Fighting Prejudice with Votes

In 2006, Grassroots Initiative partnered with the nation's leading Sikh civil and human rights organization, the Sikh Coalition, to help elect the first-ever Sikh elected officials in New York.

In this inaugural exhibit, Fighting Prejudice with Votes: Sikhs in New York, Brooklyn-based photographer Sarah Tew documents the experience in images, juxtaposing the private and public lives of the Sikh community and the process of merging these lives through entry into the political process. The images provide an intimate look into the culture, faith and recent triumphs of one of New York’s most colorful and least understood ethnic communities.

The exhibit will be on view at the Queens Museum of Art from March 3rd through March 31st. If you are interested in opportunites to host this public exhibition at a later date, please contact the staff at Grassroots Initiative at (212) 379-1274 x214 or send an email to info@gograssroots.org.

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