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India-Born Activist's Mission to Change the Immigration Debate in the U.S.
Sayu Bhojwani founded the nonpartisan New American Leaders project, which encourages political activism
Sayu Bhojwani, center, at the Manhattan offices of South Asian Youth Action, which she also founded. Photo: Kevin Hagen for The Wall Street Journal
Melanie Grayce West
May 10, 2016 10:22 am IST
The rancorous debates around race and immigration have made this year's presidential race a fraught one for many U.S. immigrants. Sayu Bhojwani's mission is to change the conversation by getting some of them into politics.
Ms. Bhojwani, 48 years old, is the founder and president of the New York-based New American Leaders Project, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that provides training to first- and second-generation immigrants seeking elected offices.
Since it began in 2010, the organization has trained more than 400 people nationwide in the intricacies of political candidacy, from meeting constituents to delivering a stump speech to raising funds. The next training session, specifically for women, will happen in New York next month.
For Ms. Bhojwani, who was born in India, raised in Belize and came to the U.S. as a student, the goal is to elevate the often-acrimonious discussion of immigration.
"I don't think that we've advanced in any way, in any meaningful way, around integration, and certainly around immigration reform," said Ms. Bhojwani.
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India-Born Activist's Mission to Change the Immigration Debate in the U.S.