Community Organizing 101 for Sikhs

September 12, 2009, 11:00 am – September 12, 2009, 12:30 pm
Liv Sikhi Webinar

Event Details

Presenter: Sonny Singh
 
Session Date: 12 Sept 2009
Session Time: 11:00 am -12:30 pm CST
Session Fee: $10 ($5 students)
 
Session Details:

This presentation will focus on the basics of community organizing and how we as Sikhs can organize for justice for our community and in society at large.  Taking inspiration from our Guru’s vision of equality and freedom, we will delve into how we can all be Sikh community organizers. 


Presenter Information:
Sonny Singh is a Community Organizer at the Sikh Coalition in New York City.  Sonny has been involved in movements for social and economic justice since he was in high school.  Since moving to NYC in 2003, he has worked in the labor movement for the union UNITE HERE and was most recently a Community Organizer at the Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP).  Sonny received his M.Ed. in Social Justice Education from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2003, where he studied and practiced the art of popular education, using education as a tool for social justice and liberation.  Sonny is also a trumpet player, dholi, and vocalist, and can be seen performing regularly in the NYC

 

 
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