?still standing?: stories of resilience from south asian american small businesses [?still standing? Will document the resiliency, innovation, and community-building of south asian american small…

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to the South Asian American Digital Archive NFP (SAADA) to document the resilience, innovation, and community-building of South Asian American small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The project, titled "?STILL STANDING?: STORIES OF RESILIENCE FROM SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESSES", will train three archival fellows to conduct oral history interviews, collect archival materials, create a digital exhibit, and produce a conference workshop and research paper. The resulting collections will benefit historians, educators, and scholars in migration studies, archival studies, and other humanities fields by exploring the essential contributions of immigrants and first-generation Americans to the entrepreneurial ecosystem. The project will run from Aug 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2027.

?still standing?: stories of resilience from south asian american small businesses [?still standing? Will document the resiliency, innovation, and community-building of south asian american small businesses during the covid-19 pandemic, demonstrating that entrepreneurship is frequently a collective effort rather than a solo endeavor. The project will also explore how small businesses often serve as ?third spaces? Or vital community hubs. Saada will select and train three archival fellows to conduct oral history interviews and collect archival materials with south asian entrepreneurs and community builders. Archival fellows will create an interpretive digital exhibit for their collection, write for saada?S newsletter, and collaborate on a conference workshop and research paper. Resultant collections will benefit historians, educators, and scholars in migration studies, archival studies, and other humanities fields by exploring the essential contributions of immigrants and first-generation americans to our entrepreneurial ecosystems.]