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/🚨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/📣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...
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.
3/ An illustrated catalogue is included in the exhibit, featuring essays by prominent voices on South Asian feminism, anti-caste activism, and Dalit art. Now more than ever, we need to hear the voices of marginalized artists and activists loud and clear. 📣
October 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
3/ An illustrated catalogue is included in the exhibit, featuring essays by prominent voices on South Asian feminism, anti-caste activism, and Dalit art. Now more than ever, we need to hear the voices of marginalized artists and activists loud and clear. 📣
2/ In this exhibit, Azaadi’s work spans the artist’s career, celebrating feminist and queer-bodies, specifically through the lens of South Asian identity. This exhibit challenges dominant narratives by centering feminist and decolonial perspectives.
October 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
2/ In this exhibit, Azaadi’s work spans the artist’s career, celebrating feminist and queer-bodies, specifically through the lens of South Asian identity. This exhibit challenges dominant narratives by centering feminist and decolonial perspectives.
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.
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. 💛💙
Today, on her death anniversary, we celebrate and remember Gail Omvedt, an Ambedkarite scholar and anti-caste icon who researched and wrote about Dalit politics and the unique experiences faced by Dalit women. 💙💛
August 26, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Today, on her death anniversary, we celebrate and remember Gail Omvedt, an Ambedkarite scholar and anti-caste icon who researched and wrote about Dalit politics and the unique experiences faced by Dalit women. 💙💛
1/💙🍃Former Jharkhand chief minister and veteran tribal leader, Shibu Soren, also reverently called ”Dishom Guru”, died on August 4th, 2025, at the age of 81. He was honored with this title by the Santhal community for his leadership and work for Adivasi causes.
August 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
1/💙🍃Former Jharkhand chief minister and veteran tribal leader, Shibu Soren, also reverently called ”Dishom Guru”, died on August 4th, 2025, at the age of 81. He was honored with this title by the Santhal community for his leadership and work for Adivasi causes.
1/ TW: Violence.
The recent influx of global users to the social media platform Bluesky has created significant opportunities for meaningful discourse, as users increasingly migrate from platforms like X, Threads, Instagram, and Facebook in search of alternative spaces for community building. 🫂
The recent influx of global users to the social media platform Bluesky has created significant opportunities for meaningful discourse, as users increasingly migrate from platforms like X, Threads, Instagram, and Facebook in search of alternative spaces for community building. 🫂
July 30, 2025 at 3:37 AM
1/ TW: Violence.
The recent influx of global users to the social media platform Bluesky has created significant opportunities for meaningful discourse, as users increasingly migrate from platforms like X, Threads, Instagram, and Facebook in search of alternative spaces for community building. 🫂
The recent influx of global users to the social media platform Bluesky has created significant opportunities for meaningful discourse, as users increasingly migrate from platforms like X, Threads, Instagram, and Facebook in search of alternative spaces for community building. 🫂
⚖️1/ A historic ruling by a US Federal Court determined that defending the civil rights of caste-oppressed people does not constitute religious infringement. This news follows the court’s dismissal of a lawsuit, which claimed that caste protections violate religious freedom.
July 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
⚖️1/ A historic ruling by a US Federal Court determined that defending the civil rights of caste-oppressed people does not constitute religious infringement. This news follows the court’s dismissal of a lawsuit, which claimed that caste protections violate religious freedom.
3/ 🌈Dalit LGBTQ+ people play integral roles in the anti-caste movement, and we need queer voices and mobilization in our movements for a more just and liberated world. Our pride matters and will always create space for us to come together and resist. Happy Pride and Jai Bhim!🌈
June 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
3/ 🌈Dalit LGBTQ+ people play integral roles in the anti-caste movement, and we need queer voices and mobilization in our movements for a more just and liberated world. Our pride matters and will always create space for us to come together and resist. Happy Pride and Jai Bhim!🌈
3/ At the 2015 Delhi Pride March, three queer Dalits, Dhrubo Jyoti, Akhil Khang, and Dhiren Borisa held signs that read, ‘Dalit, Queer, Proud’, establishing the connections between caste, gender, and sexuality and bringing Dalit queerness into the public space.✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
June 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
3/ At the 2015 Delhi Pride March, three queer Dalits, Dhrubo Jyoti, Akhil Khang, and Dhiren Borisa held signs that read, ‘Dalit, Queer, Proud’, establishing the connections between caste, gender, and sexuality and bringing Dalit queerness into the public space.✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
2/ The Dalit Panthers based their political strategies on the Black Panthers in the U.S. Dalits, who also faced oppressive conditions, adopted the Black Panthers’ organizational structure and political strategies and positioned them within the context of caste.
May 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
2/ The Dalit Panthers based their political strategies on the Black Panthers in the U.S. Dalits, who also faced oppressive conditions, adopted the Black Panthers’ organizational structure and political strategies and positioned them within the context of caste.
1/ ✊🏾Today marks the 1972 founding of the Dalit Panthers, a group who boldly resisted caste oppression.✊🏾
May 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
1/ ✊🏾Today marks the 1972 founding of the Dalit Panthers, a group who boldly resisted caste oppression.✊🏾
2/ Despite generations of anti-Asian violence and discrimination, AA&NH/PI communities have remained resilient, and as Dalits, we are proud to partner with other Asian communities to celebrate the contributions of AA&NH/PI peoples.
May 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
2/ Despite generations of anti-Asian violence and discrimination, AA&NH/PI communities have remained resilient, and as Dalits, we are proud to partner with other Asian communities to celebrate the contributions of AA&NH/PI peoples.
1/ Happy Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! 💙💛
May 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
1/ Happy Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! 💙💛
2/ The message of “Annihilation of Caste” still rings true for our communities today and exposes the tyranny of the caste system.
May 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
2/ The message of “Annihilation of Caste” still rings true for our communities today and exposes the tyranny of the caste system.
1/ Today we commemorate the 89th anniversary of the publication of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's “Annihilation of Caste.”
May 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
1/ Today we commemorate the 89th anniversary of the publication of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's “Annihilation of Caste.”
1/ Happy #DalitHistoryMonth! This year’s “Dalit History Month” poster was designed by artist and illustrator Shrujana Shridhar. Embodying this year’s theme of “Resistance to Resilience”, the artwork references the positive trajectory of Dalit rights across time.
April 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
1/ Happy #DalitHistoryMonth! This year’s “Dalit History Month” poster was designed by artist and illustrator Shrujana Shridhar. Embodying this year’s theme of “Resistance to Resilience”, the artwork references the positive trajectory of Dalit rights across time.
3/ Ambedkar's lived experiences were marked by caste-based discrimination, yet he rose to become the architect of the Indian Constitution, and thus pushed to protect Dalit civil liberties and promote affirmative action for vulnerable and minoritized groups.
April 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
3/ Ambedkar's lived experiences were marked by caste-based discrimination, yet he rose to become the architect of the Indian Constitution, and thus pushed to protect Dalit civil liberties and promote affirmative action for vulnerable and minoritized groups.
2/ We pay homage to Ambedkar's legacy, which continues to inspire caste-oppressed communities to this day, and his call to “educate, agitate, and organize” motivates us to take meaningful action to fight for an end to caste oppression. ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
April 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
2/ We pay homage to Ambedkar's legacy, which continues to inspire caste-oppressed communities to this day, and his call to “educate, agitate, and organize” motivates us to take meaningful action to fight for an end to caste oppression. ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾