That works as long as there is equal access to good public transit - which is definitely not true, especially on the Jersey side. Those dollars only make overdue maintenance improvements to a neglected system, not expand and improve access.

Please attend even if you think that there's not much you can do - I guarantee that it doesn't take very much at all.

If I can interest you in learning more about them, please fill out the form and attend one of three information sessions that will be held in the upcoming week:

1. November 20 at 9pm ET
2. November 22 at 12pm ET
3. November 24 at 9pm ET

I am helping facilitate two initiatives in response to these community organization failures. The first is a database of South Asian American organizations which will be used to determine where there are gaps in the community's civic infrastructure. The second is a reboot of the leadership program.