Yet another productive meeting AND a record number of people!
NEXT MEETING: MONDAY NOVEMBER 10TH 6:30 PM
NOTE: CHANGE IN VENUE!!!!! NEERAJA'S APT; 1310 W. WINONA Apt 2R
SAPAC General Meeting
October 6, 2003 @ Coffee Chicago
Present: Shashi, Nishaant, Kulsum, Neha, Susan, Anoop, Alpen, Sanji, Nilofer, Sadaf,
Sandhya, Sapna, Neeraja, Aparna
1) Third I: A national organization to support and promote South Asian media. SAPAC
members will help run the Chicago chapter of Third I
Subcommittee: Neeraja, Anoop, Sandhya, & Susan
-November 7th & 8th: There will be the film screening at Northwestern U. Neeraja will
send out the announcement.
-Third I Chicago will aim to have a screening every month around Chicago. Neha (UIC
SAPC) & Nishaant (UofC) will e-mail Neeraja screening info for their campus
-Anoop will update web-site with Third I info
-Mallika Dutt from Breakthrough TV has expressed interest in coming to Chicago (will
cost between $1500 - $2000). Aparna & Nilofer are following up on dates and
co-sponsors.
2) NRI-SAHI: SAPAC is a member of the NRI-SAHI coalition
-A weekend meeting in mid-September was convened by "Non Resident Indians � Secular
and Harmonious India" (NRI-SAHI) in Chicago. This was a national meeting with
organizational reps and individuals from all over the country.
-Sapna and Shashi attended as SAPAC representatives.
-One of the main issues was how to keep NRI-SAHI running while its founder is in
India/Pakistan for the next 6 months. A steering committee was created that included
(among others) Sapna/Shashi (SAPAC); Dr. Lamba (SAGAR); Imtiaz Uddin (CSDI).
-The general function of this group is to facilitate national action when needed � for
example, signing the "Promise of India" appeal; finding volunteers to go on India/Pak
friendship trips etc.
3) Building Bridges: SAPAC is one of the conveners of a Chicago-based coalition of
S.A. groups. The 2 other conveners are South Asian Group for Action & Reflection
(SAGAR) and Coalition for a Secular and Democratic India (CSDI).
Sub-committee: Shashi, Sanji, Aparna, Sapna
-Sapna and Shashi attended a coalition meeting on Oct 4th where Federation for
Democratic Reforms in India (FDRI) made a presentation on their efforts for electoral
reform in India. FDRI will be launching the FDRI Chicago Chapter On Oct 26th
-Oct 18th: Planning meeting for the kick-off event on Nov 8th in Downers Grove
-The purpose of the Nov 8th event is to bring other members into the coalition and
agree on common values and action plans for the next year.
-SAGAR will be sending around a flyer inviting everyone.
-Looking for other groups to come to this Nov 8th event � AIF (American-Indian
Foundation); UofC; UIC SAPC
-If anyone is interested in going to the Nov 8th event, we will be car-pooling to the
meeting to Downers Grove
4) Bhangra for Unity event: SAPAC will be sponsoring a bhangra party in the near
future (3rd week of November?) to celebrate South Asian culture.
Sub-committee: Sanji, Shashi, Alpen, Aparna
-Sanji and Shashi met with Hamid from ABCD (promoter), who arranges bhangra events on
a regular basis.
-We need to figure out the "message" that we want attendants to take away from this
event and relay this info to Hamid.
-Sub-committee meeting Oct 13th at Sanji's place
5) University Outreach: SAPAC aims to have a dual function in outreaching to
university groups
(i) SAPAC will provide a forum in which various university/college reps can
network
(ii) SAPAC can act as a co-sponsor for campus-based activities
-Will aim to have campus reps at our general meetings
-Aparna will update SAPAC "outreach" flyer with revisions
Announcements:
1) Public Truth: On Oct 18th and 20th, an event is being co-sponsored by CAAELII,
AAAN, & Amnesty International. For more information, contact Kulsum Ameji at [EMAIL
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2) Albany Park Neighborhood Council Community Convention: 7PM WEDNESDAY OCT 22 2003,
OUR LADY OF MERCY CHURCH 4432 N TROY. For more information, contact Sadaf Ahmed at
773.583.1387
3) Several SAPAC members are going to the World Social Forum in Mumbai (Jan 2004). If
you are going and interested in connecting with SAPAC folks, please let Nilofer know
so that we can coordinate schedules ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
4) For those interested in joining the UofC-sponsored South Asia Watch list-serve,
please send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NEXT MEETING: MONDAY NOVEMBER 10TH 6:30 PM
NOTE: CHANGE IN VENUE!!!!! NEERAJA'S APT AT 1310 W. WINONA Apt 2R
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