Saa Nasta Newsletter

05/31/2026

The Bengali Mental Health Movement began as an Instagram page, creating translated and transliterated infographics. It's now a nonprofit creating programming such as Alaap, a peer support group to create conversations around wellness and care in Bengali communities. Check out their story in this week's Saa Nasta Newsletter.

https://saanasta.substack.com/p/part-4-this-ny-based-nonprofit-creates

The Bengali Mental Health Movement is creating culturally competent resources for Bengali and Bangladeshi communities in New York.

05/16/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out to the Power of Community. I hope you had a blast and until next time 🫶

05/16/2026

THIS is the power of telling our stories!
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Dpa494si2/

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05/04/2026

Join us for a night of celebration, community and saa nasta ☕️🥐

Meet the panelists:
Nazneen Miah
Founder of Pratham Pathways and Not Your Model Minority storytelling project

🎉

Join us for a conversation on the "Power of Community Storytelling" at the
Hamtramck Historical Museum
9525 Joseph Campau Ave., Hamtramck, MI

May 15 from 5:30-8 p.m.

RSVP: Facebook.com/thesaanasta

05/02/2026

Saa Nasta Newsletter was created to find a home for a surplus of stories in the Bangladeshi community.

What are your favorite stories featured in the newsletter? Comment below.

04/25/2026

A new Bangladeshi American joins the Hamtramck School Board, and several community groups are offering training on community organizing in Detroit. In this week's Saa Nasta Newsletter.

Tazia Miah gets appointed to the Hamtramck Public Schools board

11/07/2025

Do you feel the Mamdani effect?

On Tuesday night, I was in Dearborn covering the incumbent Mayor Abdullah Hammoud’s election watch party, waiting for him to greet the room packed with people eating shawarmas, drinking coffee, and taking selfies as they waited for a nod on whether he won the election.

10/31/2025

How are you stepping up to give back to others in your community? Local food pantries need our help. Learn more at the Saa Nasta Newsletter.

SNAP benefits in limbo for 42 million people in the U.S.