UNITED SIKHS is launching its first bi-weekly Newsletter with updates from our ongoing missions around the globe encompassing our Humanitarian, Legal & Empowerment work. There will also be Resources available for our supporters and Donors.
From The Frontlines
COVID Masks worth $2 Million Distributed
With over 100 million COVID-19 cases worldwide and over 2 million deaths, our emergency relief teams are distributing over 700,000 KN95 masks.. Read More
Letter to Biden-Harris Administration
UNITED SIKHS has written to President Joe Biden and Vice President
Kamala Harris. The Biden-Harris Administration campaigned on addressing issues specific to the Sikh community.. Read More
Celebrating Martin Luther King Day
“Whenever you are engaged in work that serves humanity and is for the building of humanity, it has dignity and it has worth,” Dr. MLK Jr. To commemorate Dr. King’s life and work, UNITED SIKHS came together at Gurdwara, Sikh Cultural Society Richmond Hill, New York to cook hot meals for a shelter in the Bronx.. Read More
Free COVID Tests in New York
As the national death toll fast approaches 400,000, recognizing the challenges and special needs of the immigrant communities, this initiative provides free COVID-19 self-swab tests to the community members.. Read More
Volunteer by Day, Mechanical Engineer by Night
For the past many weeks I have been part of a very emotional and life-impacting mission. I have been visiting families of farmers lost in the ongoing Farmers Justice Morcha in India.. Read More
Upcoming Event
Our International Humanitarian Aid Director At Tedx 2021
Gurvinder Singh
In his long association with UNITED SIKHS, Gurvinder Singh has responded to numerous disasters worldwide, including tsunamis, hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, typhoons and earthquakes. Apart from this, he has led many humanitarian aid projects, including the Guru Nanak food pantry in Kenya, food banks and drive-by food pantries in the United States, vocational training schools in South Asia and a charity shop in the UK. To watch him Live.. Register Here
Resources
COVID-19 Vaccination Program
The federal vaccination program is currently being rolled out. It is recommended that everyone gets a vaccination when they are eligible to do so to prevent further infection and death.. Read More
COVID Rent Relief Extension Program
The COVID Rent Relief Extension Program provides a one-time rent subsidy for eligible households. The subsidy is sent directly to your landlord and you will not have to repay this assistance. New York State has reopened its Rent Relief Extension.. Read More
Minimum Wage Increases Across the United States
Starting January 1, 2021, twenty states and thirty-two cities and localities will raise their hourly minimum wage. This is the greatest number of wage increases approved since advocacy began in 2012. The last time the minimum wage was increased was in 2009 when it was.. Read More
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