On February 28, 2001, Indian Americans from every corner of the nation – from all fifty states, including Alaska and Hawaii – united in Washington, DC to show the U.S. Congress, the White House and the American people that they emphatically support the appropriation of $100 million dollars in emergency assistance and reconstruction funds to help India recover from the earthquake catastrophe that struck Gujarat in late January.

Please find below the presentation and movie clips that were presented to the U.S. Congress: