Bringing together leaders from the anti-caste movement in the U.S., this panel will highlight the efforts made to further caste protections in higher education institutions across the country, discuss the limitations of merely adding caste as a protected category without institutional commitment, and share visions of caste abolition.

Panelists: 

Jasmine (they/she), Vidya (she/they), Shahira Bangar (she/her), Manu Kaur (they/them), and Jamila (she/her)

Moderator: Anusha Kedhar (she/her), Associate Professor of Dance (UCR).

Sponsored by the Decolonizing Humanism(?) initiative at the Center for Ideas and Society, UCR Dance, UCR Religious Studies and Holstein Family and Community Endowed Chair, UCLA Center for India and South Asia, and UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture.