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ABOUT THE FOUNDATION
Established in 2003, the Foundation is proud of its past and ongoing efforts to promote public-interest work in Southern California. To date, the Foundation has raised and distributed over $100,000 in grant support to community organizations and to law students working in the public interest that also benefits the South Asian community in Southern California. Each year, the Foundation hosts an annual fundraising banquet recognizing a trailblazer, a lawyer who has significantly contributed to the public interest, and of recent, a member of the judiciary whose efforts have advanced the goals of the South Asian bar. The Foundation’s Ninth Annual Banquet will be held this spring 2012.
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SABA-SC PUBLIC INTEREST FOUNDATION
ANNOUNCES ITS 2011-2012 BOARD
The South Asian Bar Association of Southern California Public Interest Foundation (the Foundation) is proud to announce its 2011-2012 Board of Directors.
Co-Presidents: Sapna Jain, Puneet Kakkar
Treasurer: Vibhav Mittal
Secretary: Vidhya Ragunathan
Grants Chair: Puneet Sandhu
Publicity Chair: Bhupinder Kaur Malik
Sponsorship and Development Chair: Jay Bhimani
Clinic Chair: Sana Muttalib
Law Student Representative: Tanya Sukheja
Advisory Board Members: Rupa Goswami, Jacob George |
SABA-SC PUBLIC INTEREST FOUNDATION
HOSTS ITS FIRST LEGAL CLINIC
On September 10, 2011, the Foundation hosted its first “legal clinic,” an initiative launched to connect South Asian-American attorneys with the legal needs of the South Asian community. Together with the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) and the South Asian Network, volunteers from the South Asian bar organized a “Citizenship Workshop,” assisting over ten clients with their applications for U.S. citizenship for free. APALC, under the direction of Mark Yoshida, Esq., trained approximately twenty attorneys on the citizenship application process. The Citizenship Workshop was hosted at SAN’s offices in Artesia.
The Foundation, APALC, and SAN look forward to similar events in the future. Additionally, the Foundation will be exploring other clinics, focusing on issues such as worker’s rights and family law. If you are interested, please email the Foundation’s Clinic Chair, Sana Muttalib, viasabapif@gmail.com. |
SABA-SC PUBLIC INTEREST FOUNDATION
CONGRATULATES ITS 2011 GRANTEES
The South Asian Bar Association of Southern California Public Interest Foundation (“Foundation”) is proud to announce that it has awarded grants and fellowships totalling $18,500 to local organizations and law school students committed to serving the public interest. The Foundation awarded grants to the following organizations: the Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice; the Sikh American Legal Defense & Education Fund (SALDEF); the South Asian Helpline and Referral Agency (SAHARA); and the South Asian Network (SAN). The Foundation also awarded a summer public interest fellowship to UCLA Law School student Tanya Sukhija. The Foundation thanks its supporters for their generosity and congratulates grant recipients for their dedication to public interest work.
GRANT RECIPIENTS
• The Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice is a non-profit legal services organization that provides free legal services, including court representation and education, to low-income individuals with significant barriers to accessing the legal system in East and Southeast Los Angeles. LACLJ will use grant funding to provide free monthly clinics for South Asian survivors of domestic violence, as well as provide legal training for social service providers serving the South Asian community.
• The Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, founded in 1996, is the oldest and largest Sikh American national non-profit civil rights and educational organization. SALDEF empowers Sikh Americans through legal assistance, educational outreach, legislative advocacy, and media relations. SALDEF received Foundation grant funding to support the opening of a full-time, staffed office in the Los Angeles are to serve the Sikh American and broader South Asian communities of Southern California.
• The South Asian Helpline and Referral Agency is a non-profit organization founded and directed by South Asian professionals who volunteer their time to help serve the growing South Asian community in Southern California. SAHARA services all eight counties of Southern California. SAHARA will use its grant funding to provide multilingual and culturally competent direct legal clinics through project LEAF (Law Enforcement and Freedom) to South Asian victims of domestic violence.
• The South Asian Network is a grassroots, community-based organization dedicated to advancing the health, empowerment and solidarity of persons of South Asian origin in Southern California. Since its inception in 1990, SAN has provided a safe, open forum for individuals of South Asian origin to gather and address social, economic and political issues facing the community. SAN has utilized its grant to hold a community hearing to inform and educate the South Asian American community and the broader Southern California population about the impact of post 9/11 policies and practices on the South Asian American community in Southern California.
FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT
• Tanya Sukhija of UCLA School of Law worked primarily with South Asian Network’s AWAZ Voices Against Violence unit regarding issues of domestic violence involving child custody disputes, restraining orders, divorces, U-visa applications, and other areas of family law.
The Foundation congratulates all grant and fellowship recipients for their exemplary commitment to public interest law and their service to the South Asian communities of Southern California. |
SOUTH ASIAN NETWORK’S 21ST ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Come celebrate South Asian Network’s Twenty-First year of health, civil rights and violence prevention on October 14th, 2011 at the beautiful LA River Center & Gardens. With a presentation honoring shining stars of our communities, special musical performances, gourmet Indian Hors d’oeuvres, chai and dessert, this is one magical evening you do not want to miss!
Additional details available at SAN 21st Anniversary Celebration
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SABA-SC’S STARRY NIGHT INSTALLATION RECEPTION
The Boards of both SABA-SC and SABA-SC Public Interest Foundation will be installed at our inaugural Starry Night Installation Reception on October 20, 2011 at the Target Terrace at LA Live. This dazzling night, filled with musical performances and entertainment, promises to provide meaningful networking opportunities and will include a cross-section of attendees from members of the bar and judiciary, local in-house counsel and business leaders.
Additional details available at at SABA-SC Starry Night Reception |
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