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The clock is ticking down to the start of 2022! We hope that everyone has a blessed, healthy, and fulfilling new year.
For the past 10 years, we at Sadhana have been building a progressive Hindu movement centered in social justice through community transformation, advocacy, and seva (selfless service).
There’s no other way to put this: Nobody else is doing what we’re doing.
As we enter 2022, can you make a donation to Sadhana to help build our progressive Hindu movement?
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Here’s what we’ve been up to this year:
- In January, we started Sadhana Kids Samudaya, our progressive Hindu children’s classes, providing a safe space for children from diverse backgrounds, including multi-faith and LGBTQ+ households.
- In March, we kicked off our monthly Liberation Theology Reading Group, in which we explore questions about social justice, oppression and liberation through Hindu traditions and other faith traditions.
- In June, we re-launched Project Prithvi, our award-winning monthly beach clean-ups at Jamaica Bay.
- In August, we joined the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ #WeCanDoThis campaign to encourage our community members to get their Covid-19 vaccines.
- In October, we celebrated Diwali with political leaders from across New York City and included our appeal to make Diwali a school holiday in the city’s public schools.
- In December, Sadhana co-founder Sunita Viswanath was invited to join NYC Mayor-Elect Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams’ Faith Transition Committee. We also joined our interfaith and civic partners in organizing an interfaith winter clothing drive for Afghan refugee families in NYC.
Throughout the year, we spoke out on issues that mattered, from caste-based exploitation at Hindu temples in the U.S., to homophobic backlash against a Hindu priest in Toronto who conducted a same-sex wedding, to the New York Taxi Workers Association’s hunger strike to #EndCabbieDebt!
As a 100% volunteer-based organization, we’ve accomplished all of this only through supporters like you. Before the year ends, can you help us take our work to the next level?
In 2022, we hope to hire our first Executive Director based in New York City and to establish a paid permanent summer internship program for high school and college students. Please consider giving to Sadhana today to help us make this happen.
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You can also donate a portion of your online shopping purchases to Sadhana through Amazon Smile.
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