She has struggled with her identity as a Sikh woman – as most of us Kaurs have at some point in our lives.
"The only way to get rid of ignorance is by education," Kang told ABC10. "You can only get rid of darkness by light. Enlightenment. To me, enlightenment is knowledge. Not just about Sikhs, but about any new ideas. And you have to share the education and make people aware and educate them and enlighten them and get rid of this darkness in their minds."
SikhsPAC hosted the "National Sikh Day" inaugural celebrations
As the climate of uncertainty and dread overcast the US post-911 attacks, brothers Tanmit Singh and Sunmit Singh decided to defend Punjabi values & Sikh identity
Noting that Sikhs can trace their ancestry in the US back to at least 100 years when many came to California to work on the railroads, it said that then also like now, Sikhs faced bias, racism and xenophobia.
Sikh Americans are thousands of times more likely to be the victim of a hate crime than an average American, a community group says.
In the eyes of Manpreet Kaur, a Sikh student at California State University-Fresno, "People could think we're being too forward and just making propaganda, but whatever they think, they'll definitely learn more about us."
Abe Kwok: 'We are Sikhs' would be even more celebratory if not for the intolerance and violence that made it necessary.
A community of believers gathered at Anandpur Sahib on Vaisakhin to listen faithfully to their Guru’s Wisdom