Supporting generational uplift, legal defense, emergency climate relief, and youth empowerment.
Partnered since 1999 in Vellore, India, providing safe residential sanctuary, holistic healthcare, and rigorous high school & vocational education for young Dalit women escaping bonded labor and caste vulnerability.
Mobilizing urgent food rations, dry kits, medical care, and permanent housing reconstruction for marginalized plantation workers and indigenous Dalit families impacted by devastating climate landslides in Kerala.
Active coalition partner in the historic Seattle municipal caste discrimination ban, California legislative coalition, university anti-bias protections, and ongoing legal defense for trafficked BAPS temple workers.
Trace our milestones, international delegations, and unceasing advocacy for human dignity.
Launched the groundbreaking transnational petition mobilizing thousands of diaspora academics, human rights activists, and community leaders to present caste as a fundamental global human rights violation before the United Nations.
Held the landmark dinner, art auction, and public symposium in New Jersey bringing together civil rights activists from the Black liberation struggle and South Asian anti-caste movement.
Formally incorporated Dalit Solidarity Forum in the USA, Inc. as an IRS-approved 501(c)(3) public charity. Co-founded Pravaham Ashram in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, establishing a permanent educational sanctuary for Dalit girls.
DSF delegations marched in Durban to demand that caste-based discrimination based on work and descent be officially recognized alongside racial apartheid by global human rights covenants.
Convened leading international intellectuals including Dr. Cornel West, Prof. Sukhadeo Thorat, and Dr. Roja Suganthy-Singh to re-imagine religion, race, and caste equality.
Championed federal human trafficking class-action advocacy for 200+ exploited Dalit workers in New Jersey, and co-mobilized the historic Seattle City Council ordinance banning caste discrimination.