Hamid Khan is the Executive Director of the South Asian Network (SAN), a
grassroots community based organization. A first generation immigrant
from Pakistan, Hamid came to the United States in 1979. Embracing the
model of shared leadership, SAN has created multilingual, culturally
appropriate approaches to community organizing encompassing community
outreach and education, services and policy advocacy. Such internal
diversity has enabled SAN to reach out more effectively to the broad
South Asian community--positvely affecting the lives of thousands of
people.

In addition to his role at SAN, Hamid also serves on the boards of the
Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research and the
National Netwrok for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, a national forum that
works to promote a just immigration and refugee policy in the United
States and to defend and expand the rights of all immigrants and
refugees, regardless of imigrantion status. He has been a leading
advocate for the peace movement, speaking up aginst the ongoing wave of
occupation and violence.