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On March 21st, hundreds of thousands will gather in Washington, DC for the March for America, demanding “immigration reform for new American families and economic justice for all American families.” Continue reading
(Austin, TX) 15 people have the chance to ensure public school students in Texas learn about Sikhs and Sikhism. 15 people have the opportunity to severely decrease the number of bias based bullying incidents against our Sikh children. 15 people … Continue reading
Posted in Community Organizing, Education
Tagged Sikh, sikh coalition, sikhs, Texas, Texas School curriculum, Texas State Standards, youth activism
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In this National Public Radio piece, Rafi Ron, the former chief for security at Ben Gurion airport argues that racial profiling is not effective. Ben Gurion in Tel Aviv is Israel’s largest airport and has a generally excellent reputation for … Continue reading
Posted in Legislative Advocacy
Tagged Israel, Profiling, racial profiling, sikhs, TSA
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As many of you have already heard, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger last week vetoed a proposed law pertaining to Sikhs and Sikh articles of faith, including the kirpan. In the aftermath of the announcement, there has been some confusion about … Continue reading
Posted in Communications, Legislative Advocacy, Western Region
Tagged California, Education, Sikh, sikhs, Western Region
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Filmmaker Kevin Lee just finished a new short documentary film entitled From the Classroom to the Capitol: The Sikh Coalition. The film was screened for the first time on August 8, 2009 at the Sikh Coalition’s first ever gala in … Continue reading
Posted in Communications, Community Organizing, Development, Education, Legal, Legislative Advocacy, Operations
Tagged Activism, Advocacy, Discrimination, Racism, Religion, Sikhism, sikhs, social justice
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Even as Sikh Americans are battling to keep their right to serve in the U.S. Armed Forces, our president went on national television last week and told the entire nation that the mark of a true soldier is his crew cut. Continue reading
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Tagged army, colbert, military, obama, Sikh, sikhs
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