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Haiti Sewa updates from United Sikhs

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: The first UNITED SIKHS’ medical team of 6 doctors including two family practice physicians, a rehabilitation/pain management physician, a neurologist, an occupational therapist and a physical therapist returned after helping survivors with acute medical issues and physical rehabilitation.   The medical team took approximately $45,000 worth of medical equipment with them, including therapy equipment, medicines, and wound care supplies. UNITED SIKHS rehabilitation team has been asked to come back and be a part of the planning and building of a new 250 bed rehabilitation hospital which will be built in Port-au-Prince.  Dr. Sagina Kaur commented, “It’s not enough for us to come there and help once, we need to leave behind something sustainable so that the people of Haiti will continue to heal. That will be the focus of our next effort.”

US President Praises United Sikhs Relief Efforts in Haiti

Washington DC, USA: “God’s grace is….expressed through multiple faith-based efforts. By evangelicals at World Relief.  By the American Jewish World Service. By Hindu temples, and mainline Protestants, Catholic Relief Services, African American churches, the UNITED SIKHS.” President Barack Obama praised yesterday the relief efforts in Haiti of faith and non faith based NGOs, at the National Prayer Breakfast meeting in Washington, DC.

Former UNITED SIKHS Legal Director joins United States Department of Justice

harpreet-singh-dojNew York, NY: Harpreet Singh, Esq., former Legal Director of UNITED SIKHS recently joined the U.S. Department of Justice, Community Relations Service as the Regional Director of Region III. The Staff and Volunteers at UNITED SIKHS wish him all the best in his new position where he will work to prevent and reduce community conflicts and tensions arising from differences of race, color, and national origin.

At airport, turbans shouldn’t raise an eyebrow ?

SikhsInTurbansLooking at this comment and others attached to the editorial gives us an insight that there is a need for an innovative interfaith dialogue. Be it through a project or faciliated by Civil Rights groups.    The rationale being to faciliate  dialogue and understanding between – Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – and Sikhism and practioners of these faiths within the context of Identity.  In today’s globalized community, we cannot ignore or (more…)

Sikh students can carry ‘kirpan’ in 61 US schools

Washington DC, USA: Sikh students enrolled in 61 schools run by the National Heritage Academies in the US have been allowed to carry ‘kirpan’, a symbol of their faith, subject to certain restrictions.