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Curriculum Vitae:
Talks and Panel Sessions
Asian
Pacific Islander Month Opening Reception, Keynote Address, April 29, 2010.
Aging
and Your Culture Seminar, Project Independence, Town of North Hempstead
Department of Services for the Aging, March 23, 2010.
Keynote panelist: “Motivating Change” Indus Women Leaders Annual
Conference. Chicago,
September 16, 2005.
Panelist, “Twenty years of South Asian Women’s Organizations: Looking Back,
Looking
Forward” Aarohan Conference, Manavi New Jersey Sept. 9, 2005.
Speaker: “The Power to Influence”
Indus Women Leaders Annual Conference. Boston October
23, 2004.
Panelist, Aarohan Conference, Manavi New Jersey, August 22, 2003.
Keynote Speaker: “Celebrating Women of Color.” University of Connecticut,
April 22, 2003.
Speaker, Speaking the Unspeakable: Bridging Research and Activism in
Addressing Domestic
Violence. Multicultural Center, University of California at Santa Barbara.
February 11, 2003.
Panelist, “Domestic Violence” Solidarity Conference: Addressing
Socio-Economic Disparities in
South Asian America. February 9th, 2003 Yale University.
Panelist, “Social Services and Quality of Life” Post 9/11-Freedom Under
Attack: Threats to a
Multicultural Society. Asian
American Leadership Summit 2003, Cosponsored by Asian
Americans for Equality, New York City, January 23, 2003
Speaker, "Domestic Violence as a Health Issue" 20th Annual
Convention of American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin.
Chicago. June 27, 2002.
Speaker, Women's Forum "Domestic Violence and the South Asian
Community" 20th Annual Convention of American Association of
Physicians of Indian Origin. Chicago. June 27, 2002.
Keynote Speaker, "More Reflections on Domestic Violence…the
multicultural perspective." Family Violence Coordinating Council
Symposium. Sponsored by the Circuit Court of Cook County's Second
Municipal District, & Oakton Community College. Illinois, Chicago.
October 29, 2001.
Keynote Speaker, Asians Against Domestic Violence. Cosponsored by Asians
Against Domestic
Violence Inc. & Asian American Studies Program, University of Houston,
Houston, Texas. October4, 2001.
Speaker, "Domestic Violence & the South Asian community"
Women's Health Seminar.
Cosponsored by Apna Ghar
Inc.& Indian Medical Association, Sept. 9, 2001.
Speaker, The Many Faces of Domestic Violence. Sponsored by the Nassau
Academy of Law, Nassau County, June 26, 2001.
Speaker, Speaking the Unspeakable. Sponsored by the Department of
Sociology Nassau
Community College, April 3, 2001.
Speaker, "Violence Against Immigrant Women," International Women's
Day Conference.
Sponsored by the Labor Studies & Women's Studies, Hofstra University,
March 8, 2001.
Speaker, Speaking the Unspeakable. Cosponsored by the Department of
Sociology and the South Asian Center. Maxwell School of Citizenship &
Public Affairs, Syracuse University, November 9, 2000.
Speaker, "Criminal Injustice? A Critical Review of the Illegal
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996." Sponsored
by the Committee on Civil Rights and the Committee on Immigration and
Nationality Law. The Association of the Bar of the City of New York,
New York, New York. October 17, 2000
Keynote Speaker, "Speaking the Unspeakable" Conference on
'Relationships and Communities: The Law That Bind Us." Sponsored by Saheli, (a South Asian organization against domestic
violence) Austin, Texas, September 16, 2000.
Speaking, "In a Foreign Country and Behind Closed Doors" Department
of Asian Studies, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 15, 2000.
Member, National Advisory Research Consortium (NRAC) 2000. Conducted by the Asian
and Pacific Islander American Health Forum to develop a research agenda
for the needs of the Asian and Pacific Islander American Communities.
Speaker, "Speaking the Unspeakable" sponsored by SafePlace, Austin, Texas. September 15, 2000.
Speaker, "South Asian Community Activism: Organizational Strategies,
Struggles and Successes." University of Connecticut, West
Hartford, November. 16, 1999.
Speaker, "Domestic Violence in different cultures and its impact on
immigration, matrimonial, criminal and family law issues." Supreme
Court, Mineola NY. Sponsored by the Nassau County Judicial Committee on Women
in the Courts. October 1, 1999.
Speaker, Domestic violence in the Asian community. Organizing and mobilizing
across communities. New York University, New York Asian Women's Center, Sakhi for South Asian Women and New York University Asian
Pacific American Law Students Association, Jan. 20th 1998.
Speaker, Conference on "Domestic Violence among South Asian, East Asian
and Arab Immigrant Women: Challenges and Solutions". Columbia
University Social Intervention Group and Institute for Research on Women and
Gender, New York, October, 17, 1997.
Speaker, "Moving Beyond a "Private Problem": Addressing
Marital Violence Among South Asians in the United States". Fund raiser
for function sponsored by Service and Education for Women Against Abuse,
Philadelphia, July 29, 1995.
Speaker, "Signs and Portents: New Paradigms for Transcultural
Literacy and Social Policy in 21st Century America". Asian/American
Center, Queens College, CUNY, New York. May12-13,1995.
Speaker, "South Asian Immigrant Women and Domestic Violence" The
Columbia University School of Social Work, New York. April 10, 1995.
Speaker, "Domestic Violence in the South Asian Community" Cornell
University, March 1995.
Speaker, "The Role of Women's Organizations in Addressing the Problem of
the International Sale of Brides: The Case of Amina".
Of Human Bondage: The International Traffic in Bodies, Babies and Bride
Conference, Women's Studies Program, Hofstra University.
Speaker, " Racism Within and Towards the Community", Conference on
South Asian Immigrant Women" Sakhi
for South Asian Women and Manavi at Columbia
University, May 1993.
Speaker, "Marital Violence within the South Asian Community: Addressing
the Problem -Developing the Strategies in the U.S., Hunter College, CUNY,
April 1993.
Speaker, "Domestic Violence in the South Asian community" Fund
raiser sponsored by Service and Education for Women Against Abuse,
Philadelphia, March 1993.
Chair, session on "Race, Ethnicity and Suburban Politics" - Contested
Terrain: Power, Politics, and Participation in Suburbia Conference, Hofstra
University, March 1993.
Chair, session on "International Perspectives on Communication, Language
and Gender" 15th Annual Conference for the Study of Communication,
Language & Gender, Hofstra University, Oct.1992.
Panelist, "Race Relations Open Forum", Hofstra University,
April 1992.
Panelist, "Confronting Prejudice on Campus," B'nai B'rith Hillel
Foundation, Hofstra University, 1992.
Speaker, "The Indian Jewish Experience", Long Island Zionist
Association, Feb. 1992.
Speaker, "The Jews of India", International Scene, Hofstra
University, Nov. 1991
Speaker, "Is There Racism at Hofstra", Hofstra University,
November 1991.
Speaker, "A Look Behind the Masks of Racism", Hofstra University,
November 1991.
Panelist, "What Can You Do About Discrimination?" Hofstra
University, September 1991.
Panelist," Enduring Question Series", Hofstra University,
September 1991.
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