September 14, 2009
This past Saturday evening, the Sikh Coalition along with the Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle hosted a screening of teenage filmmaker Angad Singh’s documentary, Roots and Wings, at Gurdwara Baba Makhan Shah Lobana in Richmond Hill, Queens.

Angad Singh (right) with Jagmohan Singh Premi
Angad Singh, a high school sophomore from Atlanta, GA, was in town for the weekend to screen his work-in-progress film about the struggles of Sikh youth in the US at the Sikh Art & Film Foundation’s Children’s Film Festival at Hofstra University. We decided to show the film in Richmond Hill as well to make it more accessible to youth in the community. Read the rest of this entry »
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Community Organizing, Education | Tagged: Activism, documentary, film, richmond hill, roots and wings, Sikhism, youth |
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Posted by sonny
August 24, 2009

Click Here to read the form for Census 2010.
Over the past few weeks, the Coalition has received varied requests for our involvement with Census 2010 efforts across the United States. Next year’s census count promises to be one of the largest mobilizing events of this administration. But the Sikh Coalition has decided not to play an active role in the Census next year for the reason described below.
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Communications, Legislative Advocacy | Tagged: Census 2010, Sikh Headcount |
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Posted by Neha
August 14, 2009

By Manpreet Kaur, the Sikh Coalition’s Advocacy Intern for Summer 2009.
Men wearing bearskin hats and red coats are a common tourist attraction in London. Apart from their rock-still presence, these men also protect Queen Elizabeth and the Crown Jewels. However, earlier this month, this classic tourist attraction turned into a historic privilege for the Sikh community. As bearskin hats were swapped for Sikh turbans and the red coats for navy blue, Signaler Simranjit Singh and Lance Corporal Sarvjit Singh became the first Sikhs to guard the queen and her prized jewels.
As Sikh Americans continue to fight for religious accommodation in the US Armed forces, it is astonishing to see how advance our allies are in regards to accepting the religious diversity of its citizens. England, a country that has a history of Sikhs serving in their Army, clearly has no issue accommodating Sikh religious mandates in its armed forces. Yet, while the United States was founded on the basis of religious freedom, religion stills seems to be a preventive factor in the lives of religious minority groups.
Several mainstream media outlets covered the journey of these two British Sikh soldiers, and we have since made sure to highlight their story in our Sikh Right to Serve campaign. We have brought it to the attention of American reporters as well as Congressional representatives.
After all, if a turban and beard can protect the monarchy of one nation, why can they not protect the democracy of another?
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Legislative Advocacy | Tagged: sikh army military sikhs, Sikh Right to Serve |
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