Adhikaar

📢 Need immigration legal support?

Adhikaar, in partnership with TakeRoot Justice, is hosting FREE monthly immigration legal consultation clinics for community members seeking guidance and support. ⚖️✨

Together, we’re working to make legal resources more accessible for our community. 💜

☎️ Or call us at 718-9371117
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📢 आप्रवासन सम्बन्धी कानुनी सहयोग चाहिन्छ?

अधिकारले TakeRoot Justice सँगको सहकार्यमा समुदायका सदस्यहरूका लागि निःशुल्क मासिक आप्रवासन कानुनी परामर्श क्लिनिक सञ्चालन गर्दैछ। ⚖️✨

यदि तपाईं अपोइन्टमेन्ट लिन इच्छुक हुनुहुन्छ भने, QR code स्क्यान गरेर आजै दर्ता गर्नुहोस्!

☎️ थप जानकारी वा अपोइन्टमेन्टका लागि हामीलाई 718-937-1117 मा सम्पर्क गर्नुहोस्।

This AAPI Heritage Month, Adhikaar joined AAPI leaders shaping culture, public policy, media, and community across our city. Ascent: A Celebration of Asian American Leadership in NYC co-hosted by Council Member Shekar Krishnan felt especially close to home. Many Adhikaar members live, work, shop, and organize in Jackson Heights, proudly represented by CM Krishnan. We were also inspired by co-host Council Member Linda Lee , whose leadership as Finance Chair continues to center the experiences of community and nonprofit leaders.
We’re grateful for their leadership that reflects and invests in immigrant communities.

For many of our newer immigrant staff members, this was a meaningful space to learn from and connect with Asian American leaders across NYC. Representation matters — especially when it feels this close to home. 💛

Join us for May month’s Chiya Charchha in celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with an exciting community discussion hosted by Adhikaar! 🎉✨ We’re honored to welcome Commissioner Faiza Ali from the NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs and representatives from NYC Votes for an engaging conversation on community power, civic participation, and immigrant rights. Come celebrate, connect, and raise our voices together! 💜
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मे महिनाको Chiya Charchha मा सहभागी हुँदै Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month सँगै मनाऔं! Adhikaar द्वारा आयोजित यस विशेष सामुदायिक छलफल कार्यक्रममा तपाईंलाई हार्दिक स्वागत छ। 🎉✨

हामी NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs की कमिश्नर फैजा अली तथा NYC Votes का प्रतिनिधिहरूलाई स्वागत गर्न पाउँदा गौरवान्वित छौं। कार्यक्रममा सामुदायिक शक्ति, नागरिक सहभागिता, र आप्रवासी अधिकारका विषयमा अर्थपूर्ण तथा प्रेरणादायी छलफल हुनेछ।

आउनुहोस्, सँगै उत्सव मनाऔं, एकअर्कासँग जोडिऔं, र हाम्रो सामूहिक आवाजलाई अझ बलियो बनाऔं! 💜

“Running on our own terms.” 🏃🏽‍♀️✨

Adhikaar’s youth leaders showed up strong at the NYC — celebrating AAPI Heritage Month with joy, community, and collective power.

For us, running on our own terms means leading with our own voices, stories, and vision for the future of Nepali and Himalayan communities in NYC. 💙

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Adhikaar was proud to welcome the office of Council Member Julie Won on the occasion of Mother’s Day as we celebrated immigrant mothers, nannies, domestic workers, and nail salon workers who care for our communities every day.

We are also honored to receive a Proclamation Award for AAPI Heritage Month— a powerful reflection of what’s possible when community and government come together for immigrant and working-class communities. This recognition belongs to all of our mothers and members whose strength, care, and leadership continue to move our community forward. 💐✨

On TPS Hill Day, Adhikaar joined a national coalition fighting to protect Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and pathways for immigrants to achieve permanent status. We represented TPS holders from every designated country and uplifted 1.3 million TPS holders at risk across 17 countries,

From filing amicus briefs to the Supreme Court, to organizing congressional letters with hundreds of signatories, to leading urgent advocacy efforts against TPS terminations, we continue to demand dignity, stability, and justice for all immigrant communities.

For more details: https://docs.google.com/document/d/108ZGgKutotSzHSbVzLqOGWkwaTHL9Km-r_80DwfyQos/edit?tab=t.0

Cc: Communities United for Status & Protection(CUSP), CASA SEIU TPS Alliance / Alianza TPS (NTPSA), International Refugee Assistance Project, Muslim Advocates, ACLU, and FWD.us

Adhikaar Senior Organizer Pabitra Dash speaking on the panel Beyond the Monolith: Caste, Solidarity, and the Dalit Struggle for Visibility in South Asian New York, hosted by the Asian American/Asian Research Institute at City University of New York. This important gathering brought Dalit organizers and thought leaders to discuss caste identity and to explore ways for building solidarity and recognition across the diaspora.

Adhikaar joined the NYC Coalition for Domestic Work to demand increased funding for domestic workers and day laborers across NYC. Funding this work = stronger worker protections, culturally competent outreach, know-your-rights education, and access to trusted legal support for immigrant communities.

Thank you, Council Members , for your advocacy + support.

CC: National Domestic Workers Alliance, Damayan Migrant Workers Association Carroll Gardens Association Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network , and La Colmena - Community Job Center