IRS Phone Scam. Police in Fremont, California, warn that scammers are targeting South Asians by calling from (or spoofing) a Washington, D.C. phone number and demanding that people wire $9K immediately to avoid having their passports or visas revoked. [KGO-TV]
Uncovering Our Stories. The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA)’s campaign called “Uncovering Our Stories” is part of an effort to mobilize communities around comprehensive immigration reform by sharing the various ways in which immigration laws directly impact the everyday lives of LGBT people. [NQAPIA]
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Satyajit Ray, Designer. Before becoming a renowned filmmaker, Satyajit Ray was a graphic designer. In his film career he designed sets, costumes, credit sequences and posters. The British Film Institute is exhibiting Ray’s poster designs alongside its retrospective of his films. Those of us nowhere near the BFI can view some of Ray’s poster designs in Eye Magazine’s “Movie Auteur as Poster Designer” by Chris Brawn. [via @eyeburfi]
Brooklyn Bakery Brawl. Soon after wishing people at a Borough Park bakery a sweet new year for the Rosh Hashanah holiday, NYC mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner got into a loud argument with a customer. The customer had called him a scumbag and said “married to an Arab,” presumably (and ignorantly) criticizing Weiner for marrying Huma Abedin, who was in fact born in the U.S. to South Asian parents. Weiner’s campaign released a full video of the confrontation. [Slate]
Hallelujah, it’s Friday. Celebrate by listening to a cover of Hallelujah by Sonam Kalra and The Sufi Gospel Project, an “effort to blend all the voices of faith, through the use of song, music and the spoken word.”
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