Emergency Relief
Resilient Recovery: Wayanad, Kerala
Partnering with HOPE to deliver climate-resilient temporary housing, hygiene kits, emergency toilet facilities, and livelihood aid for landslide victims.
Founded in 1999, DSF USA engages in dedicated activism to condemn caste-based discrimination, empower marginalized youth, and nurture a world of equal human dignity, peace, and compassion.
Providing global exposure to human rights violations against Dalit communities in India and internationally, educating institutions on systemic caste inequities.
Networking with civil rights coalitions to pass historic anti-caste ordinances—such as the landmark victory in Seattle—holding perpetrators accountable under law.
Establishing and operating community schools for children and residential boarding facilities for Dalit girls in India, fostering cultural pride and independence.
Through our frontline partnerships with organizations like HOPE and AIMS, DSF USA delivers hands-on humanitarian relief, supports climate-vulnerable fisherfolk and Dalit populations, and creates pathways out of systemic poverty through education, sustainable rehabilitation, and human rights advocacy.
Due to the ancient caste system, Dalits are historically subjected to structural discrimination and extreme poverty. DSF USA is dedicated to breaking this cycle by establishing schools, providing safe boarding for girls, and claiming human rights as an unconditional birthright.
From mobilizing alongside civil rights leaders to pass historic anti-caste discrimination laws in Seattle, to funding schools and disaster shelters in India, Dalit Solidarity Forum USA stands unwavering for equality.
Advocating since 1999 across academic, municipal, and international human rights forums.
Directly supported through partner-operated schools, girls residential boarding, and climate disaster relief.
Every dollar donated to DSF USA directly funds audited relief, school operations, and civil rights defense.
Emergency Relief
Partnering with HOPE to deliver climate-resilient temporary housing, hygiene kits, emergency toilet facilities, and livelihood aid for landslide victims.
Education & Safety
Supporting full tuition, school supplies, nutritious meals, and safe residential boarding for young Dalit girls in Tamil Nadu, India.
Civil Rights
Expanding on the Seattle legal victory to protect Dalits and vulnerable minorities from caste-based harassment in workplaces and universities in the USA.
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We at Dalit Solidarity Forum in the USA strive to build a cohort of voices and actions to annihilate caste, oppose religion and gender-based oppression, and establish the human rights of Dalits and all peoples to nurture a world of peace, kindness, and compassion.”
Your 501(c)(3) tax-deductible gift directly funds boarding schools for Dalit girls, emergency disaster relief for vulnerable tribal families, and historic human rights advocacy in the US and India.