37 members of the House of Representatives Co-sponser House Resolution 528

April 20, 2004                                                     31st Chait, 536 Nanakshahi

Washington DC: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that France should modify or abandon its ban on religious articles and symbols in state schools and respect the freedom of all to practice their religious faith without state interference, 2 more members of the House of the Congress have signed the Resolution 528 bringing the total to 37.

UNITED SIKHS who is spearheading the efforts along with Voices For Freedom jointly welcomes the efforts of all Sikh Organizations who have helped in this endeavor and especially the Sangat of Washington DC, Guru Harkrishan Institute of Sikh Studies and George Washington University’s Sikh Student Association’s volunteers. We would also like to thank Arizona’s Sikh Awareness Task  Force who assisted us in this endeavor. We are making progress through our united efforts.

WE NEED YOUR HELP. If you live in the Washington D.C area, please volunteer for lobbying. Our lobbying efforts at Capitol Hill have intensified. Below is the list of the co-sponsors.

To volunteer please call Attorney Harpreet Singh (1-586-675-3388); Mirin Kaur (1-301-461-1276) or Jasleen Kaur (1-646-338-5996). You can also email us at: taskforce@unitedsikhs.org

Members of the community living in other states  please call your members in the U.S. House of Representatives to Co-Sponsor this resolution. We have been told to convey to the community members that it is important that the members from different states do make the calls to their congressmen to co-sponsor the Resolution 528.

To determine your representative's name and contact information, please go to http://www.house.gov/ and type in your zip code.

If your representative should want to read a message from Congressmen Brad Sherman and Mike Honda, please refer them to the 'Dear Colleague' letter at: http://www.unitedsikhs.org/usna/sacred/france/congress/HeadscarfDearColleague.htm.

To view Resolution 528 introduced jointly by Congressman Brad Sherman and Congressman Mike Honda) please visit: http://www.unitedsikhs.org/us-na/sacred/france/congress/HRes528.pdf