Browsing Tag: Sikh coalition

Liberty Is Elusive for Sikh Americans

For religious minorities in the United States, the promise of religious freedom remains unfulfilled. Sikh Americans, in particular, continue to face relentless challenges in the post-9/11 environment. Worse still, American law affords inadequate protection to Sikhs against religious discrimination and, in some cases, reflects deep-seated stereotypes about American identity.
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President Obama Recognizes Bandi Chhor Divas and Diwali

Last week the Coalition along with guests from the Sikh community participated enthusiastically in a White House Diwali Reception with President Barack Obama.
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California Sikh Barred from Job Over Beard Settles

California has settled a lawsuit filed by a Sikh man who was barred from becoming a prison guard because he refused to shave his beard, officials said Thursday.
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Diversity Video Competition 2011 ~ Meet your Winners

The Sikh Coalition strives to combat ignorance, and encourage all to embrace their diversity through this artistic dialogue between submitters and the viewing public.
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Website by Sikh Coalition founder, collects tales of the 9/11 backlash on minorities

Both tell their tales in first-person videos posted on a new Sikh Coalition website, which is collecting post-9/11 stories from Muslim, Sikh, South Asian, and Arab Americans. In posted accounts from around the U.S., they describe suffering from bullying, discrimination and hate crimes.
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New York to ensure religious freedom for Sikh employees

Sikhs in the US will be allowed to wear turbans and grow beards in federal agencies like the police department and transit authority
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Unheard Voices of 9/11 ~ Hearing

Members of the Muslim, Sikh, South Asian, and Arab American communities were twice victims of 9/11... These stories of discrimination have largely been unheard.
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Sikh Cops Fight For Right To Wear Turbans, Grow Beards

The Sikh community is very concerned about the NYPD policy prohibiting beards and requiring a hat.... I've always said that if someone wants to put their life on the line to protect my kids, we should accommodate them. I know the NYPD likes to operate like a military operation, but, ironically, the US Army has now allowed Sikh soldiers in!
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Bullying Prevention ~ Minimal Progress

Where he ends we begin | Bullies won't kill another Singh Unite as CHILDREN make the change | Don't let things stay the same
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Sikh Advocacy Groups Unite for Meeting with TSA Leadership

Last week, Representatives of the UNITED SIKHS, Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF), and Sikh Coalition met with the head of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Administrator John Pistole to discuss racial & religious profiling of Sikhs at American Airports.
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