Red Cards Punjabi & English
Navigating Legal Systems Series for Partner/Domestic Violence Victims & Survivors
Abortion Access & Sikh Women’s Experience
Youth-Led Prevention Workshops: Sehj Series
Sikh Family Center’s Sehj Series Workshops 1 & 2 for college youth promote dialogue, violence prevention & education around communication, relationships, and boundaries. Know someone interested in leading a workshop? All materials are ready to go! We are happy to train-the-trainer and support at every step of the way. Email us: contact@sikhfamilycenter.org Sehj Series Workshop 1: […]
Punjabi Sikh Power & Control Wheel
Notes regarding the Punjabi Sikh Power and Control Wheel: This Wheel focuses on Punjabi Sikh women survivors in the U.S. “Punjabi Sikh” refers to a unique cultural community, a people connected by ancestry in the Sikh faith and the geographic region of Punjab, South Asia. While Sikhs today live in various parts of India, South […]
Danger Assessment Tool
The Danger Assessment is a risk evaluation tool, originally developed by Jacquelyn Campbell (1986), that is designed to determine the likelihood of severe or lethal harm in intimate partner relationships. Sikh Family Center adapted the Danger Assessment tool for Sikh Women to reflect the community’s nuances and lived realities. It is not just a literal […]
Gurdwara Guide
Family Violence Resource Guide
Teach Your Child Body Autonomy (Booklet)
Body autonomy is the right to decide what happens or doesn’t happen to your body. Teaching your children from a young age to develop a sense of body autonomy is a proven way to prevent child sexual abuse, and also encourages children to disclose abuse should it happen to them. The booklet includes tips on […]
20 Signs of Fiancé Abuse
By naming “Fiancé abuse” Sikh Family Center brings necessary attention to the various problematic behaviors that appear after a rokaa/ardaas/engagement and before a wedding–often during a “courtship”–and may signal even greater risk after a wedding. In creating the following list, victims and survivors of domestic violence from within our Sikh Punjabi community have identified signs […]
Sikh Family Center’s Camp Safety Guide
At Camp, we seek to model the best of Sikh culture. Safety is a key part of walking the Khalsa talk. Yet, most camps do not have written safety protocols, guidelines, or trainings. Combine the general busyness, sleep-deprivation, close connections, and high emotions of camp with tricky issues and questions (e.g. bullying, mental health, violence […]