Today's issues — global warming, ocean pollution, carbon-based energy systems — are more abstruse and remote. And environmentalists' opponents are far better organized than in the past.
Nanaki, 4, often munched on goldfish crackers as she sat with her parents in meeting after meeting with Loudon County public schools officials. She and her brother, Divjot, 9, were real examples of Sikh kids that helped educators visualize the need for teaching Sikh culture to mainstream students.
Baltej Singh Dhillon changed the face of Canada's iconic Royal Canadian Mounted Police ("RCMP") forever when he became its first-ever turbaned Mountie in 1990.
A commercial designer by profession, a theatre person for the past 25 years with four movies under his belt, Hardeep Singh is fueled by his passion to restore Sikh history to the place it deserves.
Manbeena Kaur, Satjeet Kaur, and Amardeep Singh thoughtfully designed this two and a half day curriculum dedicated to training local NY/NJ Sikhs to effectively deliver presentations on Sikhi in schools and community groups.
But if our purpose was to educate the greater community on who Sikhs are, then what exactly were we doing to accomplish that? Sure, many people were taking pictures of us, but was it because of the spectacle we created?..
It's a shame that these recent events seem to have eclipsed all the good work the Sikh community has been doing.. such as raising hundreds of thousands for the relief work in Haiti or contributions to local hospitals in Surrey and Brampton.
An interesting video about concepts from Anand Sahib like 'Nadar' and "Dib Drisht' which are related to Divine Sight - seeing the Divine in all things, and the ability that others will see divinity in you.
"It's giving kids a way to figure out what they think, support their own views, and reason with one another," he says. "So I can't imagine this isn't helping them on standardized tests."
Gathered around are many of those who worked so hard to see the repeal become law. The original KKK backed clothing law was created in the early 1920's in a very racist Oregon.