Join us for an informational session on Tuesday, September 26th to discuss:

• Recent incidents in Edison and impact on South Asian community
  
• Exercising your civil rights and accessing benefits as an immigrant
  
• Policies and laws affecting immigrants locally and nationally
  
• Legal resources and services available to immigrants in New Jersey
  

When: Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

Where: Woodbridge Public Library (Iselin Branch)

1081 Green Street
Iselin, NJ 08830

What time: 6:30-8:30p.m.

Open to anyone and free of charge. Light refreshments will be served.

To attend, please RSVP to saalt@saalt.org.

This session is coordinated by SAALT (South Asian American Leaders of Tomorrow) in partnership with organizations serving NJ’s South Asian residents. We welcome South Asians (those originating from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, Nepal, the Maldives, Bhutan and the Diaspora) living in Edison, New Jersey and surrounding areas to attend.

Following the informational session, there will be an opportunity to meet with local direct service organizations and a strategy session for those who would like to get more proactively involved with issues affecting New Jersey community members, including the recent incidents in Edison.

Questions or concerns: Contact Reema Desai, SAALT’s New Jersey Outreach Coordinator at reema@saalt.org or at (732) 635-0800 ext. 225.

Organizational Partners: (contact us at saalt@saalt.org to be an organizational partner):

• Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
• International Human Rights / Rule of Law Project, Center for Social Justice, Seton Hall University School of Law
• Manavi
• NAMI-NJ/SAMHAJ
• Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund
• Sikh Coalition
• South Asian American Leaders of Tomorrow (SAALT)
• South Asian Bar Association (New Jersey)
• South Asian Health Project (SAHP)
• United CDC
• United Sikhs