New Jersey has a state-level Anti-Bullying Task Force; it was originally established in 2011 and then re-established in 2023. Click here to use our free advocacy tool to encourage your elected officials in the New Jersey Legislature to adapt critical policies proposed by the ABTF in their most recent report. Interested in other state-level education work undertaken by the Sikh Coalition in New Jersey?
- WAYRF includes data from Sikh students based in New Jersey.
- New Jersey does include Sikhi in state social studies standards! The Sikh Coalition and the local sangat worked together to achieve this victory—the first in the nation— in 2011.
- This year, Sikh Coalition staff have tabled at New Jersey gurdwaras to share our findings and recommendations included in WAYRF.
- This year, the Sikh Coalition is supporting the New Jersey Freedom to Read Act as part of our broader work against book bans. New Jersey sangat can take action to support that important bill here.
- In 2020, we successfully fought for Sikhi to once again be included in the latest update of the standards.
- New Jersey is one of many states where teachers use C3 resources in their classrooms; the Sikh Coalition launched the first-ever C3 resources on Sikhi in 2019.
- In 2021, the Sikh Coalition helped a Sikh student and their family reach a resolution in a bullying case; the student had been severely harassed for years, starting back in 2018. One part of this resolution involved the establishment of yearly working sessions on how to create safer and more inclusive classrooms for more than 100 teachers and administrators at the student’s school.
StopBullying.gov’s page on New Jersey’s laws and policies is here, and the state’s own anti-bullying resources are available here. If you have questions, email advocacy@sikhcoalition.org; if you are in need of legal aid, fill out our legal intake form to contact the Sikh Coalition’s attorneys.