Asha for Education, Berkeley

Tune in this Saturday to watch Hamsa: Rohith Jayaraman & Layth Sidiq! Get your FREE concert ticket at: HungamaCity.com/AshaForEducation

Virtual Concert coming up as part of our Work an Hour campaign! Please come to our FREE concerts and donate if you can to support our education initiatives during these trying times.

In the upcoming semester, members from Asha for Education will be leading a decal called Images of India in which a range of topics from poverty to women’s rights will be discussed and how they are affecting modern day India. It is a great decal to learn about India from a political, societal, and cultural aspect. If you are interested please fill out the form provided in the flyer and we hope to see many of you very soon!

We are so excited to announce our recruitment timeline for the upcoming semester! We hope to see many new faces, so if you are interested in joining Asha please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/scxV5fjxiQyFRLKc9 We can’t wait to meet you all!

Come join us for our very first panel series: South Asian Allyship (Privilege & Positionality) hosted by ASUC Shah, Indian Students Association, and Asha for Education!! As a privileged community of color, South Asians hold a unique position in the racial and ethnic fabric of the U.S. Given the recent state-sanctioned violence perpetrated against the Black community, it is time South Asians confront their own position as a privileged community of color, leverage that privileg...e, and show up as non-performative allies for Black folk and other marginalized groups. In this panel, we aim to equip our peers with the necessary drive and tools to facilitate community engagement that uplifts BIPOC and also aims to help our peers understand and confront the ways in which the diaspora continue to perpetuate normative views of caste and color within our communities. Register here get access to our zoom link (please use your Berkeley email): https://berkeley.zoom.us//tJEuf-qqqzojHtaANFHaVr18OoxHv69D Our Speakers: - Jean Park: Community Engagement Director at Asian American Justice + Innovation Lab (AAJIL) - Garima Raheja: South Asians for Black Lives Volunteer and Activist - Sirianna Arathi: Tamil Queer Educator, Opposition Research/Organizing for the Democratic Party - Dr. Ayesha Khan: Infectious Diseases Ph.D. and grassroots organizer - Seema Hari: SWE, Model, writer for Medium (focuses on colorism) - Lakshmi Sridharan: Executive Director of South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) We will introduce our speakers more leading to the panel day, and we hope you get some time to read through their backgrounds! We are so appreciative of their time and are looking forward to a productive conversation! We would also like to thank our South Asian organizations for supporting the event: Jeeva Clinic Laya of Berkeley UC Berkeley Indus UC Berkeley Sri Lankan Students Association Project RISHI at UC Berkeley Bangali Student Association at Cal UC Berkeley Zahanat Natya at Berkeley UC Berkeley South Indian Society UC Berkeley Raas Ramzat UC Berkeley Deewani UC Berkeley Sikh Student Association Nazakat at Berkeley/Cal Kathak Cal Bhangra

Asha Berkeley is hosting a college prep info session on Wednesday, August 5th. A panel of Berkeley students from different years and majors will be talking about their experiences applying to college as well as their overall experience so far at UC Berkeley, followed by a moderated audience Q&A session. This event is open to students of all ages, and we encourage you to attend if you have any questions about applying to college or just want to hear our experiences! Here is the link to register:https://tinyurl.com/ashacollegeinfo We hope to see you there!

Hitting land in mid-May, cyclone Amphan resulted in devastating damage across East India, leaving thousands of families in desperate need for short term relief ...and long term rehabilitation efforts. For the past two months, Asha for Education has been funding and supporting numerous projects across India that are making lasting impacts in relief efforts. Please take some time to read our newsletter, highlighting the success and widespread impact of our fundraiser, and featuring stories and updates from some of our project partners. Thank you to everyone that donated and supported our efforts, your contributions have gone a long way in supporting thousands of families and children during this tough time. Link to Newsletter: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com//Amphan-Relief-Newslett To learn more about our mission and specific projects, please visit https://ashanet.org/ To donate to Asha for Education: https://donate.ashanet.org/ Please also stay tuned for more updates regarding long term rehabilitation efforts supported by Asha.

Check out our 2019 Annual Report here - https://ashanet.org/annual-report-2019/

Check out Asha for Education’s Annual Report 2019 - special shoutout to Rithika Neti for writing an article on Asha Berkeley!

While COVID-19 will continue to be a public health crisis into the foreseeable future, Asha for Education has been funding and supporting numerous projects acro...ss India that have already begun to make lasting impacts in relief efforts. Please take some time to read our newsletter, highlighting the success and widespread impact of our fundraiser, and featuring stories and updates from some of our chapters and project partners. Thank you to everyone that donated and supported our efforts, your contributions have gone a long way in supporting thousands of families and children during this tough time. Link to Newsletter: reports.ashanet.org/2020-COVID-Fundraiser-Impact-Newsletter To learn more about our mission and specific projects, please visit https://ashanet.org/ To donate to Asha for Education: https://donate.ashanet.org/ Please also stay tuned for more updates from our Cyclone Amphan Relief & Rehabilitation Fundraiser.