This free conference on Thursday, July 7, 2016 from 9:30 am – 4 pm at the Hindu Temple Society of North America, 45-57 Bowne Street, in Flushing, Queen is designed for youth to be heard and for them to meet other young New Yorkers from different backgrounds and faiths to discuss diversity and other pressing matters of the day. One of our many distinguished speakers will be:
Rishi Singh
Rishi is the Director of Youth Organizing at DRUM- Desis Rising Up & Moving. Originally from Trinidad, Rishi migrated to the U.S. in 1995 with his family at a young age and grew up in New York City as an undocumented immigrant. Rishi joined DRUM in 2003 through the YouthPower! Summer Youth Organizing Institute and has been organizing ever since. He has served as a Youth Organizer from 2004-2007 building DRUM’s Education Not Deportation Campaign. Rishi also served in various roles including Board Member, Operations coordinator and fundraising coordinator while also graduating from Hunter College of the City of New York with degrees in Psychology and Accounting. In 2013, he coordinated the NYC Peoples Global Action on Migration Development & Human Rights which included addressing government leaders at the United Nations on International Migration policy as a recent DACA recipient. Rishi has been a leader for DRUM’s immigrant rights work as an undocumented youth since 2003 and is currently the lead organizer for DRUM’s Educational Justice work.
