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Sadh Sangat ji, Once again it's time for SikhNet's Year-End Fundraising Event. We feel privileged that the Guru has given us the opportunity to serve the world-wide Sikh community through SikhNet.

SikhNet was founded in 1985 and is the oldest, largest, and most well known Sikh educational site on the Internet which serves the worldwide Sikh community. SikhNet has over 300,000 unique visitors to the website each month. Our strengths include: connecting Sikhs worldwide; large audience of repeat users; we keep our services community-oriented, informational, educational and non-political.

Since the events of Sept. 11th, 2001, SikhNet has assumed an entirely new role – one we were well suited to because of our experienced staff, our large and loyal user community, and the trust and integrity with which we were viewed by Sikhs and non-Sikhs alike. We kept the Sikh community and their friends and family worldwide informed of developing news pertinent to their interests. We were a major resource for media, law enforcement and community officials about Sikhs. We provided Sikhs with informational materials about their rights in the US, whether at airports or elsewhere. We offered educational materials that allowed you to go into your neighborhoods and your children's schools to help people understand who Sikhs were and why our men wear beards and turbans. We worked tirelessly to help minimize 9/11 backlash. SikhNet has been active in preventing backlash, discrimination and bias activities through a series of educational and training materials, communications, and events. We provided support to those dealing with fear, bias incidents and related concerns arising from the September 11th attacks. We've been involved with Emergency Response action in the face of recent crises in the Sikh community, including the murder of Sukhpal Singh Sodhi and the Hitman 2 Videogame that featured Sikhs being violently killed inside a Gurdwara. SikhNet has also worked with other organizations to provide support and assistance to the Sikh community by reaching out to Sikhs everywhere and to other victims of bias. (See our 2002 Annual Report below for more information about what SikhNet has done this year and plans for 2003)

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Annual report for 2002 and preview our plans for 2003 (Click on the triangles to expand the sections for more information)

Building Awareness about the Sikh Community Supporting the Sikh Identity Part of SikhNet's purpose is to share with Sikhs, especially our youth, modern, technologically-smart ways to experience the rich tradition of the Gurus. This year, in support of a 21st century, global expression of the Sikh culture, SikhNet launched the following new free services: Banis for the PDA For the technologically-oriented Sikh on-the-go, turn your PDA into an e-Gutka. This new section allows you to read your Banis from your PDA in Gurmukhi, with Romanized pronunciation guides, or read them in beautifully rendered English. Amrit Kirtan On-Line: Shabds for Printing The new section brings you printable Shabd sheets in Gurmukhi with Romanized pronunciation guides and English translations. You can use these Shabd sheets for your Gurdwara community or for your own meditation practice. Special thanks to Dr. Kulbir Singh Thind and Dr. Kushdev Kaur Thind for their dedicated seva in creating this project. Updates to Gurbani Archive One of the most popular sections on SikhNet is our Gurbani Archive, which has thousands of hours of Gurbani Kirtan available to listen on-line. This year, we continued to build and expand this section adding hundreds of new selections. Sikh Artwork, Screen Savers and Desktop Themes One of our favorite aspects of SikhNet is our artwork sections where members of our cyber sangat can share Sikh-related images that they have created with each other. This year, as always, Sikh artists have made wonderful contributions to our Sikh Clip Art, Wallpaper, Screen Saver and Desktop Themes sections. This ability to share electronic and modern Sikh art with each other helps to keep the Sikh spirit vibrant and alive. View Sikh Clip Art View Screen Savers View Desktop Themes View Wallpaper Creating Sikh Leaders of Tomorrow Plans for 2003 What people are saying about SikhNet Support SikhNet (Click Here) Through your support, SikhNet will be able to continue to provide unique programs that serve the global Sikh community. We are dedicated to giving our cyber sangat the tools and services you need. Please help us with this mission by becoming a SikhNet supporter today. We would like to thank the people who have previously supported SikhNet

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