Browsing Tag: Sikh Coalition

All of Mr. Singh’s co-workers, however, rotated their routes every three weeks and delivered mail in full view of Disney customers. Disney’s segregation of Mr. Singh relegated him to an inferior position...

The Sikh Coalition is conducting a survey on Sikh female participation and leadership at Gurdwaras. Through this survey, we hope to better understand the perception of women and men in sevadaar roles at the Gurdwara.

He had done nothing to warrant my actions, I had simply hit rock bottom with my career and my drinking. He was simply in the wrong neighborhood at the wrong time.

By targeting the leading textbook publishers in the country, the Sikh Coalition has created a chain reaction that is changing the way students and teachers learn about the Sikh community in a systemic way.

"A lot of my peers that I went to the academy with were very supportive and very impressed, 'Hey we got a Sikh going through the academy. He's able to do everything we're able to do. This is pretty cool'."

The passage of this bill was a historic win for the civil rights community, and represents one of the most far-reaching victories in the Sikh Coalition’s history. It made all uniformed assignments available to Harinder Kaur Khalsa.

Unable to bear the taunts, she had almost decided to withdraw from the club team when her aspirations were rekindled. Her grandfather told her that the US Congress was taking fresh measures to keep a check on bullying of students, particularly Sikhs, in schools and other places.

My son, Zoraver Singh, is turning four next week. He is my daily source of inspiration. He shows me how to live in “Chardi Kala,” boundless optimism. My hope is that one day Zoraver will be able to walk the streets of New Jersey and New York and everywhere in this nation with his head held high,...

The revised Pentagon policy appears to formalize the ad hoc process through which these three clients were granted individualized religious accommodations, while maintaining restrictive appearance regulations that effectively ban Sikh articles of faith.

Major Kamal Kalsi is still fighting to change the policy that almost kept him out.

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In good Sikh tradition, he resisted. Armed with petitions and Congressional letters, he waged a two-year campaign that in 2009 resulted in the Army granting him a special exception for his unshorn hair, the first such accommodation to a policy established in the 1980s.

While the Sikh Coalition applauds the individual accommodations made by the US Army for its three Sikh clients, the Sikh Coalition calls on the US military to eliminate the presumptive prohibition on Sikh American service in our military.

Can you follow Harmeet’s lead?

The Sikh Coalition,...Wednesday commended Fresno Police for quickly arresting a suspect in the vicious beating of Mr. Piara Singh, an 81-year-old Sikh grandfather, this past Sunday outside a Gurdwara (Sikh House of Worship) in Fresno, California.

According to a release by the Sikh Coalition the US National Board of Examiners in Optometry (NBEO) provided Ampreet Singh, a Sikh optometry student, a religious accommodation to use a non-standardized optometry instrument — allowing him to wear his turban

“This is the first time the federal government has entered into a settlement on a school bullying matter involving a Sikh student.

She told me how grateful she was that the Coalition was doing these presentations and creating teacher-friendly materials. She knew she had “come to the right place,” and thanked me for spending time with her students.

The Sikh Coalition internship program allows students pursuing undergraduate or graduate studies to gain hands-on experience in promoting the civil and human rights of all individuals.

The Sikh Coalition shared news today of a victory in a recent religious accommodation case in Arizona, in which a Sikh correctional officer employed by the Arizona Department of Corrections was threatened with dismissal unless he removed his articles of faith.

The Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service has historical roots in the inauguration of the first American President, George Washington. It evolved into an interfaith event following the American Civil War and became a regular tradition during the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt.

The purpose of the Diversity Video Competition is to promote understanding and encourage dialogue on civil rights issues, stereotypes, and myths surrounding minority groups (with a particular anchor in the Sikh experience).

Ever since 1984 when the Indian government and its minions brought to life with a vengeance the fictional classic of George Orwell, Sikhs the world over have cringed at the propaganda machine of the Indian government...

In the living room of their home, Harpreet and Kamaljit Saini told TODAY'S TMJ4 reporter Tom Murray they are not confident public speakers. "Before we couldn't even speak in a class of 24 and now, me and him are speaking to thousands of people. That's amazing," Harpreet said.

National Sikh community leaders and a member of the Oak Creek Sikh temple are preparing for a U.S. Senate hearing Wednesday on violent extremism, held in response to the Aug. 5 shootings at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin.

California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill this past weekend which significantly raises hopes that public school children will learn about Sikhs in California.

Sikh Americans: Participate more actively in civic and political life... Sign petitions for the Workplace Religious Freedom Act, and Revised Curriculum Framework: History-Social Science

....involved the recognition of the need for a broader dialogue about violence and hate in America. The White House says that will be a focus of the administration, as it reaches out not just to the Sikh community but to other groups that have experienced attacks based on their religion, race and ethnicity.

Nineteen U.S. Senators, led by California Senator Dianne Feinstein, issued a bipartisan letter to Attorney General Eric Holder today, urging the Justice Department to track hate crimes against Sikhs.

Are you interested in filmmaking? Are you tired of being looked at suspiciously because you are Sikh? Enter the Sikh Coalition’s Diversity Video Competition to make a difference, and have your voice heard.