South Asian SOAR

SOAR was founded in 2021 to create a home for the ecosystem of individuals and organizations addressing and responding to gender-based violence in the South Asian diaspora in the US. We know that preventing and ending cycles of violence, advocating for survivors, building solidarity within and across movements, and driving change cannot be a finite or reactionary process. SOAR is leading sustainable and collective diasporic organizing that is critical to helping us move towards comprehensive structural and cultural change. We do this by 1) growing survivor leadership to ensure survivors are centered in solutions, 2) strengthening the field to advance approaches to address and end violence, and 3) shifting national narratives to drive innovation in policies and solutions.

Together, our team and community of survivors, allies, and frontline organizations approach our work from survivor-centered, intersectional, and healing-centered perspectives to end all forms of violence and foster joy, healing, and justice for all survivors and communities.