During a Facetime call in 2020, Tarina Ahuja and Adam Ashley began talking about a youth response to COVID-19. Inspired by their experience in the Sorensen Institute’s High School Leaders Program (HSLP) where they were immersed in the world of policy-making, and driven by their belief that “youth voice belongs in politics and in policy,”…

Running Start helped me find the answers to questions I have been asking since I was a little girl. I used to question myself, my role, my belonging. As an overly excited, talkative, little girl with olive skin and long black hair that I keep as a symbol of my faith, there was something about…

The United Nations Day is held annually on October 24 to celebrate the ratification of the UN Charter, as well as to reflect upon the founding purpose of the United Nations. It also represents a day to reflect on the years of unrest following the end of World War II, and how the UN was…

June 27, 2022 (Washington, DC) — This past Saturday, thousands of people joined the first-ever Unity March in person in Washington, DC, and virtually. The Sikh Coalition was proud to serve as a partner for the March and to be in attendance at this historic moment. The Unity March brought advocates and allies to DC in an…

This article is a part of the HPR Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Heritage Month Collection and represents the independent perspective of the author. Every day between August 2020 and December 2021, I opened up my Instagram application to find images of my Sikh and Punjabi elders being run over by tractors and their ribs…