White house "Middle Income Family" Recovery Act. Town Hall meeting with Vice President Biden. March 20th,2009 Saint Cloud Minnesota Other chief guests were, Walter Mondale, Amy Klobucher.

• SEWA-AIFW offers a crisis line available 24 hours a day/ 7 days a week for the Asian-Indian community.

• Trained, culturally sensitive advocates from the Asian-Indian community answer all phone calls, and provide advocacy, direct services, and referrals to resources within the Asian-Indian community.

• Through the crisis hotline, SEWA offers confidential services and referrals, which include free or low cost legal support, access to medical care and social services in one’s own language, immigration assistance, access to shelters, and other services needed by callers.

Crisis Hotline is generously sponsored by Target

• SEWA-AIFW’s Women’s Program is dedicated to assisting immigrant women and their families from the South Asian Community in Minnesota.

• SEWA’s Women’s Program is focused on building a violence free society and empowering women.

• SEWA’s women’s program works with women from the South Asian community through the domestic violence program, community outreach and the economic empowerment program.

• SEWA-AIFW works to actively include survivors of domestic abuse in all our community awareness activities. We believe that survivors must be given the opportunity to speak out and share their experiences to help build a society that does not shame and blame survivors of domestic violence.

• Domestic Violence Program

• SEWA volunteers are available 24 hours a day/ 7 days a week on our crisis line to answer questions and mediate crisis’s.

• We provide women with information about their options and rights to help her become empowered to make her own decisions.

• SEWA offers confidential services such as free or low cost legal aid, women’s emotional support groups, and access to battered women’s shelters and medical care.

• Community Outreach

• SEWA-AIFW works throughout the year to generate awareness about abuse and to dialogue with various sections of the South Asian community to prevent the spread of domestic violence.

• SEWA is active in conducting workshops on domestic violence at universities, religious and cultural centers, professional associations and community events.

• SEWA is also involved in activities and events that empower and encourage women of the South Asian community to work together.

• SEWA holds quarterly Women’s Day Out events, at which women may come together to enjoy cultural food, music and activities in a safe environment.

• SEWA is involved in planning the International Women’s Day, held each March by the Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights.

• Economic Empowerment

• SEWA-AIFW’s economic empowerment program will provide courses, resources, referrals and grants that work to empower survivors of domestic violence in earning their own living and pursuing careers.

• SEWA-AIFW is looking toward setting up a fund for this program. The fund would provide scholarships to buy sewing machines, teach English and computer classes, and provide other resources that encourage survivors throughout the healing process.

• Minute clinics at community events.

• Preliminary screenings for blood-pressure, diabetes, and BMI to evaluate health risks.

• Provide culturally sensitive referrals and resources.

• Outreach to Asian-Indian seniors.

• Reduction of social isolation by organizing monthly events.

• Provide a link to essential, culturally sensitive health, and social services, and help navigating the system.

• Link to passport and VISA renewal services.

• Free weekly law clinic by appointment.

• Referrals for immigrants’ rights in the workplace, for victims of domestic abuse, human trafficking and immigration issues.

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• Asian-Indian community specific outreach and education.

• Pledges for Smoke-free Homes.

• Creating awareness about the effects of chewing tobacco.