Browsing Tag: Diversity

Internal Diversity and Intra-Faith Conversations

As someone who practices religion personally and studies religion academically, this story tears me up inside. There's so much I want to say about this. A lot of it is probably obvious, and a lot has already been said. But I do think this story raises an important question that we tend to overlook.
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Charlotte Sikh Community attends TSA Diversity Day

UNITED SIKHS wishes to acknowledge the willingness of TSA and DHS to listen to the challenges faced by our community and we hope that we can continue to strive for a more secure nation while being sensitive to the deeply held religious convictions religious freedoms of Sikh travelers.
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Diversity Video Competition 2011 ~ Meet your Winners

The Sikh Coalition strives to combat ignorance, and encourage all to embrace their diversity through this artistic dialogue between submitters and the viewing public.
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Multi-faith service will celebrate Cambridge’s Diversity

“Our presence together will provide witness to values of peace, tolerance and respect which represent the very best of Cambridge and of Cambridge people.” Rajni Padia, chairman of the city’s Indian Cultural and Community Association, said: “Cambridge is a very peaceful city and the multi-faith is what makes it so special.”
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PLEASE TAKE ACTION: Stand-Up for Religious Rights in the Workplace

Since 2008, Sahaj Singh Khalsa, a Sikh American paramedic from New Mexico, has been discriminated against by his employer because of his religious identity, he has endured disparaging remarks and threats, and even physica assault. SALDEF urges community members to call upon the hospital to accept religious diversity.
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Religious Diversity: When 'Acceptance' Isn't Enough

“Our community can only be safe when we come together and insist not just on tolerance but acceptance.” Words are slippery things, but I think my mother’s “acceptance” and Steinberg’s “tolerance” meant the same thing: the naming of another person as the Other, the NotMe, the One Who Is Different from Me.
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Interfaith Fellowship Day speakers build bridges and embrace diversity

Building bridges and embracing diversity was an easy topic for the speakers at the Interfaith Fellowship Day. ...this was the event’s 56th year. Topics have ranged from women in religion to miracles. This year speakers from the Jewish, Sikh, Islam, Catholic and Church Women United faiths came together to talk about building bridges and embracing diversity.
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Diversity has the capacity to inspire [OP-ED.]

Identities are not fixed in stone. What we imagine our communities to be must also evolve with the tides of history. As we think about pluralism, we should be open to the fact that there may be a variety of “best practices,” a “diversity of diversities,” and a “pluralism of pluralisms.”
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Sikh Coalition's "Diversity Video Competition" winner announced

The purpose of the Diversity Video Competition was to provide the public a space to engage in a dialogue on civil rights issues, stereotypes, and myths surrounding minority groups, including Sikhs. It is through this dialogue that the Coalition hopes to dissolve ignorance and spread awareness of discriminated minorities.
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The Sikh Coalition’s First Annual Diversity Video Competition

All entries must be received by September 15, 2010. No film experience is required to participate, and people of all ages are encouraged to submit.
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