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DHS Scraps Nationality Based Profiling In Screening Policy UNITED SIKHS Applauds the Step; Concerns Remain on Continued Profiling of Sikhs April 2, 2010, Washington, D.C.: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced new measures to strengthen aviation security. These new…

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Oregon Governor Signs Legislation Ending 87-year-old Ban on Religious Dress for Public School Teachers

United SikhsApril 2, 2010

Oregon Governor Signs Legislation Ending 87-year-old Ban on Religious Dress for Public School Teachers Sikh Advocacy Organizations Join Together to End the Ban on Sikh Teachers in Oregon After almost of year of campaigning, SALDEF, UNITED SIKHS, and the Sikh…

UNITED SIKHS AID a flicker of hope amidst unbelievable gloom

UNITED SIKHSMarch 30, 2010

UNITED SIKHS AID a flicker of hope amidst unbelievable gloom Port-au-Prince: UNITED SIKHS AID team has been working nonstop to ensure that the distribution missions for dry food, emergency and medical supplies to various communities and orphanages in and…

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Write-In “Sikh” in the “Other Race” category for Question 9 on the 2010 Census Form

United SikhsMarch 23, 2010

The campaign undertaken by UNITED SIKHS and other Sikh organizations to get Sikhs counted and disaggregated correctly has received overwhelming support from community leaders and members of the Sikh community. We urge all Sikhs, as an ethnic group in the…

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Census Responds to Petition to Disaggregate Sikhs; Take Action and Make your Responses Count!

UNITED SIKHSMarch 19, 2010

Washington, D.C.: The Office of Robert Groves, Director, Census Bureau responded to the petition to disaggregate Sikhs correctly in Census 2010 and future Census products. The petition was submitted in the first week of February by UNITED SIKHS cosigned by 60…

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UNITED SIKHS Calls on Pakistan to Secure Safety of Minorities as 2 Sikhs are Rescued from the Taliban

UNITED SIKHSMarch 2, 2010

UNITED SIKHS Calls on Pakistan to Secure Safety of Minorities as 2 Sikhs are Rescued from the Taliban Sikh Community Relieved as Two Sikhs Freed from Taliban Captivity, Sadly After One is Beheaded UNITED SIKHS appeals for help to rehabilitate…

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Community Mourns the Brutal Beheading of Peshawar Sikh by Taliban

United SikhsFebruary 23, 2010

UNITED SIKHS Appeals for Concrete Action to Protect Minority Communities in the Region Peshawar, PAKISTAN: Jaspal Singh, a resident of Peshawar, was brutally beheaded by Pakistan Taliban. He was one of three Sikhs abducted by the Taliban approximately 41 days…

UNITED SIKHS Rehabilitation Team Asked to Help Plan New Hospital as Langar (Community Kitchen) Continues in Two Locations in Haiti

UNITED SIKHSFebruary 17, 2010

Port-au-Prince: The first UNITED SIKHS’ medical team of 6 doctors including two family practice physicians, a rehabilitation/pain management physician, a neurologist, an occupational therapist and a physical therapist returned after helping survivors with acute medical issues and physical rehabilitation. The…

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Haitian Families in Brooklyn Receive Legal Assistance, Hot Meals as Part of UNITED SIKHS Haiti Earthquake Relief Effort

UNITED SIKHSFebruary 10, 2010

Brooklyn, NY: UNITED SIKHS is providing urgent legal advocacy services and serving Langgar (traditional Sikh community hot meals) to Haitian families in NYC impacted by the earthquake and to Haitian repatriates who have arrived in the US. Legal assistance is…

US President Praises UNITED SIKHS Relief Efforts in Haiti

UNITED SIKHSFebruary 5, 2010

“God’s grace is….expressed through multiple faith-based efforts. By evangelicals at World Relief. By the American Jewish World Service. By Hindu temples, and mainline Protestants, Catholic Relief Services, African American churches, the United Sikhs.” : Barack Obama told a National Prayer Breakfast meeting, yesterday.…