ASATA is a San Francisco Bay Area all-volunteer grassroots group working to educate, organize, and empower the Bay Area South Asian communities to end violence, oppression, racism and exploitation within and against our diverse communities.

ASATA’s work is member organized and member driven. Our history of organizing has taught us the importance of collective leadership, and that our work is only sustainable when we invest in each other, deepen our relationships, and grow our internal and external community. For many in our community, ASATA may be the first space where we feel belonging and safety. However, we know our work can’t stop there; while our shared identities are an entry-point for connection, they are not our destination. Instead, we look to a future in which all people are free, are safe to live, and where we have the tools to dismantle the systems that isolate us and create real solutions to meet our needs.