Who organizes Bay Area Solidarity Summer?
Bay Area Solidarity Summer is organized by a volunteer group of progressive activists committed to supporting and mentoring the next generation of young South Asian organizers.
Our core collective works year-round doing planning and logistics, and the majority of sessions are run by invited trainers and guests who reflect a diversity of issues, experiences, and identities. Our core organizers for 2024 include:
Our core collective works year-round doing planning and logistics, and the majority of sessions are run by invited trainers and guests who reflect a diversity of issues, experiences, and identities. Our core organizers for 2024 include:
Shams-Tabraiz Muzaffar (he/him)
Shams-Tabraiz Muzaffar is a researcher at SEIU – United Healthcare Workers, and has worked with labor, research, education, and development / humanitarian aid organizations across three continents. A Youth Solidarity Summer alum, he is co-director of the forthcoming documentary Son of a Bug, which explores early rock music in Pakistan. He loves ice cream, milkshakes, and Urdu poetry.
Anu Mandavilli (she/her)
Anu Mandavilli has been involved in social justice work with community organizations, social movements, and labor unions in India and the U.S. She was part of the Mining Zone Peoples’ Solidarity Group research collective, working with communities in Orissa, India, fighting land grabs by steel giant POSCO. She has worked on campaigns around Hindu nationalism and corporate accountability with Friends of South Asia and the Free Binayak Sen campaign. Locally, she works with the San Jose Peace and Justice Center and the Coalition for Justice and Accountability towards civilian oversight of the SJPD.
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Kriti Garg
Kriti Garg is a BASS 2012 alum. She works in local government, previously worked at various Bay Area nonprofits and universities, and loves figuring out how to make our institutions deliver on big promises. She was raised in the South Bay, which is where you can find her diving into short-lived craft projects or walking to the beat of a good audiobook.
Anirvan Chatterjee (he/him/ও)
Anirvan Chatterjee is a techie, activist, and movement storyteller. He co-curates the monthly Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour, celebrating a century of Bay Area anti-imperial, feminist, queer, and immigrant rights activism. He has been a core organizer with groups like the Alliance of South Asians Taking Action, Brown & Green, the Desi Queer Helpline, and the Kala Bagai Way campaign. He once ran a tech startup, but now spends his weekends uncovering secret Desi histories.
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