Equality Labs
@equalitylabs.bsky.social
At the intersection of organizing, community based research, socially engaged arts & digital security for South Asian religious & cultural minorities💙💛
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3/ Despite severe opposition, Fatima fought to empower girls at a time when education was a privilege limited to dominant caste men, so we celebrate Fatima’s legacy with revolutionary joy and gratitude for her groundbreaking work.
January 9, 2026 at 10:04 PM
3/ Despite severe opposition, Fatima fought to empower girls at a time when education was a privilege limited to dominant caste men, so we celebrate Fatima’s legacy with revolutionary joy and gratitude for her groundbreaking work.
2/ Fatima worked closely with fellow anti-caste and feminist activists of her time, including Jyotirao Phule and Savitribai Phule, a couple who established multiple schools for girls of all backgrounds. Their friendship represents a model for interfaith and intercaste allyship that we celebrate.
January 9, 2026 at 10:04 PM
2/ Fatima worked closely with fellow anti-caste and feminist activists of her time, including Jyotirao Phule and Savitribai Phule, a couple who established multiple schools for girls of all backgrounds. Their friendship represents a model for interfaith and intercaste allyship that we celebrate.
1/ Today we celebrate Fatima Sheikh, India’s first Muslim woman teacher. Born in 1831, Fatima Sheikh was a dedicated and revolutionary educator who taught children of all castes and religions. ✊🏾💙📚
January 9, 2026 at 10:04 PM
1/ Today we celebrate Fatima Sheikh, India’s first Muslim woman teacher. Born in 1831, Fatima Sheikh was a dedicated and revolutionary educator who taught children of all castes and religions. ✊🏾💙📚
💙Thank you for standing with us this year. As we carry our work into 2026, we invite you to partner with us again. Please consider making a contribution today. Your support fuels our movement for caste abolition. https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/equality-labs/general_support
December 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
💙Thank you for standing with us this year. As we carry our work into 2026, we invite you to partner with us again. Please consider making a contribution today. Your support fuels our movement for caste abolition. https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/equality-labs/general_support
/ In 2025, our caste equity work brought caste protection resolutions, Know Your Rights workshops, webinars, and mutual aid support for Dalit communities despite instability caused by immigration crises, budget cuts, and hate speech. 💪🏾💪🏾
December 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
/ In 2025, our caste equity work brought caste protection resolutions, Know Your Rights workshops, webinars, and mutual aid support for Dalit communities despite instability caused by immigration crises, budget cuts, and hate speech. 💪🏾💪🏾
This year, we published two landmark reports: 1) Caste, Race, and Religious Hate Speech On Bluesky and 2) Tracing the Online Hate of Zohran Mamdani. As a trusted voice in human rights and digital safety, we shine a light on hate speech and advocate for its removal from public discourse.
December 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This year, we published two landmark reports: 1) Caste, Race, and Religious Hate Speech On Bluesky and 2) Tracing the Online Hate of Zohran Mamdani. As a trusted voice in human rights and digital safety, we shine a light on hate speech and advocate for its removal from public discourse.
We’re all-in to protect our movement from digital harm during what will be a heated election year. Your support will help us meet rising demand, protect essential civil society organizations, and strengthen frontline organizers.
December 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We’re all-in to protect our movement from digital harm during what will be a heated election year. Your support will help us meet rising demand, protect essential civil society organizations, and strengthen frontline organizers.
2025 has underscored that long-standing systems of oppression will not protect us. We are the winning strategy. We are the ones who have each other’s back. We are the architects of the future. ✊🏾Check out our kaleidoscope of movement work and join us in building the future all beings deserve.
December 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
2025 has underscored that long-standing systems of oppression will not protect us. We are the winning strategy. We are the ones who have each other’s back. We are the architects of the future. ✊🏾Check out our kaleidoscope of movement work and join us in building the future all beings deserve.
💙💛 We’re Going All-In for 2026: Support our $50,000 Catalyst Fund Campaign! By giving to our Catalyst Fund, you’ll be providing the fuel we need to deepen our work to protect marginalized people, movement organizations, and democratic values. 💙💛
December 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
💙💛 We’re Going All-In for 2026: Support our $50,000 Catalyst Fund Campaign! By giving to our Catalyst Fund, you’ll be providing the fuel we need to deepen our work to protect marginalized people, movement organizations, and democratic values. 💙💛
1/ 🏳️⚧️To our Trans siblings on this Transgender Day of Remembrance: we value you and your resilience, and we stand in solidarity with you in fighting against the violence and discrimination that gender-expansive folx unfairly and constantly experience.
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
1/ 🏳️⚧️To our Trans siblings on this Transgender Day of Remembrance: we value you and your resilience, and we stand in solidarity with you in fighting against the violence and discrimination that gender-expansive folx unfairly and constantly experience.
1/🚨Our new report, “Tracing Online Hate Against Zohran Mamdani”, exposes the massive scale of hate, disinformation, and coordinated narrative attacks targeting mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani during the 2025 New York City Mayoral Race.
Access the report: www.equalitylabs.org/research/pub...
Access the report: www.equalitylabs.org/research/pub...
November 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
1/🚨Our new report, “Tracing Online Hate Against Zohran Mamdani”, exposes the massive scale of hate, disinformation, and coordinated narrative attacks targeting mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani during the 2025 New York City Mayoral Race.
Access the report: www.equalitylabs.org/research/pub...
Access the report: www.equalitylabs.org/research/pub...
1/📣Yesterday, the Tamil Nadu government publicly announced that this year’s prestigious Vaikom Award for social justice will be presented to Equality Labs’ co-founder and Executive Director, Thenmozhi Soundararajan. www.equalitylabs.org/media/2025/1...
October 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
1/📣Yesterday, the Tamil Nadu government publicly announced that this year’s prestigious Vaikom Award for social justice will be presented to Equality Labs’ co-founder and Executive Director, Thenmozhi Soundararajan. www.equalitylabs.org/media/2025/1...
1/ Today we remember Saheb Kanshi Ram, an influential Indian politician who worked tirelessly to improve the lives of Dalit-Bahujan communities. He pushed back against caste discrimination by mobilizing caste-oppressed peoples to take political action.
October 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
1/ Today we remember Saheb Kanshi Ram, an influential Indian politician who worked tirelessly to improve the lives of Dalit-Bahujan communities. He pushed back against caste discrimination by mobilizing caste-oppressed peoples to take political action.
3/ An illustrated catalogue is included in the exhibit, featuring essays by prominent voices on South Asian feminism, anti-caste activism, and Dalit art. Now more than ever, we need to hear the voices of marginalized artists and activists loud and clear. 📣
October 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
3/ An illustrated catalogue is included in the exhibit, featuring essays by prominent voices on South Asian feminism, anti-caste activism, and Dalit art. Now more than ever, we need to hear the voices of marginalized artists and activists loud and clear. 📣
2/ In this exhibit, Azaadi’s work spans the artist’s career, celebrating feminist and queer-bodies, specifically through the lens of South Asian identity. This exhibit challenges dominant narratives by centering feminist and decolonial perspectives.
October 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
2/ In this exhibit, Azaadi’s work spans the artist’s career, celebrating feminist and queer-bodies, specifically through the lens of South Asian identity. This exhibit challenges dominant narratives by centering feminist and decolonial perspectives.
1/ 🎨Celebrate a new and powerful exhibit of paintings featuring Dalit leaders! “Talkin’ Bout a Revolution” is an exhibition spotlighting the work of artist and activist Pyaari Azaadi on view from September 25th-December 13th at Pen and Brush NYC.🎨
October 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
1/ 🎨Celebrate a new and powerful exhibit of paintings featuring Dalit leaders! “Talkin’ Bout a Revolution” is an exhibition spotlighting the work of artist and activist Pyaari Azaadi on view from September 25th-December 13th at Pen and Brush NYC.🎨
1/ Today marks the anniversary of Jyotiba Phule’s founding of the social reform society known as Satyashodhak Samaj, which began as a means of addressing caste and gender-based violence and discrimination by focusing on providing education and political access for women and Dalits 💙💛
September 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
1/ Today marks the anniversary of Jyotiba Phule’s founding of the social reform society known as Satyashodhak Samaj, which began as a means of addressing caste and gender-based violence and discrimination by focusing on providing education and political access for women and Dalits 💙💛
🌞Join us!🌛Tomorrow, we will be hosting an emergent dharma + political education response to escalating violence & threats in the current moment.
✍️🏾Register here: bit.ly/RootedCommun...
✍️🏾Register here: bit.ly/RootedCommun...
September 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
🌞Join us!🌛Tomorrow, we will be hosting an emergent dharma + political education response to escalating violence & threats in the current moment.
✍️🏾Register here: bit.ly/RootedCommun...
✍️🏾Register here: bit.ly/RootedCommun...
1/ Today we celebrate the life and legacy of Periyar, a social reformer and activist who fought bravely against gender and caste inequality in Tamil Nadu. Now, Periyar's name and image are now recognized across India as symbols of Tamil Dalit political mobilization.
September 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
1/ Today we celebrate the life and legacy of Periyar, a social reformer and activist who fought bravely against gender and caste inequality in Tamil Nadu. Now, Periyar's name and image are now recognized across India as symbols of Tamil Dalit political mobilization.
1/ 💛💙 Today we celebrate Ayyankali, a revolutionary anti-caste social reformer, educator, and politician. Ayyankali’s family was forced to labor for feudal landlords, which motivated him to spend his life fighting to improve the lives of Kerala’s Dalit communities. 💛💙
August 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
1/ 💛💙 Today we celebrate Ayyankali, a revolutionary anti-caste social reformer, educator, and politician. Ayyankali’s family was forced to labor for feudal landlords, which motivated him to spend his life fighting to improve the lives of Kerala’s Dalit communities. 💛💙
Today, on her death anniversary, we celebrate and remember Gail Omvedt, an Ambedkarite scholar and anti-caste icon who researched and wrote about Dalit politics and the unique experiences faced by Dalit women. 💙💛
August 26, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Today, on her death anniversary, we celebrate and remember Gail Omvedt, an Ambedkarite scholar and anti-caste icon who researched and wrote about Dalit politics and the unique experiences faced by Dalit women. 💙💛
1/💙🍃Former Jharkhand chief minister and veteran tribal leader, Shibu Soren, also reverently called ”Dishom Guru”, died on August 4th, 2025, at the age of 81. He was honored with this title by the Santhal community for his leadership and work for Adivasi causes.
August 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
1/💙🍃Former Jharkhand chief minister and veteran tribal leader, Shibu Soren, also reverently called ”Dishom Guru”, died on August 4th, 2025, at the age of 81. He was honored with this title by the Santhal community for his leadership and work for Adivasi causes.
1/ TW: Violence.
The recent influx of global users to the social media platform Bluesky has created significant opportunities for meaningful discourse, as users increasingly migrate from platforms like X, Threads, Instagram, and Facebook in search of alternative spaces for community building. 🫂
The recent influx of global users to the social media platform Bluesky has created significant opportunities for meaningful discourse, as users increasingly migrate from platforms like X, Threads, Instagram, and Facebook in search of alternative spaces for community building. 🫂
July 30, 2025 at 3:37 AM
1/ TW: Violence.
The recent influx of global users to the social media platform Bluesky has created significant opportunities for meaningful discourse, as users increasingly migrate from platforms like X, Threads, Instagram, and Facebook in search of alternative spaces for community building. 🫂
The recent influx of global users to the social media platform Bluesky has created significant opportunities for meaningful discourse, as users increasingly migrate from platforms like X, Threads, Instagram, and Facebook in search of alternative spaces for community building. 🫂
⚖️1/ A historic ruling by a US Federal Court determined that defending the civil rights of caste-oppressed people does not constitute religious infringement. This news follows the court’s dismissal of a lawsuit, which claimed that caste protections violate religious freedom.
July 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
⚖️1/ A historic ruling by a US Federal Court determined that defending the civil rights of caste-oppressed people does not constitute religious infringement. This news follows the court’s dismissal of a lawsuit, which claimed that caste protections violate religious freedom.