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	Home / Bulletins Archive / 2007 Bulletins Archive 2007 December Sikh Man has Head Surgery after NY Attack on Xmas Eve December 28, 2007 - Flushing, New York City - Three men were viciously attacked in separate robberies within two hours of each other in Flushing, on Christmas eve, which left Amarjit Singh, a 45 year-old Sikh taxi driver, with head injuries.... Californian Alumnus Addresses Delhi Students at a Learning Values Programme New Delhi- After the success of two Learning Values programmes, UNITED SIKHS organised another event on 14 December, 2007, at S. S. Mota Singh Senior Secondary School, Janak Puri, New Delhi. The program was also .. UNITED SIKHS Becomes First Sikh Seva NGO to be Associated with the United Nations UN Headquarters, New York City - UNITED SIKHS has become the first Sikh advocacy, humanitarian relief and human development Non Governmental Organization (NGO) to be associated with the United Nations, through its Department of Public Information (DPI). CBS Screens "IN GOD'S NAME", Features Jathedar Sri Akal Takhat Sahib : Sunday Dec 23rd (9.00-11.00 PM ET/PT) New York - A major television program, "In God's Name", addressing some of the most challenging and profound questions of our time, will be broadcast on Sunday, Dec 23rd between 9pm to 11pm (EST and PST) and 8pm-10pm (CST and MST) on the CBS... Foundation Stone laid for Austin Gurdwara in Texas Austin, Texas - Sikhs were overjoyed during the laying of the foundation for their first Gurdwara in Austin on 9th Dec 2007, by Giani Gurdev Singh Ji from the United Kingdom and Prof. Harcharan Singh Ji. French Highest Court Upholds Turban Ban in Schools December 13, 2007 Paris, France - Last week the Conseil Detat, France's highest court, ruled that the ban against the turban in schools was legal because there was a greater interest to be served in preserving secularity than a religious belief. SOS: Volunteers Needed NOW to Control Soil Erosion in San Diego December 12, 2007 San Diego, California, USA - The Wildfires that hit San Diego County in October destroyed at least 600 homes and 100 businesses. Now a threat of rain brings a danger of erosion to these recently burned... UNITED SIKHS Director selected as Georgia's Top 40 Under 40 Leaders - the 'Best and the Brightest Leaders in America' December 11, 2007 Queens, New York, USA - Navneet Singh Narula, a volunteer and Director of UNITED SIKHS settled in Atlanta USA, is no stranger to winning top honors and awards. In the rarefied air of Fortune 100.... Sikh Man Attacked Only Yards From His Doorstep December 6, 2007 Richmond Hill, New York City - 59 year old Gurjit Singh was viciously attacked during a robbery by three youths, only a few doors away from his home last month. He was dragged to the floor and he laid.... SIKHS WILL HAVE PRAYER ROOM FACILITIES AT JFK AIRPORT December 4, 2007 Queens, New York ? At a meeting convened last week for the Sikh community, by New York City Assemblyman, Rory Lancman, the Port Authority has agreed to provide prayer facilities for Sikhs at the John F Kennedy Airport in New York..... November Delhi Sikh School Kids listen to Role Models About the Turban November 8, 2007 New Delhi: UNITED SIKHS organised the second Learning Values Series II last Friday, at Guru Nanak Public School, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi, for children between the ages of 11 to 12 years.... UNITED SIKHS Teenage Volunteer Wins Accolade at Spinning Wheel Film Festival Hollywood November 7, 2007 Thirteen-year old Angad Singh is truly making the world a better place. Through his new documentary film, ?One Light?, he reaches out to his neighbors and community in suburban Atlanta... Sikhs Promote Fitness and help Juvenile Diabetes Research in Atlanta Nov 06, 2007 Atlanta, GA - Inspired to promote fitness and help the young adults suffering with diabetes, a jattha (team) of Sikhs participated in a 3miles ‘Walk to cure Diabetes' held in Atlanta, Georgia last month. ... SWAN Reaches Malawi November 2, 2007 Blantyre, Malawi, SE Africa - Imagine sipping on green tea and checking your last unread e-mail before heading to bed at 2a.m. - and it is from one Davie Kasinja, a young African man in Malawi ... October UNITED SIKHS, Sikh Coalition and SALDEF Publishes Airport Screening Procedures for Sikh Travelers October 27, 2007 New York - New procedures will go into effect tomorrow with respect to screening the turban at USA airports... Sikh Aid Gears Up for San Diego Fire Relief October 24, 2007 San Diego, California - UNITED SIKHS geared up its relief efforts yesterday by deploying volunteers of its Sikh Aid team to assess the needs in the evacuated areas since the fast moving fires started in South California... HEALTH DEPARTMENT URGES ALL NEW YORKERS TO GET A FLU SHOT October 22, 2007 NEW YORK CITY - As the flu season descends on several U.S. states, the Health Department is warning New Yorkers that influenza is a deadly disease and urging all New Yorkers to get a flu shot. TSA Develops New Procedure for Screening Turbans at US Airports October 17, 2007 Washington DC - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) yesterday announced a new security screening procedure that will apply to all religious head coverings at U.S. airports. The new procedures will go into effect on October 27, 2007. First Sirdar Kapur Singh Scholar becomes first Harvard-Wharton joint degree student Oct 13, 2007 Philadelphia, USA - Sonu Kaur, the first Sirdar Kapur Singh scholar under the Sikh Education Foundation chapter set up by UNITED SIKHS at Harvard University, entered Wharton School as the first student under the Harvard- Wharton joint degree program this year.... United Sikhs launches Learning Values Series for children in New Delhi Oct 06, 2007 New Delhi- UNITED SIKHS launched last weekend a monthly Learning Values workshop series at the Guru Nanak Public School, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi, for children between the ages of 6 to 8 years... September Grand Jury Indicts Schoolboy on 9 charges for Forcibly Cutting Sikh Schoolboy's Hair in NY Sept 24, 2007 Queens, New York – A Grand Jury filed an indictment today against Umair Ahmed, a 17 year old schoolboy, for forcibly cutting a 15 year old Sikh schoolboy's hair, accusing him of 9 charges, including coercion... New York Man Sentenced for Hate Crime against Sikh Sept 19, 2007 New York City, New York: Anthony Bryant, a 36 year old New Yorker, was sentenced to do community service for 10 days and ordered to make restitution for damages caused to Mr Avtar Singh Dhanjal's car ... Sikh American Groups Meet with TSA about Turban Screening Policy Sept 12, 2007 Representatives from the UNITED SIKHS, Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF) and the Sikh Coalition met on Monday with officials from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and ... EEOC: Discrimination against Sikhs in the Workplace Continue Unabated Since 9/11 Sept 9, 2007 - Washington DC - Discrimination against Sikhs in the workplace has not subsided since its rapid increase in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) figures... TSA Plans to Meet Sikhs Next Week on Turban Screening Sept 1, 2007 - Washington DC - UNITED SIKHS was contacted yesterday by the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Acting Special Counselor, Kimberley Walton, who said that the TSA is keen to meet the Sikh community as early as next week ... August No Change at UK Airports for Turban Screening Aug 25, 2007 - London, UK - The Department of Transport UK has confirmed to UNITED SIKHS that there is no change in the existing procedures for screening Turban wearing Sikhs at UK airports ... It's Official - Increased Turban Screening at US Airports Aug 23, 2007 - Washington DC - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) held a belated briefing yesterday on the revised procedures of screening head coverings at US airports .. July Swaran Singh Remembered - A warrior to the end July 02 , 2007 - Bhai Sahib Swaran Singh, 68, who passed away after a heart attack yesterday evening at Wolverhampton United Kingdom , had spent his last day serving his community selflessly. Earlier yesterday, Swaran Singh, who was UNITED SIKHS' director of community multifaith awareness ... June Sikhs to take French turban ban to the UN June 28, 2007 United Nations, New York - UNITED SIKHS lawyers will take to the UN Human Rights Committee next month the first cases challenging the French law banning the wearing of the turban on.. SIKHS TAKE FRENCH TURBAN BAN TO EUROPEAN HUMAN RIGHTS COURT June 11, 2007 Sikhs take French turban ban to European human rights court European Parliament, Brussels - UNITED SIKHS' lawyers announced that they filed today a legal challenge to the French law banning the wearing of the turban on ID document photos. The case, before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ... Religion does not preach Violence; Justice to the family June 12, 2007 Queens, New York: The recent incident pertaining to the Sikh boy's hair being forcibly cut by a fellow-student, at Newton High Schoool, Elmhurst, Queens, NY, came as a shock to the Sikh community. April SIKH AWARENESS THROUGH LIBRARIES (SATL) GLOBAL LAUNCH April 13, 2007 UNITED SIKHS is pleased to announce the launch of project SATL (SIKH AWARENESS THROUGH LIBRARIES) to improve the availability of information on Sikh culture, history and religion via multimedia resources - books, DVDs, CDs and microfilms in public and private libraries including those in schools, universities and other educational institutions, throughout the world. March Sikhs Promote Fitness and Charity in a 5K Run near Atlanta March 23, 2007 For the first time as a community, a jattha (team) of six Sikhs (Kaurs and Singhs) participated in a 5K Fun Run held in Alpharetta, Georgia. The Sikhs for Fitness team of the UNITED SIKHS joined the St. Francis School of Georgia to participate in the event ... February NYPD Charges Man with Hate Crime Against Sikh Taxi Driver after UNITED SIKHS Intervenes February 20, 2007 The New York Police Department, in response to UNITED SIKHS' intervention, has charged a 36 year old New Yorker. UNITED SIKHS AID Doctors Join the Florida Tornado Emergency Operations Center February 19, 2007 Four UNITED SIKHS AID volunteers, including two doctors, registered last week with the Lady Lake County Emergency Operations Center (EOC). UNITED SIKHS Mobilizes Relief Efforts in Florida February 13, 2007 The UNITED SIKHS AID team has started relief operations in the Lady Lake area. in response to the deadly tornado of Feb 2nd , that ripped central Florida killing 20 people and damaging hundreds of houses.

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