Utah Sikhs Raise $125,000 To Fund National Awareness Campaign

Salt Lake City's Sikh people group raised $125,000 a month ago to bolster National Sikh Campaign's media activity to teach Americans about Sikhs and Sikhism, and to finance a national mindfulness battle adjoin Sikhs who have confronted loathe wrongdoings and savagery since 9/11.

Around 150 Sikhs joined the activity July 22 sorted out and facilitated by nearby group pioneers Amitpal Singh and Pritpal Singh.

"This is the first run through the measure of $125,000 was raised from a little Utah Sikh people group. Individuals from the two gurdwaras arrived at support this national arrangement to make a superior comprehension about the group in America. Everybody perceives the criticalness of this activity and we got enormous sponsorship from every one of the senior citizens and the youthful in the group to arrange this occasion inside days," Amitpal Singh said.

J.B. Singh, a neighborhood Sikh people group pioneer, respected the gathering of people and admonished them to bolster the battle. "This is for our future eras and for our aggregate security and prosperity," he said.

At the occasion, Rajwant Singh, prime supporter of the NSC, discussed the crusade's guide and its procedure to contact all Americans and in all districts. "This is a noteworthy open door for the Sikh people group and we are overpowered by the reaction of the group in Salt Lake City. You have helped NSC traverse a large portion of a million dollars for a phenomenal push to instruct individuals about our confidence and our character in America," he said.

The NSC has drawn in President Obama's media group, AKPD, to create 30-second advertisements on Sikhs to keep running on national and neighborhood TV channels and online networking. This was done under a key arrangement planned by Democratic presidential confident Hillary Clinton's previous Chief Strategist, Geoff Garin.

The people group understood the requirement for the media outreach exertion in the midst of sympathy toward the reaction from the weekend Orlando slaughter where the executioner had swore fidelity to ISIS. The NSC has composed fruitful pledge drives in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and in Seattle in the previous year and is working towards its objective of raising $1.3 million by this year, or mid 2017 to run the advertisement crusade.