Equality Labs
@equalitylabs.bsky.social
At the intersection of organizing, community based research, socially engaged arts & digital security for South Asian religious & cultural minorities💙💛
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1/ As Dalits and folks from marginalized groups, we experience both personal and collective trauma. Our languages may not feature words for trauma, but we feel its existence. In fact, many of the community rituals we have turned to for centuries can be identified as community responses to trauma.❤️🩹
February 13, 2026 at 9:31 PM
1/ As Dalits and folks from marginalized groups, we experience both personal and collective trauma. Our languages may not feature words for trauma, but we feel its existence. In fact, many of the community rituals we have turned to for centuries can be identified as community responses to trauma.❤️🩹
1/ As a part of our Healing Justice Series, we begin by focusing on the 🦋 Butterfly Hug 🦋 a tool to help you foster resilience by soothing and bringing calm to your nervous system.
February 9, 2026 at 6:47 PM
1/ As a part of our Healing Justice Series, we begin by focusing on the 🦋 Butterfly Hug 🦋 a tool to help you foster resilience by soothing and bringing calm to your nervous system.
It's Black History Month! As Ambedkarites, the power of our caste equity movement stems from solidarity between Black & South Asian communities. There’s a long history of Dalits gaining inspiration from Black lineage and power, & a history of collective resilience in the face of oppression.🤝🏾
February 5, 2026 at 6:47 PM
It's Black History Month! As Ambedkarites, the power of our caste equity movement stems from solidarity between Black & South Asian communities. There’s a long history of Dalits gaining inspiration from Black lineage and power, & a history of collective resilience in the face of oppression.🤝🏾
This piece from @asamnews.bsky.social features our new report "Manufactured Hate: The Muslim Invasion Conspiracy." The report examines the national rise of Islamophobic narratives in online spaces across the United States in 2025.
Read more: asamnews.com/2026/01/27/i...
Read more: asamnews.com/2026/01/27/i...
'Islamophobia is on the rise again,' Equality Labs report warns – AsAmNews
Social media companies have loosened moderation, and this is leading to a tinderbox online. Islamophobia is a danger to civil society, founder warns.
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January 30, 2026 at 9:11 PM
This piece from @asamnews.bsky.social features our new report "Manufactured Hate: The Muslim Invasion Conspiracy." The report examines the national rise of Islamophobic narratives in online spaces across the United States in 2025.
Read more: asamnews.com/2026/01/27/i...
Read more: asamnews.com/2026/01/27/i...
1/ ⚠️Trigger Warning: This report contains content and images depicting discrimination, hate, and harmful stereotypes directed toward Muslims. Some material may be distressing for readers.
January 26, 2026 at 9:16 PM
1/ ⚠️Trigger Warning: This report contains content and images depicting discrimination, hate, and harmful stereotypes directed toward Muslims. Some material may be distressing for readers.
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📣Join us Wednesday January 14th at 12 pm PT/3 pm ET for a community briefing on policy priorities for our AAPI community in 2026! Sign up at link in bio, or below!
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January 12, 2026 at 8:56 PM
📣Join us Wednesday January 14th at 12 pm PT/3 pm ET for a community briefing on policy priorities for our AAPI community in 2026! Sign up at link in bio, or below!
🎟️: bit.ly/AAPIPolicyPr...
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1/ Today we celebrate Fatima Sheikh, India’s first Muslim woman teacher. Born in 1831, Fatima Sheikh was a dedicated and revolutionary educator who taught children of all castes and religions. ✊🏾💙📚
January 9, 2026 at 10:04 PM
1/ Today we celebrate Fatima Sheikh, India’s first Muslim woman teacher. Born in 1831, Fatima Sheikh was a dedicated and revolutionary educator who taught children of all castes and religions. ✊🏾💙📚
💙Thank you for standing with us this year. As we carry our work into 2026, we invite you to partner with us again. Please consider making a contribution today. Your support fuels our movement for caste abolition. https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/equality-labs/general_support
December 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
💙Thank you for standing with us this year. As we carry our work into 2026, we invite you to partner with us again. Please consider making a contribution today. Your support fuels our movement for caste abolition. https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/equality-labs/general_support
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📣NCAPA is hosting an educational call TOMORROW Thursday December 18 1pm PT / 4pm ET
🫱🏼🫲🏾Join “From Self Care to Community Care” to share tips, perspectives, and strategies for self care in order to sustain yourself while communicating with empathy.
🔗: bit.ly/CommunicatingWithEmpathy2
🫱🏼🫲🏾Join “From Self Care to Community Care” to share tips, perspectives, and strategies for self care in order to sustain yourself while communicating with empathy.
🔗: bit.ly/CommunicatingWithEmpathy2
December 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
📣NCAPA is hosting an educational call TOMORROW Thursday December 18 1pm PT / 4pm ET
🫱🏼🫲🏾Join “From Self Care to Community Care” to share tips, perspectives, and strategies for self care in order to sustain yourself while communicating with empathy.
🔗: bit.ly/CommunicatingWithEmpathy2
🫱🏼🫲🏾Join “From Self Care to Community Care” to share tips, perspectives, and strategies for self care in order to sustain yourself while communicating with empathy.
🔗: bit.ly/CommunicatingWithEmpathy2
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“There is always an attempt to diminish, undermine, or say caste does not exist…”
@equalitylabs.bsky.social co-founder & winner of 2025 Vaikom Award from TN @dalitdiva.bsky.social says anti-caste movement in the US is being eclipsed by the collapse of democracy
article-14.com/post/-aligni...
@equalitylabs.bsky.social co-founder & winner of 2025 Vaikom Award from TN @dalitdiva.bsky.social says anti-caste movement in the US is being eclipsed by the collapse of democracy
article-14.com/post/-aligni...
‘Aligning Caste Interests With Extremists Has Not Worked In The US’: Winner Of 2025 Vaikom Award
Vaikom awardee and executive director of Equality Labs, a US Dalit civil rights advocacy, Thenmozhi Soundararajan talked to us on identifying a “different orientation” for hope in the US at a time whe...
article-14.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:57 AM
“There is always an attempt to diminish, undermine, or say caste does not exist…”
@equalitylabs.bsky.social co-founder & winner of 2025 Vaikom Award from TN @dalitdiva.bsky.social says anti-caste movement in the US is being eclipsed by the collapse of democracy
article-14.com/post/-aligni...
@equalitylabs.bsky.social co-founder & winner of 2025 Vaikom Award from TN @dalitdiva.bsky.social says anti-caste movement in the US is being eclipsed by the collapse of democracy
article-14.com/post/-aligni...
💙💛 We’re Going All-In for 2026: Support our $50,000 Catalyst Fund Campaign! By giving to our Catalyst Fund, you’ll be providing the fuel we need to deepen our work to protect marginalized people, movement organizations, and democratic values. 💙💛
December 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
💙💛 We’re Going All-In for 2026: Support our $50,000 Catalyst Fund Campaign! By giving to our Catalyst Fund, you’ll be providing the fuel we need to deepen our work to protect marginalized people, movement organizations, and democratic values. 💙💛
Thank you, @timesofindianews.bsky.social for this primer on caste in the US. Our Executive Director, @dalitdiva.bsky.social states: "We deserve a diaspora that heals together, stands with survivors, and refuses to repeat the injustices we inherited."
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai...
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai...
Caste Discrimination in US: Dalit Activist Thenmozhi Soundararajan's Groundbreaking Survey and Advocacy | Chennai News - The Times of India
A groundbreaking US survey revealed widespread caste discrimination among Dalits, challenging the notion that it's confined to South Asia. Activist Th
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November 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Thank you, @timesofindianews.bsky.social for this primer on caste in the US. Our Executive Director, @dalitdiva.bsky.social states: "We deserve a diaspora that heals together, stands with survivors, and refuses to repeat the injustices we inherited."
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai...
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai...
1/ 🏳️⚧️To our Trans siblings on this Transgender Day of Remembrance: we value you and your resilience, and we stand in solidarity with you in fighting against the violence and discrimination that gender-expansive folx unfairly and constantly experience.
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
1/ 🏳️⚧️To our Trans siblings on this Transgender Day of Remembrance: we value you and your resilience, and we stand in solidarity with you in fighting against the violence and discrimination that gender-expansive folx unfairly and constantly experience.
1/🚨Our new report, “Tracing Online Hate Against Zohran Mamdani”, exposes the massive scale of hate, disinformation, and coordinated narrative attacks targeting mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani during the 2025 New York City Mayoral Race.
Access the report: www.equalitylabs.org/research/pub...
Access the report: www.equalitylabs.org/research/pub...
November 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
1/🚨Our new report, “Tracing Online Hate Against Zohran Mamdani”, exposes the massive scale of hate, disinformation, and coordinated narrative attacks targeting mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani during the 2025 New York City Mayoral Race.
Access the report: www.equalitylabs.org/research/pub...
Access the report: www.equalitylabs.org/research/pub...
1/ Check out this coverage from @thewirein.bsky.social on our Executive Director, Thenmozhi Soundararajan receiving this year's Vaikom Award! We are thrilled to see her impact recognized. thewire.in/rights/thenm...
Thenmozhi Soundararajan Wins Tamil Nadu Govt's 2025 Vaikom Award
Instituted in 2023 in memory of Periyar E.V. Ramasamy, the Vaikom Award honours individuals and organisations advancing social equality and justice, with a special focus on anti-caste work.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
1/ Check out this coverage from @thewirein.bsky.social on our Executive Director, Thenmozhi Soundararajan receiving this year's Vaikom Award! We are thrilled to see her impact recognized. thewire.in/rights/thenm...
1/📣Yesterday, the Tamil Nadu government publicly announced that this year’s prestigious Vaikom Award for social justice will be presented to Equality Labs’ co-founder and Executive Director, Thenmozhi Soundararajan. www.equalitylabs.org/media/2025/1...
October 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
1/📣Yesterday, the Tamil Nadu government publicly announced that this year’s prestigious Vaikom Award for social justice will be presented to Equality Labs’ co-founder and Executive Director, Thenmozhi Soundararajan. www.equalitylabs.org/media/2025/1...
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What an honor to receive the 2025 Vaikom Award for Social Justice from the Government of Tamil Nadu—in the name and spirit of Periyar.
His legacy calls us to action: end discrimination in all its forms—caste, gender, sexual orientation, religion—and make self-respect a lived reality for everyone.
His legacy calls us to action: end discrimination in all its forms—caste, gender, sexual orientation, religion—and make self-respect a lived reality for everyone.
October 23, 2025 at 3:30 AM
What an honor to receive the 2025 Vaikom Award for Social Justice from the Government of Tamil Nadu—in the name and spirit of Periyar.
His legacy calls us to action: end discrimination in all its forms—caste, gender, sexual orientation, religion—and make self-respect a lived reality for everyone.
His legacy calls us to action: end discrimination in all its forms—caste, gender, sexual orientation, religion—and make self-respect a lived reality for everyone.
1/ Today we remember Saheb Kanshi Ram, an influential Indian politician who worked tirelessly to improve the lives of Dalit-Bahujan communities. He pushed back against caste discrimination by mobilizing caste-oppressed peoples to take political action.
October 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
1/ Today we remember Saheb Kanshi Ram, an influential Indian politician who worked tirelessly to improve the lives of Dalit-Bahujan communities. He pushed back against caste discrimination by mobilizing caste-oppressed peoples to take political action.
1/ 🎨Celebrate a new and powerful exhibit of paintings featuring Dalit leaders! “Talkin’ Bout a Revolution” is an exhibition spotlighting the work of artist and activist Pyaari Azaadi on view from September 25th-December 13th at Pen and Brush NYC.🎨
October 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
1/ 🎨Celebrate a new and powerful exhibit of paintings featuring Dalit leaders! “Talkin’ Bout a Revolution” is an exhibition spotlighting the work of artist and activist Pyaari Azaadi on view from September 25th-December 13th at Pen and Brush NYC.🎨
1/ Today marks the anniversary of Jyotiba Phule’s founding of the social reform society known as Satyashodhak Samaj, which began as a means of addressing caste and gender-based violence and discrimination by focusing on providing education and political access for women and Dalits 💙💛
September 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
1/ Today marks the anniversary of Jyotiba Phule’s founding of the social reform society known as Satyashodhak Samaj, which began as a means of addressing caste and gender-based violence and discrimination by focusing on providing education and political access for women and Dalits 💙💛
🌞Join us!🌛Tomorrow, we will be hosting an emergent dharma + political education response to escalating violence & threats in the current moment.
✍️🏾Register here: bit.ly/RootedCommun...
✍️🏾Register here: bit.ly/RootedCommun...
September 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
🌞Join us!🌛Tomorrow, we will be hosting an emergent dharma + political education response to escalating violence & threats in the current moment.
✍️🏾Register here: bit.ly/RootedCommun...
✍️🏾Register here: bit.ly/RootedCommun...
1/ Today we celebrate the life and legacy of Periyar, a social reformer and activist who fought bravely against gender and caste inequality in Tamil Nadu. Now, Periyar's name and image are now recognized across India as symbols of Tamil Dalit political mobilization.
September 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
1/ Today we celebrate the life and legacy of Periyar, a social reformer and activist who fought bravely against gender and caste inequality in Tamil Nadu. Now, Periyar's name and image are now recognized across India as symbols of Tamil Dalit political mobilization.
Our sympathy goes to the family of Chandra Nagamallaiah. We urge for the legal processes to go forward and for an end to this culture of violence. We must address this crisis of hate in our community! www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Man accused of beheading Dallas motel manager who told him not to use a broken washing machine
Court documents say the suspect became upset after the manager didn’t speak to him directly about the machine but asked a woman to translate.
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September 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Our sympathy goes to the family of Chandra Nagamallaiah. We urge for the legal processes to go forward and for an end to this culture of violence. We must address this crisis of hate in our community! www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
1/ 💛💙 Today we celebrate Ayyankali, a revolutionary anti-caste social reformer, educator, and politician. Ayyankali’s family was forced to labor for feudal landlords, which motivated him to spend his life fighting to improve the lives of Kerala’s Dalit communities. 💛💙
August 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
1/ 💛💙 Today we celebrate Ayyankali, a revolutionary anti-caste social reformer, educator, and politician. Ayyankali’s family was forced to labor for feudal landlords, which motivated him to spend his life fighting to improve the lives of Kerala’s Dalit communities. 💛💙