Sikh coalition launches vaccine resources

The Sikh Coalition has announced it has released a resource for the Indian American Sikh community, helping every Sikh in the US understand the importance of getting vaccinated against Covid-19.

The Sikh Coalition is undertaking this work in direct consultation with medical professionals at the North American Sikh Medical and Dental Association and the Sikh Family Center as well as colleagues at the Jakara Movement.

The coalition has said that it will create and distribute a wide range of resources over the coming weeks designed to help every sangat member learn and share accurate information about the vaccine; know when and where to get their vaccine; and encourage their sangat to stay safe while everyone who can get vaccinated does so.

Rucha Kaur, Sikh Coalition community development director, said: ‘There is plenty of confusion and misinformation circulating about vaccines in general, and we hope that resources like this one are the first step towards a more informed-and therefore a safer-sangat'.

‘Though we are not a public health organization, the Sikh Coalition is continuing to pivot our resources to this work because we believe that we must all do our part to keep ourselves and our communities safe,' Kaur added.

The inaugural resource in this effort is a new document that outlines vaccine information and resources for all 50 states.

The document will be regularly updated as states move through their various vaccine phases and more vaccines become available to larger groups of the public, it said.

‘While it will take time to get everyone vaccinated, this is our surest path to recovery from the pandemic that has ravaged our communities and our nation for the past year,' Kaur continued.