Dear We Too Sing America Community! In early March, when We Too Sing America arrived in paperback, I pledged to give away 10 books – one to an individual and one to an organization of their choice. My publisher, The New Press, matched that giveaway so I’m excited to announce that 20 individuals and 20 organizations are receiving autographed and free copies of the book! To ensure that the book has the broadest reach possible, I also picked winners from 20 different states.

185 people entered the giveaway which surprised and thrilled me – thank you to everyone who entered for your support and interest in the themes of We Too Sing America.

The winners are …

Philadelphia, Pennyslvania

Hajer Alfaham

Center for the Study of Ethnicity, Race, and Immigration at University of Pennsylvania

San Francisco, California

Ankita Rakhe

Bay Area Solidarity Summer

Austin, Texas

Sahil Solankee

Rice University Chao Center for Asian Studies (Houston)

Chicago Illinois

Priya Ghosh

Chicago Public Library

Seattle, Washington

Barb Chamberlain

YES Foundation of White Center

Alma, Michigan

Kate Blanchard

Alma College Dept of Religious Studies

Raleigh, North Carolina

Noor Abualhawa

Islamic Association of Raleigh

Denver, Colorado

Aditi Ramaswami

Asian Health Alliance of Colorado

Staten Island, New York

Catherine Ma

Kingsborough Community College Library, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY

Ridgefield, Connecticut

Neeta Pardanani Connally

Ridgefield Public Library

Fairfax, Virginia

Harmeet Kamboj

Asian and Pacific Islander Studies Program at the College of William and Mary

Potomac, Maryland

Aleena Durrani

Islamic Center of Maryland, Gaithersburg MD

Birmingham, Alabama

Edward Still

St. Alban’s Episcopal Church

Portland Oregon

Joseph Santos-Lyons

Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon

Washington DC

Maryum Saifee

Next Wave Muslim Initiative

St. Louis, Missouri

Purvi Patel

Washington University Center for Diversity and Inclusion

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Kay Bounkeua

New Mexico Asian Family Center

Louisville, Kentucky

Adelaide McComb

University of Louisville

Norman, Oklahoma

Amy Bradshaw

Norman Public Library

Princeton Junction, New Jersey

Brenda Deverell Cortez

Mercer County Library (Windsor, NJ)

CONGRATULATIONS! I’ll be emailing the winners soon with more details.

If you’d like to help get We Too Sing America to wider audiences, please contact me at deepa@deepaiyer.com.