Published in 2019 and written by Deanna Singh, Cloth Crown is a children’s book about a Sikh boy bullied on his first day of school.
Categories: Art, Literature, Resources • Tags: Children's literature, Cloth Crown, Deanna Singh, Flying Elephant
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dasvandh Network Seeks to Inspire Giving with DasvandhWeek Fundraiser Troy, MI – (November 1, 2016) Dasvandh Network (DVN) is about to launch the fourth annual week of giving, DasvandhWeek (November 12th- 20th), via online donations (www.dvnetwork.org) or in Gurdwaras throughout the country. Over the past 3 DasvandhWeeks’, with the help of DVN’s generous donor community and Guru’s Kirpa, $400,000 was raised to power the Panth. DVN will not only be matching donations again but inviting their donors […]
Categories: Events, Resources • Tags: Dasvandh Network, DasvandhWeek, DVN
From 1895 through 1986, British Movietone News produced documentary newsreels, reporting on events around the world and providing some of the earliest news footage for our historical record. These newsreels are archived now by the Associated Press: British Movietone is arguably the world’s greatest newsreel archive, spanning the period 1895 – 1986. Shot on 35mm film, this global archive contains many of the world’s enduring images and is rich in coverage of news events, celebrities, sports, music, social history, science, lifestyle […]
Categories: News Bits, Resources • Tags: AP Archive, Associated Press, British Movietone News, history, Partition of India
The blog A Kaur’s Thoughts offers a four-part primer on micro-aggression — the subtle, everyday messaging in our culture about racial stereotyping and bias — particularly from a Sikh perspective: For about 10 years of my life, starting in 4th or 5th grade and going through high school, I felt like I didn’t belong; I felt excluded and out of place. School was a semi-hostile place for me. I wasn’t beat up or physically hurt. I had friends, and was […]
Categories: Resources • Tags: A Kaur's Thoughts, microaggression
As it did in 2010 and 2012, the California state legislature has declared November 2013 as “Sikh American Awareness and Appreciation Month” across the state. The bill (Assembly Concurrent Resolution 25) was introduced by Assemblymember Robert Wieckowski, and it passed through the State Assembly and Senate in September. From the resolution: Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the month of November 2013 to be California’s Sikh American Awareness and […]
Categories: Civil Rights, Education, Events, Resources • Tags: ACR-25, California, California Sikh American Awareness and Appreciation Month, California State Assembly, California State Senate, Sikh American Awareness and Appreciation Month, Sikh Awareness Month, Sikh Coalition
The Kaur Foundation, a non-profit Sikh awareness and educational organization (featured on this blog in June), has released a video featuring a variety of Sikhs in different occupations imploring students to “break the silence” around bullying — an issue that particularly plagues Sikh children in schools. The video is well-done and is particularly compelling. The participants in the video both empathize and demonstrate what is possible for Sikh children who may feel marginalized. See the video above, and visit the […]
Categories: Civil Rights, Resources, TV/Movies • Tags: "Break the Silence", bullying, Kaur Foundation
SALDEF (Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund) is inviting applications for the third iteration of its Leadership Development Program, a “two-part program designed to inspire, train, and support a diverse, motivated, and entrepreneurial group of young Sikh leaders as they prepare for a lifetime of community engagement and leadership.” Further: The purpose of this transformational program is to empower Sikh American youth in becoming effective leaders committed to exploring and realizing both their personal potential and that of the […]
Categories: Civil Rights, Resources • Tags: LDP, Leadership Development Program, SALDEF, Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Based in New Jersey, the Sikh Research Institute has made its Sojhi program available for free download, which includes over 150 lesson plans for teaching Sikh-related language and history/culture to students in the kindergarten through second grade levels. Professionally constructed and comprehensive, the curricula are excellent resources that provide thorough instructions for teachers and parents, and are designed with schools in mind: Khalsa schools and parents worldwide are encouraged to try out portions of this curriculum in their classrooms and homes. […]
Categories: Education, Resources • Tags: Lesson plan, Sikh Educators Network, Sikh Research Institute, Sojhi
Founded in 2002, the Kaur Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to create awareness of the Sikh identity, heritage, and secular values, while promoting and pursuing cultural literacy through education in classrooms. As its primary focus, the organization works to accomplish these goals by providing teachers and students specific tools and resources for use in their classrooms. Through its innovative outreach programs, the Kaur Foundation is building institutional partnerships to help create safe and inclusive learning environments for […]
Categories: Civil Rights, Education, Resources • Tags: Jessica Arora, Kaur Foundation, Sikh awareness
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