Community Conversation
with Farooq Mitha
NEHA DEWAN
Neha has long been active in both local and national politics. Most recently, she founded and served as the National Director for South Asians for Biden, an organization dedicated to engaging, educating, and mobilizing the South Asian community to elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. In 2016, Neha served as the National Co-Chair for South Asians for Hillary and was appointed by Hillary Clinton to the National AAPI Leadership Council.
Previously, in 2015, Neha was appointed as a guest of honor by the Consulate General of India in New York City where she was selected to speak about gender equality for International Women's Day. During the 2012 presidential campaign, Neha chaired the New York Chapter of South Asians for Obama and also served on the steering committee for Lawyers for Obama in New York. For several years, Neha served as an Officer of the New York Democratic Lawyers Council, an organization affiliated with the National Lawyers Council of the Democratic National Committee and comprised of Democratic lawyers and voting rights activists. Similarly, for many years, Neha served as an advisory board member of New Leaders Council, a national organization focused on training and supporting progressive political entrepreneurs. She has also been active in her local community board and political clubs. Neha served as the President of the South Asian Bar Association of New York in 2012, and now sits on the organization’s Board of Directors.
Mobilizing the South Asian Community & Building Political Power
KHIZR KHAN
Khizr Khan, an Immigrant American, is the founder of the Constitution Literacy and National Unity Project. He is licensed to practice law before the Supreme Court of the United States and Washington, DC and New York Federal and State courts. He specializes in Civil Litigation, Health Privacy Law, Veterans, Women and Children Rights. He migrated to the United States in 1980 and attended Harvard Law School for LL.M degree.
Khizr Khan is a Gold Star parent of US Army Captain Humayun Khan. CPT Humayun Khan was a University of Virginia graduate - he was killed while serving in Iraq as he stopped an attack on his camp and saved lives of scores of US soldiers and local citizens.
He was posthumously awarded Purple Heart and Bronze Star. He was buried in the Arlington National Cemetery Section 60 with full military honor.
Khizr Khan lives in Charlottesville Virginia. He is author of three books including “An American Family, Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice”, “Founding Documents of the United States of America” and “This is Our Constitution”. Proceeds from the books are allocated to a need based scholarship titled “CPT Humayun Khan Memorial Scholarship” at the University of Virginia.
