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Bhairavi Desai (pronounced BAY-rah-vee Dah-SIGH〔) is the founding member of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, a union representing approximately 15,000 taxi drivers in New York City. She is known as a social activist, including advocating for the " Cuba, Palestine, and El Salvador solidarity movements." 〔http://socialjustice.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/index.php/Biography_of_Bhairavi_Desai〕 ==Early life== Desai was born in Gujarat, India, and came with her parents to Harrison, New Jersey when she was 6 years old. Her father was a lawyer in India, but was unable to find work and had to consequently work at a grocery store.〔Wadler, Joyce. ("PUBLIC LIVES; An Unlikely Organizer as Cabdrivers Unite" ), ''The New York Times'', December 8, 1999. Accessed December 30, 2007.〕 She received a degree in Women's Studies from Rutgers University and following that, worked at Manavi, the South Asian women's organization in New Jersey that worked with victims of domestic violence. She then moved to working for the rights of Asian workers by joining the Committee Against Asian American Violence in 1996. In 1998, she and others set up the NYTWA with an initial membership of 700 workers. She currently resides in Bronx, New York with her husband Victor Salazar, also a union activist.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bhairavi Desai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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