June 16, 2022 New York, NY Sikhs volunteers with UNITED SIKHS are proud of their Sikh heritage and embrace the idea that humanity is one. We all endeavor to express this ideal through service to others. At UNITED SIKHS…
UNITED SIKHS firmly stands against the senseless gun violence that is ravaging the United States. At least a dozen people were killed and more than 60 injured in at least 10 mass shootings this weekend alone in the United States. As a…
On Tuesday, May 24th, 2022, a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in the Robb Elementary School in Texas after shooting his grandmother, who remains hospitalized. There are reports that the perpetrator entered the school without being confronted by…
Dated: May 17, 2022 New York On May 14, 2022, as the Sikh community prepared to stage a Rally Against Hate on the steps of Borough Hall in Queens, NY, we received news that ten persons were brutally massacred in…
We are pleased to announce after many months of intense legal advocacy by UNITED SIKHS International Civil and Human Rights Advocacy team, we have secured asylum for 141 preselected Afghan minority refugees displaced by the conflict in Afghanistan. The…
Sikhs have a long history in Afghanistan from the days of Guru Nanak Sahib’s visits to spread the message of universal peace and compassion (see graphic below). This 500-year history unfortunately is coming to an end with the last few…
Days after a suicide bomb blast killed at least 19 persons, including 13 prominent Sikh leaders, in Jalalabad of Afghanistan on July 1, 2018 a group of local artists in Kabul paid tribute to the victims by painting a huge…
Dated: September 9, 2021 New York, NY Last week U.S. House of Representatives Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) and Congressman Don Bacon (R-NE) introduced the “Welcoming Evacuees Coming from Overseas to Mitigate Effects of Displacement Act of 2021,” also known as…
Dated : September 3, 2021 New York, NY On August 30, 2021, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a hate crime statistics report for the year 2020. Hate Crime Statistics, 2020. This report was compiled from over 15,000…
Dear Supporters, Recent set of bombing attacks on the southeast gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport (Kabul) have triggered unrest and fear among the already terrified Afghan nationals who are desperately waiting for evacuation. The attack has killed dozens of…