The Community Justice Fellowship, a partnership between LACSN and Paul Padda Law, would like to welcome Wesley Su, ESQ. who was picked for the Fellowship. I’ll never be an attorney! Growing up, I was convinced that I would never be an attorney, let alone see myself working with Legal Aid.  My impression of attorneys was based on what I saw in popular media, where attorneys are often portrayed as brash, loud-mouthed, and generally unscrupulous characters.  As a reserved, quiet kid trying his best to be a good person, it wasRead More

“The Republicans are Americans First”- this is what the former Governor of Ohio, John Kasich, said at a television interview last night. He said ‘the Republican leaders have become morally and ethically bankrupt’. He was talking about the actions of the Republican leaders since the last presidential election. He wants the Republicans to ‘stand up for their country’.  John Kasich has been a life-long Republican. He was a two term Governor of Ohio from 2011 to 2019. Prior to that, he served nine terms, for a total of eighteen years,Read More

Jain Community in North America  Since 1965, with the ease in immigration laws, the Indian population in North America increased fast, and so did the Jains population here. Today, nearly 150,000 Jains make North America their permanent home.  Now we have a vibrant Jain community with more than 75 places of worship (nearly 23 are combined Jain and Hindu temples), more than 100 organizations, YJA and YJP representing Young and Professional Jains and an Apex body, JAINA representing all Jains. Why Gnan Mandirs (Centers for Studies in Jain Dharma) in theRead More

North Texas Food Bank distributed 600,000 pounds of food to 25,000 people on November 14, 2020 – by far the largest record amount. Thousands waited for food at a Food Bank in Ohio for over four hours. A two-mile long line of cars waited at an Arizona food bank. As the religious services got shut down due to the pandemic, the Sikh Gurudwara in Queens, New York, turned to feeding thousands of hungry people. Food Banks across the country are overwhelmed by the needs of the hungry people in theRead More

2020 Presidential election is finally over. But the country is far from sorting through where we are and how do we move forward. As events are unfolding, it is almost anybody’s guess what can or will happen between now and the inauguration of the newly elected President on January 20, 2021. It has already started to shatter all records and norms of a smooth transfer of power that has been the hallmark of the democratic process in the United States.  And all of this is happening while the country is inRead More