Timeline: Sikhs and Asian American Story (2/2) -1938 India League of American is established with Jagjit Singh as its first president -1939-1945 World War II -1943 Chinese Exclusion Act is repealed #aapiheritagemonth #AAPIMonth

Timeline: Sikhs and the Asian American Story (1/2) -1946 Luce-Celler Bill - immigration and citizenship rights restored to Indians and Fillipinos -1947 End of British rule in India and partition of India and Pakistan #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPI

Timeline: Sikhs and the Asian American Story 2/2 -1956 Dalip Singh Saund elected to U.S. House of Representatives, First Asian and First Sikh representative -1965 Hart-Cellar Act abolishes national quotas for immigration to the U.S. - 1979 First Sikh Parade in Yuba City, CA #AAPI

Timeline: Sikhs and the Asian American Story - 1979 First Asian/Pacific American Heritage week celebrated - 1984 Attack on the Golden Temple #AAPI #aapi #AAPIMonth #aapimonth #AAPIHeritage #AAPIHeritageMonth #aapiheritagemonth

Timeline: Sikhs and the Asian American Story - 1995 Cheema v. Thompson - 9th Circuit Court Decisions affirming the right of Sikh students to wear kirpan at school - 2001 Balbir Singh Sodhi killed in the wake of 9/11 -2002 Kaur Foundation established #AAPI #AAPIHeritageMonth

Timeline: Sikhs and the Asian American Story (1/3) - 2012 Oak Creek Gurdwara Shooting - 2017 Manka Dhingra elected as a State Senator in Washington (first Sikh woman elected to state legislature) #AAPI #AAPIHeritageMonth

Timeline: Sikhs and the Asian American Story (2/3) -2017 Ravinder Singh Bhalla elected mayor of Hoboken, NJ (first Sikh mayor to wear a turban); Preet Didbal elected Mayor of Yuba City (first Sikh woman to serve as mayor of a U.S. city) #AAPI #AAPIHM

Timeline: Sikhs and the Asian American Story -2020 Anmol Narang becomes first observant Sikh to graduate from West Point - 2022 Federal court rules Marine Corp cannot deny entry to Sikhs who keep their unshorn beards and hair - 2023 Ajay Banga becomes president of the World Bank

As the school year is winding down Kaur Foundation wants to highlight our Heritage Toolkit! The toolkit is a great tool for representation of Sikh Americans and other minorities. It organized around three themes: Foundations, Historical Perspectives, & Windows & Mirrors

KF's Cultural Safari resources are designed for school districts and counties and delivered through the classroom. It facilitates learning about the Sikh-American community and augments the Social Studies curriculum at no cost to schools kaurfoundation.org/cultural-safar…

As #AAPIHM comes to a close KF wants to share some #AAPI Firsts. The 1st recorded settlement of Asians in the U.S. was in 1763. In 1956, Dalip Singh Saund became the 1st Asian American elected into U.S. Congress. AAPI Heritage Week was recognized in 1978, then expanded in 1992

Kaur Foundation is excited to announce our Interns! Anaya, Kareena and Shani are amazing young women who will work on various projects over the course of the summer. KF can not wait to show off the amazing work they will accomplish!

Meet Ananya one of KF's summer interns! Ananya is a rising sophomore at Wellesley College, where she is studying International Relations with a minor in Education. We can not wait to see the work she does this summer!

Meet Kareena one of KF's summer interns! Kareena is a rising sophomore at UC Davis, where she is studying psychology on a pre-medicine track. We can not wait to see the work she does this summer!

Meet Shani one of KF’s summer interns! Shani is a 2023 graduate of General Assembly’s Universal Design (UX Design) program. We can not wait to see the work she does this summer!

NCSS in partnership with the Kaur Foundation, presents our Virtual Summer Conference, JEDI in Social Studies, June 22-23, 2023, covering justice, equity, diversity, & inclusion. Kurt Russell, 2022 National Teacher of the Year, will keynote! Register now: hubs.li/Q01T_Xsh0

The JEDI in Social Studies conference is LIVE! Explore themes of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) at our inaugural two-day summer event, brought to you at a convenient location - your computer screen! 👉Join Now: hubs.li/Q01VssMp0

#ICYMI: There's still time to join! We're on our second day of a one-of-a-kind virtual summer conference exploring themes of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) in Social Studies. ➡️ Attend Now: hubs.li/Q01VsJTs0

It's that time! Registration is OPEN for the 103rd NCSS Annual Conference, “Social Studies: Working in Harmony for a Better Tomorrow.” 🎵 ➡️ Register:hubs.li/Q01VCSZR0 Get ready to join your #socialstudies colleagues December 1-3, 2023 at Nasvhille's Music City Center.

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