South Asian American disability organizing in Berkeley (in progress)
- [1980] Judy Heumann of the Center for Independent Living, Kitty Cone, and others led a protest and delegation to meet Indian Consul L.. K. Ponappa at the Consulate on San Francisco's Market Street, about their concern around the police lathi charge on blind demonstrators in New Delhi, near the residence of Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi. ["Protest Outside S.F. Consulate", India West, 21 Mar 1980, p1]
- [1990s-2000s] Thimmakka helped green South Asian restaurants in Berkeley and beyond
- [2000s-2010s] Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha organized in disability community in Oakland, California, including groups like Sins Invalid and others.
- Organizations and projects of interest: Brown and Green, EcoSikh, Narmada solidarity
- People of interest: Gopal Dayaneni, Maureen Mitra, Michelle Mascarenhas, Moiz Mir, Navina Khanna