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The Southern Poverty Law Center counted 1,018 active hate groups in the United States in 2011. (source: Southern Poverty Law Center)

The Southern Poverty Law Center Hate Map

January 22, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a “nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry, and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of society,” counted 1,018 hate groups in the United States in 2011: This list was compiled using hate group publications and websites, citizen and law enforcement reports, field sources and news reports. Hate group activities can include criminal acts, marches, rallies, speeches, meetings, leafleting or publishing. Websites appearing to be merely the work of […]

Categories: Hate Crimes, Reports/Studies, Resources • Tags: California, Elk Grove, Gurmej Atwal, hate crime, Hate Crime Statistics, hate groups, New Jersey, New York, Oak Creek, Sacramento, Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, Southern Poverty Law Center, Surinder Singh, Wisconsin

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NJ resident Sukhvinder Singh, 33, missing since September 18

September 28, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Sukhvinder Singh, a gas station attendant in Winslow Township, New Jersey, has been missing since Tuesday, September 18: Singh is 5-foot-7 and weighs 170 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a blue turban, blue and red shirt, black pants, black sneakers and a silver bracelet. Winslow Township Police are investigating. If you have any information about Singh call investigators at 609-561-3300. Prayers for his safe return. Read more information here or at the Winslow […]

Categories: News Bits • Tags: missing person, New Jersey, Sukhvinder Singh, Winslow Township

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More crimes against Sikhs Americans, but not considered hate

September 4, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Since the murder of Dalbir Singh outside of his convenience store in Oak Creek, Wisconsin (in what is being called a robbery attempt) more attacks on and murders of Sikhs in the United States are coming to light. Prior to the shootings in Oak Creek, a 72-year-0ld Sikh man in New Jersey was severely beaten – and then arrested by police – in an altercation with a neighbor: On July 26th, Avtar Singh Ji went to Edward Koscovski’s shop to […]

Categories: Hate Crimes, News Bits • Tags: Avtar Singh, California, Fresno, hate crimes, Kashmir Singh, New Jersey, Paterson

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Applications invited for Junior Sikh Coalition leadership program, due July 25, 2012

July 19, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

If you are a Sikh high school or college student in New York, New Jersey or Connecticut and are interested in working to help your community, the Junior Sikh Coalition leadership program might be for you: Junior Sikh Coalition members gain valuable skills and training in youth leadership and will have multiple opportunities to utilize these skills within their communities and the Sikh Coalition network.  In the past, youth members have led community organizing campaigns, organized anti-bullying conferences, participated in […]

Categories: Civil Rights, Events • Tags: Connecticut, Junior Sikh Coalition, New Jersey, New York, Sikh Coalition

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Picture of the Day: Hermandeep Dhami, academic all-star

June 18, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

New Jersey high school student Hermandeep Dhami was among ten students selected as a 2012 Academic All Star by his local newspaper outlet for achievements in and outside of school. In his own words: “The universal quality of leadership is not restricted to schools as it naturally reflects in one’s community. I am an active member of my temple, where I serve food for hours every time I attend. The proud leader and volunteer that I have become has made […]

Categories: Picture of the Day, Profiles • Tags: Hermandeep Dhami, MyCentralJersey.com, New Jersey

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Ravi Bhalla loses and wins

July 1, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

After coming in third in the election on June 7 in New Jersey for a state assembly seat, Ravinder Singh Bhalla, profiled here last month, has been elected as President of Hoboken, New Jersey’s city council by an 8-1 margin.  Would he be the first turbaned Sikh to head a city council in the United States? UPDATE – January 11, 2012: Commenter A_itoj Singh brought to my attention that Harvinder “Harry” Singh Anand, another turbaned Sikh actually pre-dated Ravinder Singh as a […]

Categories: News Bits, Politics • Tags: Hoboken, New Jersey, Ravinder Singh Bhalla

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Breaking the political glass ceiling: Ravinder Singh Bhalla

May 27, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

It was a coincidence that after I wrote about what American Sikhs could learn from our Canadian counterparts on the political front, news began to circulate about New Jersey attorney and Hoboken city councilman Ravinder Singh Bhalla, a turban-wearing Sikh now running for a State Assembly seat in New Jersey (also see his election website, BhallaforAssembly.com as well).  If he is successful, he will be the first turbaned Sikh elected to office at the state level in the United States.

Categories: Politics, Profiles • Tags: Harmeet Dhillon, New Jersey, Politics, Ravinder Singh Bhalla

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Vaisakhi at Rockefeller College, NJ

More Vaisakhi celebrations across the USA

April 19, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

I’ve been enjoying surveying all the different Vaisakhi celebrations across the United States among various Sikh communities.  It’s become apparent that many Sikh communities are using these celebrations as outreach efforts to educate non-Sikhs about the religion and the Sikh identity. Princeton, New Jersey: On his website, one Savraj Singh posted a couple of pictures of Sikhs celebrating Vaisakhi at Rockefeller College in New Jersey. The setting for their service appears to be an old college building and gives the sense of […]

Categories: Events, News Bits, Sikhism • Tags: Baisakhi, California, Connecticut, Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji Foundation, Lawrence, Los Angeles, Nagar Kirtan, New Jersey, New York, Norwalk, Princeton, Rockefeller College, Savraj Singh, Selma, Sikh, Stockton, Vaisakhi

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Vineland, NJ gets a new Gurdwara

December 7, 2010 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

The Sikh community in Vineland, NJ, has just opened their new Gurdwara: The South Jersey Sikh Society – the city’s first Gurdwara – opened its doors to the local community on Sunday, December 5, 2010. The 8,520-square-foot gurdwara — a place of worship for the Sikh religion — on South Lincoln Avenue hosted hundreds of residents from across the region who came throughout the day to visit the new facility.

Categories: News Bits • Tags: Gurdwara, New Jersey, NJ, South Jersey, Vineland

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