Hi folks!
Welcome to the AASRA Fall E-news! Hope you and your families had a pleasant summer. We are back with interesting Fall events for which we seek your creative collaboration. Come join us!

First, we would like to thank all for a generous response to our 2004 Contribution Campaign. Your kind donations make it possible on a daily basis, for us to extend AASRA’s impact to ensure safety, security, and self-sufficiency for every South Asian woman who reaches out to us for her own and her family’s welfare. Your contributions have embraced several lives; you are making a real difference—we thank you for your continued support for our mission! We are also pleased to welcome new members to the AASRA family network. We are looking forward to your active involvement with keen anticipation!

The lucky winner of the 2004 AASRA Contribution Campaign special prize...
Dinner for 2 at Boston's premier Indian restaurant
The Bombay Club at Harvard Square is ...
Dr. Pushpa Agarwal! Congratulations Pushpa! Thanks!

Our nucleus — The AASRA Center continues to respond to women seeking support, information resources and counsel-- always with complete confidentiality. The AASRA Center is a comforting, walk-in facility located at 54 Cummings Park, Suite 316, Woburn, MA (easy T-access). The AASRA Center is open every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and by appointment. Call us on the Toll Free Hot-line at 1-866-92AASRA or e-mail us at aasra@aasranewengland.com. We will respond immediately.

AASRA Fall Dateline —
Mark your calendars for upcoming AASRA events!

AASRA Women’s Get-Together/AASRA Nari Milan
Date: October 9, 2004 from 12 noon to 4 pm
Venue: Cambridge Public Library, Pearl Street, Cambridge, MA
Expert Panel of Physicians, Attorneys, and Advocacy Counsel in attendance to answer your questions! Services & Support! Refreshments! Come & Join Us! And Bring Friends!

AASRA and ASHA-MIT presents
“Incest: Out of the Shadows and Into the Light”
Movie & Panel Discussion
Date: November 6, 2004 from 12 noon to 3 pm
Venue: MIT Campus, Building 1, Room 190
Location Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=1&Buildings=go
"The Children We Sacrifice", a movie by Grace Poore, is about preventing incestuous sexual abuse of the girl child in South Asian communities. It involves India, Sri Lanka, the U.S., and Canada and has been released in conjunction with community workshops in all four countries. Panelists will include Clinical Psychologists, Subject-Matter field experts, and Legal Advocates.

Academy of Indian Performing Arts and AASRA presents:
Silappadhikaaram — A Story of Women of Substance
A Dance Theater production by the Avigna Dance Ensemble of India
Date: Nov 21, 2004 at 4.30 pm
Venue: Carling-Sorenson Theater, Babson College, Wellesley, MA
Event details: http://www.aasranewengland.com/silapp.html

Ongoing AASRA Mentoring Initiative
Self-paced sessions are scheduled by appointment, and conducted by AASRA Resources for Conversational English, PC skills, Resume-writing & Interviewing, Driving, Small Business development. Please contact AASRA for Session sign-up in the first week of every Month.

Partner Events

Asian Task Force Silk Road Gala 2004
Date: October 30, 2004
Venue: Westin Copley Place, Boston

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