issues & campaigns
- New York State Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights
- International Domestic Workers' Convention
- New York State Nail Salon Workers' Rights
- New York City Paid Sick Leave
- Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Nepali nationals
artistic collaborations
SAADA Archival Creators Fellowship, exploring caste and ethnicity within Nepali diaspora through oral history interviews and new digital archival materials from within the community
Reclaiming Our Tongues, a public reading by Nepali writers with indigenous roots (in partnership with Rajan Maharjan, supported by NYC Artists Corps Grant 2021)
A Letter Home by Meera Nair in partnership with Adhikaar & Kundiman (2015)
Journey to the Ocean, a play by Aya Ogawa in partnership with Adhikaar & Foundry Theater (2011)
Letters to Our Mothers, a joint production of Adhikaar, Queens Council on the Arts and Asian American Writers’ Workshop (curator, 2010)