PATRON EPISODE: Essential Work, Mutual Aid, and Nepal with Prarthana Gurung and Luna Ranjit
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Patron bonus episode! Tammy welcomes Nepali-American organizers Prarthana Gurung (Jackson Heights, NY) and Luna Ranjit (Kathmandu, Nepal) to discuss the work of Adhikaar, “essential workers”’ rights, immigration, mutual aid, feminism, Nepali government policy, and caste politics in the era of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter.
More links:
Luna and Pabitra Khati Benjamin on race and caste
Prarthana and Adhikaar member Brinda on temporary protected status (article by John Washington in The Nation)
A poem by Luna at the Asian American Writers’ Workshop