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Amongst the community organizations surveyed, the top activity they engaged in order to fulfill their organizational objectives were:
- Community trainings
- Education and awareness
- Community organizing
| Types of Activities |
|---|
| Community trainings, Education, Awareness-building | 94 %
| | Community Organizing | 72 %
| | Research & Documentation | 61 %
| Direct Services
| 56 % | Policy advocacy & Analysis
| 56 %
| Activities included organizing around cases from direct services, coalition building, organizing around issues in South Asia, town hall meetings, marches, community events and vigils. What these results reflect is that most groups are engaging with the community, whether through organizing or through awareness and education. Research and documentation were also being used by many of the organizations.
Direct Services included advocacy, counseling, shelters, legal clinics, crisis lines, support groups, job preparation, case management, emergency food and trainings.
Policy advocacy and analysis included advocating to local and federal officials, legislation, coalition work around bills and acts. Some issue areas mentioned for policy work included gay marriages, civil liberties, anti-immigrant hate crimes, state budget cuts, the war and workers rights. Communities Groups
Work With | Yes | Would like to
work with ... |
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Bangladeshi
| 83 % | 11 %
| Bhutani
| 17 % | 61 %
| Indian
| 100 %
| | Indo-Caribbean
| 50 % | 28 %
| Indo-Fijian
| 39 %
| 33 %
| | From Maldives Island | 22 % | 44 %
| Pakistani
| 89 % | 2 %
| Tibetan
| 17 %
| 50 %
| Sri Lankan
| 67 %
| 33 %
| | Homeless/Displaced/Marginally Housed | 56 %
| 17 %
| Low-income
| 78 %
| 17 %
| | Mixed Income Including Low Income | 89 % | | Middle to Upper Income
| 94 %
| | US Citizens
| 94 % | | US Permanent Residents
| 94 %
| | Visa holders (i.e. tourist, temporary work)
| 83 %
| | Asylum Seekers and Refugees
| 61 %
| | Undocumented
| 61 %
| | Gay/Bisexual/Lesbian/Queer
| 78 %
| | Transgender
| 28 %
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- Groups were asked about what communities they were working with and those that they would like to.
- All the groups surveyed are working with the Indian community.
- Most are working with the Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities and 2/3 with Sri Lankan.
- Communities groups also stated they would like to work with include Tibetan and Bhutani.
- Some groups worked with Middle, Upper and mixed and low income communities. Three quarters are working with low income and half with homeless communities.
- Most are working with US citizens, residents and visa holders. Over half are working with refugees and undocumented communities.
- Finally, groups are working with GBLT but less with transgender communities.
Reason given for not working with certain communities were not having access to or not have participation from that community. Or because they did not have the necessary staffing.
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