asians partnered with African-Americans and other community leaders to spearhead a new united front in America’s civil rights movement. The January 22 event, “Justice Rising: A Rally for Universal Human Dignity,” was … Read More