News: Sikh Families Participate in the Annual White House Easter Egg Roll

The Sikh Coalition was honored to provide 25 tickets from the White House to Sikh children, their parents and their grandparents, who journeyed to our nation's capital from places around the country, including California, Florida, New York, New Jersey, and the DC area, to represent the community.

News: Sikh Youth Running in the Scotiabank Marathon

Vikram Johal and Raminder Dhaliwal will be completing the Centaur Subaru Half Marathon which is a whopping 21.1 km race. They are calling on the Sikh community to not only come out and support them while taking part in fun activities at Murdoch Park but to also sponsor them for this event as they have both decided to run for a cause.

News: BC’s Sikh and Non-Sikh Communities Explore Spirit of Vaisakhi

SikhRI’s BC coordinator Kirpa Kaur said that she felt the way the events were carried off was monumental for the local community. “These events felt like they were a long time coming, and we are so happy to have created the programming to educate not only non-Sikhs, but Sikhs as well, on the significance of Vaisakhi,”..

News: Mesa man pushes to keep brother's name on Sept. 11 memorial

Valley Sikh Guru Roop Kaur Khalsa said the goodwill from the community after the attack was a "very loving response" and it hurts that the message has been forgotten by some. "It's a monument," she said. "It's a warning, a beacon of what happened in the past" to prevent it from happening again in the future.

News: Vaisakhi celebration in Surrey draws record-breaking 150,000 people ~ PHOTOS

The parade, which has been running for the past 11 years in Surrey, commemorates one of the most important religious events on the Sikh calendar. More than 2,500 volunteers representing dozens...and hundreds of community organizations and businesses handed out free food and drink along the parade, an important tradition of the event.

News: Guru's Kirtan, Guru's Way at the the Eastern Region Hemkunt Kirtan Darbar

It is a supplication by the Kirtania in front of the Guru to sing from Gurbani what he/she is trying to comprehend and feel, and at the same time share that Divine experience with the Sadh Sangat. Until such time that we truly embrace the purpose of musicology...and restore the position of the divine instruments bestowed by our Gurus over their countless sacrifices, our attempts will only bear little fruit in this regard.

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