UNITED SIKHS is a civil and human rights, humanitarian aid non profit organization and disaster relief non-governmental organization which is also a United Nations affiliated group. The concept of UNITED SIKHS was conceived in 1999 by three Sikh Americans. It is international in scope and aims to help people regardless of color, race, gender, nationality or creed.
UNITED SIKHS led a campaign to have U.S. Census Bureau recognize Sikhs as a separate ethnicity, which was successful on January 6, 2020. As a result, Sikhs are regarded as different from Asian Indian category.United Sikhs Request for Ethnic Designation Sparks Confusion and Debate, November 6, 2018, Ravleen KaurUS Census '20 to include SIKHS as separate Ethnic Group, SikhNet, January 6, 2020, HISTORIC VICTORY: SIKHS TO BE COUNTED AS SEPARATE ETHNIC GROUP IN U.S. CENSUS 2020, 1/21/2020Sikhs to be counted as separate ethnic group in US census for first time, The Pluralism Project, Harvard University, January 15, 2020
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