Sikh mental health, truckers in America, religious symbols ban | EP 51 Week of July 6 2019

Week of July 7th | PR Weekly Top 3 The South Asian youth of SAMAHH will be actively promoting mental wellness and with their peers, families and communities through a new mental health youth ambassador program funded by the Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions. There are 3.5 million truckers in the United States. State the LA times article. half of those in California are immigrants, most from Mexico or Central America. But as drivers age toward retirement — the average American trucker is 55 — and a shortage grows, Sikh immigrants and their kids are increasingly taking up the job. Bill 21 will ban teachers, police, government lawyers and others in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols such as Muslim head coverings and Sikh turbans. Sign the petition here: http://www.worldsikh.org/quebec_petition?fbclid=IwAR0P_66LxoocmtTBZIsG8ySV0nbNvfpDzH1na7hfx6v3PgjYjBAjo4fmdV8