Press releases by Sikh Charities, Societies and NGOs
Dear Supporter Ji, As the Senior Legal Client Manager with the Sikh Coalition, my job puts me in direct contact with community members who have survived hate crimes and perservered through discrimination in the workplace. Bearing witness to trauma, whether hate-based or not, can be difficult–and it has rarely been harder than the experience of […]
Dear Supporter Ji, As I enter my final two months at the Sikh Coalition, I have been reflecting on what the last 12 years have meant to me–and how, as a sangat member, I will continue to benefit from the work this organization does. As I remember all of this work and see how it […]
Brampton (December 16, 2021): The World Sikh Organization of Canada welcomes the City of Brampton’s motion approving $100,000 of financial support to the legal challenge against Quebec’s Bill 21 and calls on other municipalities to follow suit. Community organizations including the WSO, National Council of Canadian Muslims and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association have spearheaded the […]
Brampton (December 16, 2021): The World Sikh Organization of Canada welcomes the City of Brampton’s motion approving $100,000 of financial support to the legal challenge against Quebec’s Bill 21 and calls on other municipalities to follow suit. Community organizations including the WSO, National Council of Canadian Muslims and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association have spearheaded the […]
We, the undersigned, commit to honour the Armed Forces Covenant and support the Armed Forces Community. We recognise the value Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reservists, Veterans and military families contribute to our business and our country. Source: Donation to Sikhs Charity | Sikhs Charity Donation – Unitedsikhs.org
UNITED SIKHS has mobilized emergency action with boots on the ground after a series of tornadoes ripped through eight states leaving more than 100 dead and dozens missing. More than 80 have died in Kentucky alone, making this the deadliest tornado event in the state’s history. US President Joe Biden was there to give comfort […]
December 14, 2021 (New York, NY) — The work required to combat bias, bigotry, and hate is already hard enough–but worse is when law enforcement authorities and elected officials don’t see the problem for what it is. Last year, it took months for the Sikh Coalition to successfully demonstrate to a Colorado district attorney’s office […]
Over the past few months, the first-ever Sikh American public service announcement aired for the eight consecutive year! Throughout August and September, Comcast aired the PSA over 192,000 times, with an airtime commitment of nearly $2.1 million — sharing this message that conveys Sikh values, and Sikh American lives, on national television. The PSA features Sikh American actor […]
Washinton DC — The Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF) applauds the Biden Administration’s launch of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (WHIAANHPI). The expanded Initiative will be more representative of and responsive to the needs of the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities across […]
Teji Kaur is a National Security & Human Rights lawyer based in Long Island, New York who has been part of the UNITED SIKHS legal team. For the past few months this young American lawyer has dedicated her life to the plight of Afghan minorities living in dire circumstances in Afghanistan. “When I started working […]