Martin Luther King Day
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”― Martin Luther King Jr. UNITED SIKHS wishes you a…
NGO takes onus of counselling protesting farmers, amid rising cases of suicide
Amid rising cases of suicide in the last few weeks, an NGO has taken the initiative of organising counseling sessions for protesting farmers at Singhu border (Delhi-Haryana Border). US-based NGO, United Sikhs has started counselling the farmers, who are falling…
Volunteer by Day, Mechanical Engineer by Night
My name in Gurmeet Singh. I am part of the UNITED SIKHS family based out of Punjab, India. I would like to start by offering my heartfelt wishes for the New Year. May we solve the challenges of Covid-19 pandemic…
Covid-19 Vaccination Program
The federal vaccination program is currently being rolled out. It is recommended that everyone get a vaccination when they are eligible to do so to prevent further infection and death. The US Center for Disease Control (“CDC”) created guidelines for…
Counselling for farmers after 3 suicides: ‘Away from kin, stir taking a toll’
While doctors have been present at the protest sites, the NGO United Sikhs decided to offer counselling services alarmed by the suicide cases, and worried that there may be a spurt as the long stay in the open and in…
MOB RIOTS AT THE U.S. CAPITOL
January 07, 2021 New York, NY January 6, 2021, will be written about for many years. During the largely ceremonial count of electoral college votes, insurrectionist supporters of Past-President Donald Trump occupied, looted, and vandalized the U.S. Capitol for several…
Minimum Wage Increases Across the United States
December 31, 2020 New York, NY Starting January 1, 2021, twenty states and thirty-two cities and localities will have raised their hourly minimum wage. This is the greatest number of wage increases approved since advocacy began in 2012. The last…
New York: COVID Rent Relief Extension Program
Dear New Yorkers, New York State has reopened its Rent Relief Extension Program. New applications are due by February 1, 2021, but you should apply as soon as possible. What is the COVID Rent Relief Extension Program? The COVID Rent Relief Extension…