Commercial Skills for Social Good - McDermott Will & Emery

Commercial Skills for Social Good

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Amandeep Sidhu was cited as co-founder of the Sikh Coalition, which works pro bono to stop the US Army from subjecting Sikhs to special safety tests because of their beards and turbans. Military service is “an important part of what it means to be an American, so to have that door closed to our entire community was always a point of contention,” Mr Sidhu explained,” adding that if Sikhs receive a religious accommodation, “it stays with them for the entirety of their career.”