Gurdwara Education about Family Violence - Empowering communities through a comprehensive resource guide. Get involved and make a difference!
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Sikh Family Center was happy to create and launch an overdue resource for our community: Family Violence Resource Guide for Gurdwaras. This Guide is available in Punjabi and English.
We know gurdwaras provide essential inspiration and support. We also know that gurdwaras cannot be expected to do everything. Still, with the danger of family violence ever-present in our sangats, gurdwaras must respond in a deliberate, pre-planned, and consistent manner to support victim-survivors.
This guide provides some information, ideas, and resources within the community to share with your sangat and individuals seeking support (including men, women, children, and elders).
The Guide can be found at: https://sikhfamilycenter.org/gurdwara-guide/
In the next three months, we are focusing on disseminating this Guide to guru ghars across the country. Just mailing them is not enough! We will be providing training to guru ghars (as we did this May in NY); dedicating staff and contractor time to individually connect with and engage gurdwara sevadaars and committees.
We look forward to your support: to print & mail hard copies; to train; to follow up (e.g. the NY training we did lead to multiple calls to our non-emergency Helpline).
Please note: we welcome your non-financial dasvandh as well.
Help share the Guide with a gurdwara with which you are connected.
Email us: contact@sikhfamilycenter.org
SFC is the only organization focused on gender-based violence in the Sikh community in USA. This positions us uniquely to speak on this topic and share our lessons learnt over the years with gurdwaras: to highlight the prevalence of family violence as well as the possibility of intervening on this delicate yet widespread issue.
Updates from Gurdwara Education about Family Violence’s efforts, posted on a regular basis.
