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FIIDS appeals to registered Indo-Americans to vote
#IndoAmericanVotesMatter
Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS) Launched #IndoAmericanVotesMatter campaign for US Election 2022
The Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS), a U.S.-based non-profit institution for policy research and awareness, launched the #IndoAmericanVotesMatter campaign to increase the participation of American voters in the U.S. 2022 elections. On this launch, Professor Ved Nanda, a distinguished law professor at Denver University and a FIIDS advisor said, “As an immigrant minority, it is not only a civic duty, but it is also imperative for Indo-Americans to vote in the elections to get their voice heard.”
As Indo-Americans encompass ~4.5 million in the United States, FIIDS encourages more participation in the election to augment Indo-Americans’ influence on policy matters. Both Democrats and Republicans should recognize the importance of Indo-Americans as they are concentrated in critical races spanning states such as Florida, Georgia, Arizona, Virginia, New Jersey, Texas, and California.
Khanderao Kand, Director of FIIDS, elaborated on the #IndoAmericanVotesMatter campaign: “This campaign targeted outreach to leaders of 1000+ Indo-American organizations to propagate this message to their potential over two million members. We are also launching media advertisements and social media campaigns.” Mr. Kand further highlighted FIIDS’ campaign webpage http://fiids-usa.org/IndoAmericanVotesMatter. FIIDS National Executive Committee member, Mr. Nar Koppula, mentioned that FIIDS’ survey team will be surveying Indo-American voters on policies and issues important for their votes. FIIDS’ policy research team will provide an in-depth analysis of candidates in critical races to Indo-American voters.
“It is important for Indo-Americans to participate in the electoral voting process to ascertain our rights, especially many issues of religiophobia and discrimination against Indo-Americans and a negative campaign against India,” emphasized Dr. Sampath Shivangi, the chairman of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPIO) and a patron of FIIDS.
FIIDS engages the South Asian diaspora in the United States to strengthen collaboration in policy matters related to geo-political issues, economics, immigrant issues, and U.S. foreign relations, especially with India, South Asia, and the Indo-Pacific, to establish terrorism-free and war-free peace and economic prosperity.
Call for Action: Please Vote
Please register, vote, and be heard!
- Voter Registration link: https://vote.gov/
- Share Re-tweet :
- https://twitter.com/FIIDSUSA/status/1580357344617062403
- https://twitter.com/FIIDSUSA/status/1580358546989805568
- Share on WhatsApp: http://fiids-usa.org/indoamericanvotesmatter
- Participate in candidate analysis: http://www.fiids-usa.org/analysis-of-candidates-in-us-2022-critical-elections/
- Share your opinion http://www.fiids-usa.org/us-2022-survey/
Appeal from first time voters:
IndoAmericans Survey on Issues and Policies important in US2022 Elections:
As Indo-Americans encompass ~4.5 million in the United States, FIIDS launched campaign for IndoAmericans to vote in US 2022 elections to get their voice heard. As a part of the campaign, FIIDS launched a survey of IndoAmericans on issues and policies important for their voting in the US 2022 elections. The results of this survey will be shared with media, democratic and Republican Party as well as candidates.
This survey contains issues and policy matters in three categories: the US’s international issues, domestic issues and immigrants related issues. The questions related to the US international issues include Indo-Pacific, China, military aid to Pakistan, Ukraine war, and stand on internal issues/matters of sovereign India. The questions related to the domestic matters include inflation, gas prices, merit-based admissions, religiophobia (like Hinduphobia), etc. The immigration related questions include tech immigration policies, H1B, GC, H4EAD etc. This survey also have questions on the performance and socio-political environment under the leadership of President Biden and the current campaign.
Analysis of Candidates in Crucial Races:
http://www.fiids-usa.org/analysis-of-candidates-in-us-2022-critical-elections/
News/Media Coverage:
https://indicanews.com/2022/10/25/fiids-launches-campaign-indian-americans/
