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ORGANIZATIONS

                        Guru Nanak Mission Society of Atlanta





             Parcharaks  (preachers)  to  visit  GNMS,  who     higher  magnitude when  they join  forces. When
             have enlightened  Atlanta Sangat with their        working together, we can realize synergies in the
             deep  intellectual  knowledge  of  Guru  Granth    deliveries  of  our  efforts  and  can  make  a  larger
             Sahib  and  teachings  of  the  Sikh  Gurus.       impact towards the betterment of society.

             We  have aligned with other organizations  of      COVID-19 RESPONSE HIGHLIGHTS
             Atlanta and neighboring  states to organize        Our efforts have  mainly  been  focused  on
             and lead several educational  events at  cross-    ensuring  that our members and congregation
             community levels.                                  had continued access to  the religious  services.
                                                                After the Covid-19 outbreak, we worked to switch
             MAJOR PROJECTS                                     over  the  weekly  services  broadcast  over  social
             •   Conducting and organizing  seminars and        media  platforms, ensuring that members  could
                educational  workshops  to  increase  cultural,   participate in the services without any disruption.
                educational, and religious awareness            The  executive  and  volunteer  teams  worked
             •   Provide assistance with social, political, and   hard  to  brainstorm  and  chalk-out  plans  to  re-
                economic issues that face our community         operationalize  the  organization  while  keeping
                                                                everyone’s safety as utmost priority. We assume
                                                                this will be a long journey. The biggest challenge
             IMPORTANCE OF DHARMIC NETWORK FOR                  at hand is to keep the organization solvent during
             HUMANITY                                           these  unprecedented  times.  Being  a  non-profit,
             There  are  many  benefits  in  joining  hands  and   the sustainability of our organization is primarily
             doing  efforts collectively.  We believe  that the   dependent  on Sangat (congregation)  donations
             organizations  whose vision and mission are        and seva.
             committed to serve humanity can deliver  at a
































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