29 Jul NEW YORK: Sikh Group/NYC DOE to Teach Human Rights
The advocacy goop, United Sikhs has collaborated with the New York City Department to create lesson plans for fifth and sixth graders. According to News India the lesson plans are entitled “Creating Political Cartoons: Civil Rights in the USA and The Teachings of Sikhism”, in which the students will learn about the lives of Americans of the Sikh faith, through U.S. civil rights and world religions. Dr. Gurparkash Singh, the national director of community empowerment, education and development of United Sikhs is quoted in the article as saying, “Sikh children are bullied at more than double the national rate. With the new lesson plans, we hope to improve overall awareness about the Sikh community at a critical time in childhood development – the early middle school years,”