New York: On Tuesday, September 13, 2016, UNITED SIKHS met with the New York City Commission on Human Rights staff to discuss some of the Sikh community’s civil rights concerns. While the City of New York has some of the most…
UNITED SIKHS Hypertension Awareness Program Highlights High Risk For Cardiovascular Disease Among Sikh Americcans New Jersey/New York: Data collected in the Sikh American community in 2015 revealed that 2 in 5 respondents have high blood pressure. Untreated, high blood pressure increases…
Harinder Bains, a Sikh business man who recognized bomb suspect Picture courtesy: CNN.com New York: On Saturday evening, September 17, 2016, the streets of Chelsea in New York City echoed the blast of a bomb that, according to various news sources,…
Click here for Panjabi version of the flyer UNITED SIKHS and the REACH FAR team would like to invite you to a Community Event on Hypertension in the Sikh Community on September 18, 2016 at Gurdwara Dashmesh Darbar, Carteret, NJ. Hypertension is…
On this fifteenth anniversary of the fall of the Twin Towers, and the attacks at Arlington and Pennsylvania, UNITED SIKHS’ staff and volunteers and members of the Sikh community remember the victims and pray with their families. We share the…
Los Angeles, California: In the aftermath of hostilities visited upon the Sikh community since 9-11, the Sikh Gurudwaras (places of worship) faced a difficult crossroad. The massacre in a Gurudwaras in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA, in August 2012 and shootings of members of the Sikh…
Fabriano, Italy: UNITED SIKHS’ Rishiwant Singh landed in Italy on August 30, 2016 to provide relief to the earthquake victims. An earthquake, measuring 6.2 ± 0.016 on the moment magnitude scale, hit Central Italy on 24 August 2016 at 03:36:32 CEST…
UNITED SIKHS continues to monitor the track and potential impact Tropical Storm Hermine will have on our area tomorrow and through next week. It is expected to produce a dangerous storm surge with life threatening coastal flooding and strong winds…
UNITED SIKHS’ Aid Continues in Louisiana Flooded Areas, Volunteers and Provisions Needed Louisiana : Since Friday, August 12, 2016, when the rain came and began to flood southeast Louisiana and parts of Mississippi, hundreds of people have been…
NEW YORK – UNITED SIKHS is partnering with the New York City Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs and the Sikh Cultural Society, Inc to host a the Thive NYC forum on mental health on Thursday 1st September 2016. The Deputy Mayor…