WASHINGTON DC, USA—Jasjit Singh, the executive director of the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF) has been chosen by President Barack Obama to be added to an advisory council on faith-based and neighbourhood partnerships.
The White House “Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships” works to form partnerships between the Federal Government and faith-based and neighborhood organizations to more effectively serve Americans in need.
In the President’s words, “The particular faith that motivates each of us can promote a greater good for all of us. Instead of driving us apart, our varied beliefs can bring us together to feed the hungry and comfort the afflicted; to make peace where there is strife and rebuild what has broken; to lift up those who have fallen on hard times.”
A leading voice for the Sikh American community and an ardent civil rights advocate for Americans, Jasjit Singh serves as the Executive Director of the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, SALDEF, the oldest Sikh American civil rights organization where he oversees the development and daily operations of SALDEF. Singh has built strong relationships with national leadership since 2009, giving testimony to Congress, including the US Assistant Attorney General and the Director of the FBI.
Mr Singh first joined SALDEF as the Associate Executive Director in 2009. He also founded the Sikh Student Association at the University of Illinois, and served as its President from 2000 to 2002. Mr. Singh received a B.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a public research-intensive university in the U.S. state of Illinois.
