NEW YORK (TIP): “National Sikh Campaign” is a project with 1.3 million dollars led by Dr. Rajwant Singh Based in Washington D.C to raise awareness among fellow Americans about Sikhism.
“As we all know if change in political scenario the hate crimes have increased by 20%on Sikhs and other communities”, said Mr. Singh.
National Sikh campaigns is started with the aim to have TV advertisement on CNN and Fox TV networks about Sikhism in which they focus on basic Sikh values and how Sikh values are the same as American values.
This is help fellow Americans to understand the fact that Sikhs are important part of American Fabric.
Swaranjit Singh Khalsa who is also serving in “Commission of City Plan of Norwich” said “This Campaign is a need of the time and this is first time community is coming together and doing this project in a professional manner”.
On the occasion, famous singer “DavinderPal Singh ” was also present and performed with his band.
Pritpal Singh From Salt Lake City , Uttampal Singh, Swaranjit Singh Khalsa, Kulwant Singh Samra,Malkit Singh Sekhon, Manmohan Singh Bharara,Harpal Singh Chawla,Hargurpreet Singh, Guruninder Singh Dhaliwal, Kanwalpreet Singh, Avtar Singh, Veer Singh, Kulbir Singh,Purshotam Singh, Amarjit Singh, Maninder Singh Arora and Satnam Singh donated very generously.
Presidents of various Gurudwara sahib and members of community also took pledge that raise the money in their congregations to support the campaign and reach their fundraising goal.
Overall program was success and it provided platform for Sikh community of Connecticut to come together and do project based on common goals.
Dr.Rajwant Singh Thanked all the Community Members and also told them that ads will be running on CNN from April 14th 2017.
(Press Release)