Browsing Tag: Diversity

t is heartening to see local governments be involved in addressing hate within their community by fostering more awareness and appreciation among its residents.

I realized that schools are the first institutions that must become a model of pluralism, in order for pluralism to seep out into the rest of society.

The purpose of the Diversity Video Competition is to promote understanding and encourage dialogue on civil rights issues, stereotypes, and myths surrounding minority groups (with a particular anchor in the Sikh experience).

Are you interested in filmmaking? Are you tired of being looked at suspiciously because you are Sikh? Enter the Sikh Coalition’s Diversity Video Competition to make a difference, and have your voice heard.

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.

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.

The Sikh Coalition strives to combat ignorance, and encourage all to embrace their diversity through this artistic dialogue between submitters and the viewing public.

“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.”

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.

“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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.

We have become not a melting pot, with all the ingredients blended together, but a beautiful mosaic – each tile uniquely beautiful whilst also merging into the big picture which has a beauty all its own. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.

To promote mutual understanding, trust and respect, a cultural event “Diversity in Indian Culture” was held at the Troy facility of Goodrich Aircraft Wheels & Brakes.

“We (Punjabis) are more than half a million among 33 million Canadians. To have nine Punjabi-origin MPs in the 308-member parliament is our big achievement"

Psychology company wins workplace diversity award.