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Life After Hate: A Sikh Temple member forms bond with former white supremacist
During The Central Wisconsin Book Festival, this Monday’s lecture was called ‘Life After Hate.’ The lecture featured Pardeep Singh Kaleka, whose father was one of six people killed in the Sikh temple shooting in August 2012. The panel also featured Arno Michaeli, the founder of a white supremacist group the Sikh temple shooter belonged to. Michaelis and Kaleka created ‘Serve2Unite’ to help young people move away from extremist ideologies and gun violence.
Bill named for two hate crime victims pushes for hate crime hotlines, more police training
Powerful forces on Capitol Hill and powerful voices for victims of hate crimes gathered Wednesday afternoon outside the US Senate to push for passage of the Jabara-Heyer No Hate Act. This act aims to target the grossly under-reporting of hate crimes. Both of the families of the victims the bill is named for, told reporters that they remain outraged that while each of their cases was prosecuted as a hate crime neither was reported in the federal database as such.
Sikh community has a demand, ‘let’s rename our Delhi airport’
The Sikhs of America organization requested the Prime Minister Modi to focus on the issues of 1984 Sikh genocide, in which thousands of Sikhs were killed across the country after the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. They demanded that the name of Delhi Airport should be changed from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Guru Nanak Dev International Airport. As well as, requested the prime minister to address the issues of Article 25 of Indian Constitution and Anand Marriage Act, Visa and Passport renewal of asylees.
Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa’s Fully Sikh Theatre Debut In Perth
As a human rights reformer, Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa strives to push for visibility and diversity in the performing arts sector through drawing on her unique experience growing up in a Sikh household. This October/November Sukhjit is preparing to take to the stage with her fleshed-out theatre debut ‘Fully Sikh’, a full-scale 75-minute theatre production, complete with an original score, props and set. The themes of her show include “growing up, racism, being a third culture kid and not really knowing what world to choose.