Fighting Prejudice with Votes

In 2006, Grassroots Initiative launched Fighting Prejudice with Votes -- a bold new documentary and public awareness effort designed to change the way that we think about elected office and political representation.

In its inaugural campaign, Grassroots Initiative teamed up with Brooklyn-based photographer Sarah Tew (bio) to document the election of the first-ever Sikhs in New York. Beginning March 3, 2007, the exhibition opens for a month-long showing at the Queens Museum of Art. To learn more about this exhibition, follow the links below.

Fighting Prejudice with Votes is not just about pretty pictures. The annual exhibition showcases and celebrates the entrance of new immigrant, ethnic and traditionally marginalized groups into elected office. The groups and individuals at the focus of this exhibition demonstrate that discrimination, stigma and political barriers can be overcome. They are trailblazers who remind us what democracy is, and should be, all about.