On Tuesday, 100 women from various backgrounds, faiths and nationalities completed their 100-mile walk to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Their pilgrimage, which began last Tuesday at an immigrant detention center in York, Pennsylvania, was organized by a coalition of groups to send a clear message: Our […]
Author: Deepa Iyer
Deepa Iyer is a senior fellow at the Center for Social Inclusion and the former executive director of South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT). Her new book, We Too Sing America: South Asian, Arab, Muslim and Sikh Immigrants Shape Our Multiracial Future, is forthcoming in November 2015.