US Telugu Connect

UC Berkeley offers the following Telugu language courses:

Elementary Telugu 1A and 1B: These courses focus on systematic grammar, essential vocabulary, and conversations to achieve basic reading, writing, and conversational competence in Telugu, as well as exposure to Telugu culture and traditions.

In addition to the language courses, UC Berkeley has also launched the Berkeley Telugu Initiative through the Institute for South Asia Studies. The goal of this initiative is to establish UC Berkeley as a leading hub for Telugu literature, humanities, performance, and social science studies outside of India.

Some key aspects of the Berkeley Telugu Initiative include:

1. Offering funding for Telugu-related research through the Telugu Society of America (TELSA) Summer Studies Research Award.
2. Aiming to raise a $1.5 million endowment to support permanent Telugu language and literature instruction at UC Berkeley.
3. Fostering academic connections between UC Berkeley and Telugu-focused programs in India.
4. Increasing the Telugu language holdings in UC Berkeley's renowned South Asia collection.

So in summary, UC Berkeley currently offers elementary-level Telugu language courses and has an active initiative to expand its Telugu studies program and offerings in the future.

Information about Telugu courses offered at universities in the USA:

1. The University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) offers a range of Telugu language courses, including Beginning Telugu Part I and II, Intermediate Telugu Part I and II, and Advanced Telugu. These courses focus on developing language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing Telugu, as well as exposure to Andhra culture.

2. The University of Silicon Andhra (UofSA) offers a Master of Arts in Telugu program, which provides a comprehensive understanding of the Telugu language and literature. The program covers different periods and genres of Telugu literature and provides critical tools for analyzing the texts.

Other Universities that offer Telugu language courses include:

3. UC Berkeley - Offers Elementary Telugu 1A and 1B
4. UT Austin - Offers first-year and second-year Telugu language courses
5. UC Davis - Offers Telugu language courses
6. UW Madison - Offers Telugu language courses
7. Columbia University - Offers Telugu language courses
8. University of Chicago - Offers Telugu language courses
9. Penn State - Offers Telugu language courses
10. University of Washington - Offers Telugu language courses

Many universities also have "less commonly taught languages" programs that can help arrange Telugu language courses for interested students, even if the language is not formally offered.

Many counties in USA are implementing Telugu for admin use. Just have a look and put your efforts to include Telugu use in further more counties.

Telugu appears on ballot boxes and voting materials in several US counties, particularly in California, for the 2020 US presidential election and beyond.

Specifically:

The Santa Clara County in California lets voters register for mail-in voting in six Indian languages, including Telugu.

Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the US, has listed Telugu as a 'mandated' language for providing voting assistance, along with Hindi, Bengali, and Gujarati.

In Alameda County, California, election materials and voting support have been made available in three Indian languages including Telugu, in addition to 13 other languages.

In Loudon County, Virginia, sample ballots were provided in Telugu for the 2020 election, which was the first time this happened in US history.

So in summary, Telugu has been included as one of the languages available on mail-in voting forms and materials in several US counties, especially in California, to cater to the growing Telugu-speaking population in the country.

Just go through the article to get further details about the implementation of Telugu
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/us-counties-offer-telugu-assistance-ahead-of-prez-polls/articleshow/78941136.cms

The US is a liberal country founded with principles of equal respect and recognition. Telugu people are contributing immensely to the economy of America. Pressure groups should take up with administration for a better position of Telugu language.

We have exemplary women like Ms Jaya Badiga, who could show out to the world and particularly to USA, whom she is.

The following news mentions about Vietnamese language becoming official language of San Francisco. We the Telugu people boast we are the one of the top most growing languages in USA.

We have to retrospect and need to arrive at the reasons for Telugu is not considered.
Whether we have less no. than Vietnamese?
Whether there is complacency on the part of Telugu people?
Whether the Telugu groups are ignorant of such provisions in USA?
It is time to think and act.
//// Or if it is already declared, whether its use is encouraged or not ?////

https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/vietnamese-becomes-official-language-in-san-francisco-4757607.html 

We append an article in EENADU daily about the benefits of learning an extra language.
https://www.eenadu.net/telugu-news/women/learning-new-languages-benefits-child-to-improve-set-of-skills-in-telugu/6203/124111566