Browsing Tag: Queens

There is no chit-chat as the assembly line of volunteers works. The group ranges in age from an 80-year-old woman who comes every day (she says in Punjabi that it can get lonely being at home all day) to a 31-year-old man starting a new job as a chef the next day. They cook almost in a meditative silence

The Third Annual Queens Interfaith Unity Walk will occur, rain or shine, on October 30, starting at 1:30 PM. People of all faiths are encouraged to attend.

The Sikh Awareness Society culminated a 10-year project to increase understanding of their culture and religion by donating books, pamphlets and DVDs to Council member Jimmy Van Bramer’s Sunnyside office.

Sixty-four years ago, the fledging United Nations Security Council found a home in Flushing, Queens. Today, Queens, itself, has become a kind of United Nations, being the most diverse county in the United States. And on Sunday, October 24th, United Nations Day, everyone is invited...

I’ve seen him with Ecuadorians and Hondurans, with many different people, and he’s an inspiration to them all. He’s our Barack Obama.

Swaranjit Singh raised more money in last six months than any other non-incumbent Council candidate

Sikhs fed up over incidents, seek better community awareness.