CHARLOTTE, NC: Sikhs leaders from California, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia got together in Charlotte to discuss important Sikh civil and human rights issues. The delegation of twenty Sikh delegates from CA and NY met with over forty community leaders representing different parts of NC, SC and GA.
The objective of the town hall session was to identify and share issues that will be presented during upcoming Sikh Summit scheduled on Oct 1st – 5th in Washington DC.
Key issues impacting the Sikh community in the United States after 9/11, especially following the Wisconsin shooting, were discussed. There was also an opportunity to hear about the collective action the California community had taken to address those issues.
Top issues that were identified and discussed included curriculum changes in schools, school bullying, hate crime tracking, human rights, employment discrimination, increasing awareness about Sikh identity, counting Sikh as an independent category in the next census, need for community collaboration and hiring of Sikhs in army and other uniformed.
India Post News Service
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