The South Asian Youth Initiative (also known as SAYI) is an annual conference organized by South Asian student leaders from different colleges in the U.S. with the purpose of creating community amongst young South Asians and South Asian Americans while also serving as a forum for activism, discussion, and solidarity. This week, Saket Malhotra (Yale ‘23) and Maya Shah (Yale ‘23), the co-directors of SAYI, come onto the podcast to talk about their experiences with SAYI, their plans for SAYI 2021 (which will take place April 10th and 11th), their upcoming Caste 101 and Beyond the Gender Binary workshops, and how they’re trying to tackle and have discussions about different issues within the South Asian community.

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SAYI website: https://southasianyouthini.wixsite.com/mysite

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Register for SAYI’s Caste 101 Workshop on 1/22 at 5:30 PM EST: https://tinyurl.com/SAYICaste101

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