Browsing Tag: New mexico

New Mexico Annual Legislative Luncheon

..the Sikh Community hosted its 18th annual New Mexico Legislative Luncheon to thank and honor the dedicated public servants of New Mexico for their hard work and service. The tradition of the Annual Luncheon, following the Opening Day of the New Mexico Legislature where the Governor...
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Consul General of India Meets with Sikhs in New Mexico

Members from the Sikh community in New Mexico welcomed and hosted the Consul General during her visit. The main hosts for the Consul General’s visit here were Pawan Singh Dhindsa and Bhai Sahib Satpal Singh Kohli.
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PLEASE TAKE ACTION: Stand-Up for Religious Rights in the Workplace

Since 2008, Sahaj Singh Khalsa, a Sikh American paramedic from New Mexico, has been discriminated against by his employer because of his religious identity, he has endured disparaging remarks and threats, and even physica assault. SALDEF urges community members to call upon the hospital to accept religious diversity.
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ACLU-NM Charges Española Hospital with Religious Discrimination

“All I wanted was do my job helping people in my community get the urgent medical care they needed,” said Khalsa. “My Sikh religion did not prevent me from performing that job, but the prejudice of my supervisors did.”
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Sikh Community offers Invocation in NYC & Hosts Annual New Mexico Legislative Luncheon

Tuesday afternoon, January 18th, the New Mexico Sikh Community hosted its 17th annual New Mexico Legislative Luncheon to thank and honor the dedicated public servants of New Mexico for their hard work and service.
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Consul General of India visits Santa Fe with gifts to the 400th Anniversary Project

The Honorable Susmita Gongulee Thomas, Consul General of India, visited Santa Fe last week to deliver miniatures of both the “Taj Mahal” and the Golden Temple, for the purpose of inclusion in the 400th Anniversary Time Capsule.
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Guru Gaddi Celebrations in Espanola

This past Sunday, on a beautiful fall morning, the Sikh community in Espanola, New Mexico celebrated this wonderful occasion.
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New Mexico wants to woo Bollywood

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has welcomed filmmakers from India to the state as an alternative to Hollywood.
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Sikh Community hosts Annual New Mexico Legislative Luncheon

Ecumenical Service honors Santa Fe’s 400th Year
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Report from Camp Miri Piri 2009

I have been to many Sikhi related kid camps, but Camp Miri Piri was easily the best. I may not have become a saint-soldier as yet but I can start walking on the path to becoming one.
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