Hello friends. We hope you have all been keeping well. We're very excited to launch our fifth zine in collaboration with South Asian Sisters Speak; Resilience and the South Asian Community. We hope you enjoy reading it!
Check out some of our previous events, new blogs and updated website below too. Don't forget to sign up for our upcoming #16DaysOfActivism series. 'Another World Is Possible'.
In Solidarity,
The Rights Collective
Resilience in the South Asian Community: 5th Edition Zine Out Now
The year 2020 will be remembered as a tipping point for many, one of the most taxing years in world history – a global pandemic took the entire world by surprise, forcing us to look at the way in which we have been living our lives. World leaders have gaslit us only to gain more power and further oppress the marginalised. The Black Lives Matters movement gained popular recognition and momentum and changed the conversation around racism forever. Many of us have had to come to terms with what white supremacy actually looks like and confront our own role in upholding it.
It is within this context that we at the Rights Collective, together with guest editors South Asian Sisters Speak (SASS), wanted to showcase how our community views and embodies ‘Resilience’. As something brown womxn are all too familiar with, we wanted to share some of the perspectives that are often otherwise hidden in private conversations between friends and we received such beautiful pieces.
We're excited to share the final zine with you to enjoy while you listen to this playlist curated by each of the featured writers in the Zine.
VIDEO: Caste In The Diaspora Teach-In
The recording for 'Caste in the Diaspora' teach-in is now available to view. We explored what caste is and how it has been perpetuated over the years among the diaspora, the social movements fighting caste oppression and discrimination in the U.K., and how non-Hindus/non-Asians can be better allies.
Speakers included: Santosh Dass, Jyotsna Siddharth, and Meena Varma, Dalit Solidarity Network UK. Chaired by The Rights Collective Advisor Varun Khanna.
16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence
This year, for 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, The Rights Collective are hosting a series of conversations along the theme of ‘Another World Is Possible’. We will be exploring and imagining possibilities for our future beyond the current interlocking systems of oppression in which we live.
As part of this conversation series, will be hosting 3 dialogues over the coming months exploring:
Abolition and Justice in the South Asian Community on 3 December 2020, 6pm GMT
Healing and the South Asian Diaspora on 10 December 2020, 5pm GMT
South Asian Diasporic Organising on TBC
New Reads
Check out our latest blog on The Challenges of being a Muslim Woman by our team member, Huma Khan.
What We're Reading
"I think back to the time when our neighbour stopped stealing our milk packet after she discovered its Dalitness." Vijeta Kumar chronicles a personal story about growing up in Bengaluru.
New York-based musician Sonny Singh's new single ‘Koi Bol Ram’ looks at the anti-CAA protests in India and calls for religious unity. Watch the music video here.
"I didn’t know how to tell this white woman about my daily lived experiences as a Black woman." - On the importance of BAME accessing therapists of colour. Read here.
We've updated our website!
To find out more about out work, you can browse our website to discover our projects and get access to resources! We've made our digital teach-ins available to watch and you can catch up on our Ikhatta events!