PAKISTANI AMERICAN ACTIVIST

Hamid Khan is the Executive Director of the South Asian Network (SAN), a grassroots community based organization. A first generation immigrant from Pakistan, Hamid came to the United States in 1979.

Embracing the model of shared leadership, SAN has created multilingual, culturally appropriate approaches to community organizing encompassing community outreach and education, services and policy advocacy. Such internal diversity has enabled SAN to reach out more effectively to the broad South Asian community -- positively affecting the lives of thousands of people.

In addition to his role at SAN, Hamid also serves on the boards of the Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research and the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, a national forum that works to promote a just immigration and refugee policy in the United States and to defend and expand the rights of all immigrants and refugees, regardless of immigration status. Hamid regularly participates as a spokesperson on community issues at numerous town halls, meetings, forums, university seminars, nonprofit conferences, local media programs, and Federal Congressional and California Assembly hearings. Hamid was selected for the 2003, LA Stories: The Power of One by Facing History and Ourselves, an organization whose mission is to engage students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice and anti-Semitism. Hamid was also honored by the California State Assembly in 2006 for "Excellence in public service and his dedication and contributions to the people of the State of California and beyond." He has been a leading advocate for the peace movement, speaking up against the ongoing wave of occupation and violence.

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