
BUENA PARK,CA- Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF) organized the 20th Know Your Rights Forum at the Gurdwara Singh Sabha here on March 11. The forum was attended by around 300 members of the Sangat. The speakers included, Pearl Saracho of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Puneet Sandhu of the South Asian Bar Association,
Mehtab Sandhu from the San Bernardino District Attorney’s office, Michael Ramey from the FBI and James Williams for the Department of Justice Community Relations Service.
The speakers at the forum talked about many topics affecting the Sikh community including: workplace discrimination,bias crimes,civil Rights ,opportunities to improve law enforcement and community relationships.
SALDEF thanked Jagjit Singh and the Committee of the Gurdwara Singh Sabha who helped organize the event, and also thank SALDEF Western Regional Director Bhupy Kaur for coordinating and facilitating the event.
The speakers at the forum talked about many topics affecting the Sikh community including: workplace discrimination,bias crimes,civil Rights ,opportunities to improve law enforcement and community relationships.
SALDEF thanked Jagjit Singh and the Committee of the Gurdwara Singh Sabha who helped organize the event, and also thank SALDEF Western Regional Director Bhupy Kaur for coordinating and facilitating the event.