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Manjit Singh, co-founder of the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund has been appointed as the member of President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.

“We need somebody to inspire folks. We need somebody who can communicate really well, to take the concerns or issues that we’re raising and communicate them in a passionate and effective way,” he said.

The men, all members of the Singh Khalsa Sewa Club, left Brampton in a convoy on Sunday and drove non-stop, only pausing to switch drivers. They arrived Wednesday night at the evacuation centre in Lac La Biche.

“We will have classes in Punjabi language and other Indian languages with plans to also introduce international languages if there is a demand.”

When one calls upon a higher power in form of a Guru or a friend to be saved from a situation, the first posed question to you is, “Where are you?”

He also talks about using his privileged identities—cisgender, heterosexual, abled-bodied, middle class man—to stand in solidarity with others.

I am, I am, I am a small voice rang out loud and clear echoing in the hollows