AdminFremont, CA – In the second of our four-part series, we bring you the story of Amandeep Singh, a young man who was pivotal inenacting AB1964, or California’s Workplace Religious Freedom Act. In 2012, Police Cadet Amandeep Singh – a resident of Yuba City, CA – testified before the Committee on Labor and Employment at […]
Fremont, CA – In the second of our four-part series, we bring you the story of Amandeep Singh, a young man who was pivotal inenacting AB1964, or California’s Workplace Religious Freedom Act. In 2012, Police Cadet Amandeep Singh – a resident of Yuba City, CA – testified before the Committee on Labor and Employment at the California State Assembly about his experiences as a Sikh trying to join law enforcement. Cadet Singh had tried joining a police agency for seven years but was not allowed to do so because of his Sikh articles of faith (specifically, his turban and unshorn beard).
Cadet Singh’s compelling testimony was critical in helping to pass AB1964, a law that provides workers in California with the nation’s strongest protections against religious discrimination.
It was only after the passage of AB1964 that Cadet Singh’s desire to start a law enforcement career became a reality. Cadet Singh is currently enrolled at the Yuba College Police Academy and hopes to work as a uniformed police officer when he graduates.
We wish Cadet Singh the best of luck and thank him for all his efforts in helping to enact the very law that protects him today.
– Source: http://sikhcoalition.org/