SACSS in The News
Empowering Immigrant Communities: The Story + Impact of the South Asian Council for Social Services – Sudha Acharya, November 4, 2024 ↳VIEW
Meng secures $850,000 for South Asian Council to expand immigrant services in Queens, October 29, 2024 ↳VIEW
Meng secures $850,000 for South Asian Council to expand immigrant services in Queens, October 29, 2024 ↳VIEW
South Asian Council for Social Services celebrates graduates in women’s tailoring program, January 18, 2024 ↳VIEW
QNS.COM highlights SACSS’ celebrates graduates in women’s tailoring program, January 17, 2024 ↳VIEW
South Asian Council For Social Services holds graduation ceremony for ‘Stitch with SACSS’ program, January 17, 2024 ↳VIEW
South Asian Council for Social Services celebrates graduates in women’s tailoring program, January 12, 2024 ↳VIEW
Students have it all sewn up, October 05, 2023 ↳VIEW
Flushing-based nonprofit celebrates graduates of program aiding immigrant women, October 04, 2023 ↳VIEW
NYCEAL article spotlights SACSS’ response to COVID-19 pandemic ↳VIEW
The SACSS Mantra – Service, Aid, Care, Share, Selfless, December 15, 2022 ↳VIEW
An in depth story on SACSS 2022 gala in News India Times, November 15, 2022 ↳VIEW
QNS.COM highlights SACSS’ 2022 Gala, November 10, 2022 ↳VIEW
Epicenter NYC Features SACSS Food Pantry In Article on Food Insecurity amongst Seniors – August 3, 2022 ↳VIEW
Cheddar TV’s Hena Doba Interviews SACSS Exec. Director Sudha Acharya – July 15, 2022 ↳VIEW
Desi Talk covers SACSS’ at White House bill-signing ceremony – July 1, 2022 ↳VIEW
News India Times highlights SACSS’ attendance of White House bill-signing ceremony – June 27, 2022 ↳VIEW
Executive Director Sudha Acharya was featured in an article by SEEMA – December, 2021. ↳VIEW
Director Rehan Mehmood is quoted in an article about health insurance for immigrants. Published – February 19, 2022. ↳VIEW
Executive Director Sudha Acharya is quoted in an article by Harlem World congratulating NYC Health and Hospitals. Published – February 17, 2022. ↳VIEW
Queens Chronicle article looks back on 2021, and includes SACSS’s ribbon cutting. Published – January 6, 2022. ↳VIEW
Executive Director Sudha Acharya speaks on redistricting in an article in City Limits. Published – January 4, 2022. ↳VIEW
News India Times, in its year-end highlights, features SACSS mental health panel, new Community Center inauguration as well as our Senior Support groups and wellness workshops. Published – December 30, 2021. ↳VIEW
SACSS was among 21 partners who contributed to a report. Published – December 16, 2021. ↳VIEW
SACSS partners with NYC Care . Published – November 10, 2021. ↳VIEW
SACSS #FoodYouWant fundraiser is featured in and article by News India Times. Published – September 21, 2021. ↳VIEW
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony of SACSS New Community Center is featured in VOSA. Published – August 23, 2021.↳VIEW
SACSS Ribbon Cutting Ceremony was featured in an article by Desi Talks. Published – August 20, 2021. ↳VIEW
Hum Hindustani features SACSS Ribbon Cutting Ceremony of New Community Center. Published August 20, 2021.↳VIEW
NYN First Read reports SACSS Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. Published – August 23, 2021.↳VIEW
SACSS New Community Center Ribbon Cutting Ceremony is featured in Queens Gazette. Published – August 19, 2021.↳VIEW
Queens Chronicles reports SACSS New Community Center amidst need. Published – August 19, 2021.↳VIEW
News India Times reports SACSS New Community Center Inauguration with elected officials. Published – August 18, 2021.↳VIEW
Array of state and local elected officials inaugurate South Asian Council for Social Services New Community Center.Published – August 17, 2021.↳VIEW
Flushing Bank Attends Ribbon Cutting Celebration at SACSS New Community Center as reported in Yahoo finance and Bakersfield.Published – August 17, 2021. ↳VIEW ↳VIEW
QNS reports SACSS celebrates opening of New Community Center. Published – August 17, 2021. ↳VIEW
The Indian Panorama Newspaper cover SACSS’s New Community Center Inauguration. Published – August 15, 2021. ↳VIEW
India West newspaper cover SACSS’s Inauguration of New Community Center. Published – August – 14, 2021. ↳VIEW
World Journal features SACSS Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for New Community Center. Published – August 12, 2021.↳VIEW
SACSS Inauguration of New Community Center is featured in Epoch Times. Published August – 13, 2021.↳VIEW
SACSS Ribbon Cutting of New Community Center is featured in China Press. Published – August 12, 2021.↳VIEW
Director Rehan Mehmood explains why “Redistricting Means Power” in an Article in Gothamist. Published – July 24, 2021. ↳VIEW
SACSS was proud to join with many NYC organizations and advocates to rally for a budget that centers immigrants as essential to our city’s recovery as shown in Harlem World Magazine. Published – June 15, 2021. ↳VIEW
SACSS was awarded a grant from Rihanna’s Clara Lionel Foundation. Published – April 27, 2021. ↳VIEW
SACSS was mentioned in an article by Well+Good as one of the organizations that is providing culturally appropriate meals. Published – March 23, 2021. ↳VIEW
SACSS was featured in an article by Thrillest on how to support Asian American communities in NYC. Published – March. 19, 2021. ↳VIEW
The New York Times features SACSS in an article on the growing need for Food Pantries in New York City. Published – Oct. 20, 2020. ↳VIEW
Hum Hindustani New York highlights SACSS’s upcoming Queens Strong event. October 09 – 15, 2020. ↳VIEW
News India Times reports Sudha Acharya attending the GOPIO virtual ceremony on September 24 which was broadcasted around the world. Published – October 2, 2020. ↳VIEW
Staff and volunteers of the SACSS get members of the community to fill Census 2020 forms during their food drives as reported by News India Times. Published – September 25, 2020. ↳VIEW
News India Times features Sudha Acharya in an article addressing the growing number of scams regarding the elderly. Published – September 11, 2020. ↳VIEW
Sudha Acharya, as reported by News India Times, talks about the importance of health insurance as the City will collaborate with SACSS to enroll uninsured New Yorkers in NYC Care. Published – September 2, 2020. ↳VIEW
News India Times features SACSS in an article which shows them committed to getting more community members to fill out 2020 Census. Published – August 30, 2020. ↳VIEW
SACSS is featured in NY1 on how people can fill out there census while waiting for the food distribution line. Published – July 29, 20202. ↳VIEW
Bangladeshi leading Nawspaper “Prothom Alo” published an article about SACSS(Article in Bangla. Published – May 29. 2020. ↳VIEW
The Queens Daily Eagle shows how SACSS assists low-income communities in a mission to access healthcare. Published – April 23, 2020. ↳VIEW
News India Times highlights how SACSS is delivering groceries amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic. Published – April 14, 2020. ↳VIEW
News India Times features, Rehan Mehmood, director of health services at the South Asian Council for Social Services, delivering a bag of food to a client in Queens, observing COVID-19 social distancing rules. Published – April 14, 2020. ↳VIEW
Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center shows how SACSS empowers the South Asian community through its many services. Published – March 9, 2020. ↳ VIEW
SACSS trains with The Asian Pacific American Complete Count Committee to prepare for Census outreach as reported in News India Times. Published – January 20, 2020. ↳ VIEW
Desi Talks shows NYC Council Members visiting SACSS food pantry ↳ VIEW
Sudha Acharya talks about thanksgiving in News India Times. ↳VIEW
News India Times shows the significant difference that SACSS has made in the quality of life of South Asian immigrants in the country ↳VIEW
National Public Radio (NPR) features SACSS in an interview ↳VIEW
News India Times and The Indian Panorama features SACSS in an article about how they honor Dr. Jagat Narula and Peter Koo at the 18th annual gala. ↳VIEW ↳VIEW
South Asian-American Non-Profit Leads Joint Health Services Initiative With $700, 000 Innovation Grant as reported by News India Times ↳VIEW
News India Times features SACSS in an article as they continues to serve the community with its food pantry, healthcare access, senior services, other benefits and civic engagement. ↳VIEW
SACSS 2017 Gala holds the theme of food security in under-served South Asian communities in Indian-Americans as reported by News India Times. ↳VIEW
NY Times interviews Sudha Acharya on the growing need for culturally appropriate food in “Adding Pantries and Spice to New York’s Hungry Neighborhoods” ↳VIEW
The Indian Panorma reports NYC Council Member Peter Koo visits SACSS Summer Youth Leadership Program ↳VIEW
News India Times reports how South Asian organization addresses hunger, food insecurity in New York City ↳VIEW
The Need for City’s Only South Asian Food Pantry ↳VIEW
Release of Unlocking the Golden Door ↳VIEW
9/11 Seven Years Later SAJA report ↳VIEW
Gotham Gazette reports SACSS encourages taxi drivers to take care of there health ↳VIEW
Publications
Unlocking the Golden Door (PDF, file size) ↳VIEW
9/11 Book of Memories (PDF, file size) ↳VIEW
Sudha Acharya’s Testimony AALR Fall 2011 on 9/11 (PDF, file size) ↳VIEW
Every disease…man can get can start in this cab’’: Focus Groups to Identify South Asian Taxi Drivers’ Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs About Cardiovascular Disease and Its Risks (Authors: Francesca M. Gany , Pavan P. Gill , Ayaz Ahmed, Sudha Acharya, Jennifer Leng) ↳VIEW
Another Publication headed by NYIC with SACSS collaboration (PDF, file size) ↳VIEW
Sacss Highlighted in Other Agency Websites
ITV Gold features SACSS “Anguished from Afar” Mental Health Panel highlights. ↳VIEW
SACSS in Resilience Rising 2020 – a video from NYC Service that looks back on the year of Covid, and how volunteers responded to the crisis. ↳VIEW
Our Executive Director Sudha Acharya and other panelists give their take on what the State Government can do to improve access to adult English language classes to improve the lives of immigrants in our communities in Virtual Listening Tour of the Assembly Task Force on New Americans co-hosted by Chairwoman Catalina Cruz. ↳VIEW
OneCity Health $700,000 Grant Press Release ↳VIEW More Information on Grant ↳VIEW
Union Square Awards Article ↳VIEW
Asian American Federation 9/11 Tribute ↳VIEW
How We Have Stayed Alive Despite Madoff Scandal ↳VIEW
Press Release at SAALT website ↳VIEW
Sudha Acharya Advocating ↳VIEW
NYIC (Health Reform One Year Later) ↳VIEW (Health Reform Two Years Later) ↳VIEW
Videos
Sudha Speaks At Power Women Of Queens Award Event ↳VIEW
A heart to heart conversation with Sudha Acharya and Sarina Jain ↳VIEW
Watch Chef Surbhi Sahni Cooking Chickpea Salad for #FoodYouWant ↳VIEW
SACSS New Building Ribbon Cutting Inauguration↳VIEW
Anguished From Afar: A Mental Health Panel for South Asian Communities During Covid-19 ↳VIEW
SACSS’s 2000-2020: The First 20 Years, and the Next to Come ↳VIEW
SACSS 20th Anniversary #QueensStrong event! ↳VIEW
SACSS Gala 2016 ↳VIEW
Panel Discussion On Obamacare | Rene Report ↳VIEW
NYIC Press Briefing video: Immigrants and Health Care Reform ↳VIEW
Sudha Aacharya India-Abroad award video ↳VIEW