Hindus For Human Rights Inc

SUPPORT & PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS.

GROWTH & BASE-BUILDING: - WE HIRED 3 FULL TIME STAFF AND 9 PART TIME STAFF - WE RECEIVED 52 SUBMISSIONS FROM SOUTH ASIAN STUDENTS FROM 19 AMERICAN STATES AND 9 INDIAN STATES FOR OUR SECOND ANNUAL CIVIL RIGHTS ESSAY AND ART CONTEST - 431 PEOPLE ATTENDED OUR IN-PERSON EVENTS IN WASHINGTON DC, NEW YORK, AND THE BAY AREA - 19 ORGANIZATIONS CO-SPONSORED OUR FIRST-EVER MULTI-FAITH DEEPAVALI CELEBRATION ON CAPITOL HILL IN WASHINGTON, DC - WE WERE INVITED TO DIWALI CELEBRATIONS HOSTED BY THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT ADVOCACY: - WE BROUGHT TOGETHER 18 HINDU ORGANIZATIONS AND 42 HINDU RELIGIOUS LEADERS FROM 6 COUNTRIES TO ISSUE A HISTORIC STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY AGAINST HINDUTVA AND ISLAMOPHOBIA - WE HELD 20 CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES IN INDIA WITH 19 OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS, FEATURING 96 FRONTLINE ACTIVISTS FROM INDIA AND THE DIASPORA - WE HAD 98 FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS WITH GOVERNMENT PARTNERS - WE WORKED WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL PARTNERS TO EDUCATE AND EXCHANGE IDEAS RELATED TO 4 LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES, INCLUDING A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE DEFENSE BUDGET - AHEAD OF INDIA'S UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW AT THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL IN GENEVA, WE MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF 7 COUNTRIES AND DISSEMINATED OUR REPORT TO MORE THAN 15 MORE MISSIONS - MORE THAN 20 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE US, GERMANY, AND BELGIUM, USED OUR REPORT TO RAISE QUESTIONS TO INDIA DIRECTLY ABOUT INDIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD - 1,806 PEOPLE TOOK ACTION THROUGH OUR ONLINE PETITIONS - 3,786 LETTERS SENT THROUGH OUR ONLINE PETITIONS MEDIA ACTIVITIES: - WE HAD 2 TELEVISION APPEARANCES ON THE WIRE - WE PUBLISHED 21 ARTICLES IN 16 DIFFERENT MEDIA OUTLETS, INCLUDING THE NATION, FOREIGN POLICY, AND RELIGION NEWS SERVICE - IN 2022, WE WERE MENTIONED IN 214 ARTICLES IN 104 NEWS OUTLETS - 437,057 VIEWS OF OUR "ULTI PULTI BAAT" SERIES ON YOUTUBE (10 EPISODES) - 243% INCREASE IN INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS, 193% INCREASE IN TWITTER FOLLOWERS