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NOV 10, 2025
Our 2025 SikhLEAD Program has ended and we are eagerly working on recruitment outreach for our 2026 SikhLEAD Program! Celebrating 30 years of the SALDEF - a milestone year - we have chosen the theme of 3 decades of SALDEF: Past, Present, Progress through the 3 Pillars of Sikhi Naam Japna, Vand Chhaakna, Kirt Karni and have some unique programming we are excited to implement.
As a few firsts, towards the end of 2025:
Summer end/Fall: SikhLEADer-led SikhVOTE signature program, engaging Sikhs and the greater Asian community in their civic duty, via outreach initiative to work. We completed 15+ SikhVOTE tabling sessions in NJ, VA and NY, reaching 2000+ Sikh sangat members!!
Fall/Winter: We are completing outreach to low and no-participant states i.e. midwest regions, by contacting our pilot SikhLEAD Alumni to conduct outreach in these pockets. We will also travel to and contact Gurdware to conduct in-person outreach.
Adhering to our program’s theme for the 2026 year, we are curating our programming with a few new ideas inviting a variety of Sikh professionals who conduct Seva outside their work.
Inviting Panelists that 1 of the 3 Pillars each: - Naam Japna - Sikh Musicians
- Vand Chhakna - Sikh in advocate fields
- Kirt Karni - Sikhs in varying fields ie sports professionals
Welcoming the following new partner organizations: Sikh Law Studen Association at UC Law San Francisco, Udaari, Sikh family Center, SIB (Sikhs in Biotech), SETF(Sikh Education & Technology Foundation) and Bipshi (Bhagat Puran Singh Health Initiative)
Specifically, updates from the National SikhLEAD DC program include: currently working on planning and executing a diverse theme of panels and speakers, focusing on building upon our speakers from last year, adding in sessions that include directly meeting with and listening to Congressional staffers involved in Sikh American policy issues, Sikh American staffers in the White House, and leaders in nonprofit leadership and consulting sectors.
Furthermore, we will be arranging events for our future SikhLEAD cohort such as tours of the White House and Supreme Court. All-in-all, we will be diversifying our speakers and programming events to fit the various professional and academic interests of our SikhLEAD cohort.
We are getting ready to open the SikhLEAD 2026 applications on November 15th and will begin interviewing our SikhLEAD applicants to gauge their career interests and focus. We look forward to a fantastic SikhLEAD Regional 2026 Summer Program and this is possible only with your continued support!
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