Friends of South Asia

This article is about the San Francisco Bay Area peace group. For other uses, see Friends of South Asia (disambiguation).

Friends of South Asia (FOSA) is a California, United States–based social and political activist organization. Founded jointly in 2001 by Americans of Pakistani and Indian origins, the group describes its mission as "achieve a peaceful, prosperous, and hate-free South Asia...work[ing] through people-to-people contacts, dialog, and other non-violent, non-exclusionary means."[1] FOSA activism has touched upon issues inside South Asia,[2][3] as well as outside South Asia such as those relating to Israel and United States policy in Cuba and Venezuela among others.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Friends of South Asia". Friends of South Asia (FOSA). Retrieved 2006-04-11.
  2. ^ Ashfaque Swapan (October 14, 2005). "South Asian Community Rallies to Provide Earthquake Relief". India West. Archived from the original on January 8, 2006. Retrieved April 27, 2006.
  3. ^ AH Cemendtaur (May 2003). "Learning the ropes of peace activism". Peace News. Archived from the original on 2006-02-23. Retrieved 2006-04-27.
  4. ^ Boycott Israel? Amitav Ghosh & the Dan David Prize Pulse Media, May 9, 2010
  5. ^ National Day of Action Against the US War Machine, Call for Protests on Saturday March 19 at UN Plaza Archived December 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine January 16, 2011