Browsing Tag: Oak Creek

“I wanted to get off of that parade of pain,” he said. “I said, ‘I don’t want to come to these vigils anymore,’ -- it was killing me --

FOX 6 reported this month that the final FBI report hasn't been released, and families are looking for more about what happened inside the temple when a gunman opened fire the morning of Aug. 5.

“The final report on the Sikh Temple shooting that occurred in August of 2012 hasn’t yet been released, and now, eyes are turned to the FBI for more extensive information on that other horrible Sunday”

Caring so deeply about the Sikh community and backlash we and other... individuals and families experienced after 9/11 propelled me towards a career path where I could advocate and speak on behalf of not only the Sikh community but other minorities in this nation that have been the targets of bias and discrimination.

In the honor and memory of those people who lost their lives at the Oak Creek Wisconsin Gurdwara (Sikh temple) shooting in the summer of 2012. Snatam Kaur, along with the Sikh community of the New Jersey Bridgewater Gurdwara, gives us an inside view of the beautiful Sikh way of life.

Murdered Satwant Singh was posthumously honored at Golden Temple. He was shot dead on 5 Aug 2012 during a mass shooting at Oak Creek Sikh shrine in Wisconsin, USA. Singh was one of the founding members of the shrine.

Indeed, when Sikhs reflect upon their history which includes significant persecution, it is often with a spirit of rejuvenation and inspiration. This is the Sikh ethos of chardi kala — a mindset of optimism — that we often invoke...

On December 16, 2012, in response to the tragic events and suffering at Newtown, CT, WSC-AR coordinated with Sikh Americans from ten Sikh Gurdwaras (of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey), to attend the candlelight vigil and interfaith prayer service held at Newtown High School.

Sikhs here acknowledge differences between the Oak Creek attacks and the Connecticut massacre, but also the complete similarity in the pain of loss.

First Lady Mitchelle Obama offered consoling words and gave hugs to all the family members of the Sikh victims of the Oak Creek Gurdwara shooting in Wisconsin in August.

"There was sadness. There was grief. There was peace. People came and went, prayed, chatted, hugged and cried. I prayed, observed and participated as best as I could, ever mindful of an undeniable feeling of graciousness and love that permeated every inch of the Sikh Temple," says Weiss.

Sikh community members, city leaders and others gathered at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek Wednesday evening, November 21st for the very first “Heritage Day” event. The goal of the event was: “Uniting communities and cultures by breaking barriers.”

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.

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday greeted the Sikh community on the birth anniversary of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev ji...

“we never talked to them about this kind of situation but I think God gave them wisdom.”

Storytelling plus advocacy equals social change. According to Valarie Kaur, this is an equation that will reshape the world.

When bullets, blood and terror came to the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on that Sunday morning, Aug. 5, Oak Creek Police Lt. Brian Murphy would not give in. In the middle of a gun battle that raged for about two minutes, he found himself wedged beneath a car as the gunman reloaded. And he thought to himself: "I'm not going out like this. I'm not going out in a parking lot."

"It will get better, but it will be bad for awhile."

I kept thinking of all these emotions the whole hour long bus ride to work, mostly I was thinking how to thank the bus driver for the compassion he showed me, and how much it meant to me as a Sikh American. When we reached the final stop I waited to be the last person to get off. I stopped before getting out of the bus and told the bus driver:

Obama responded by saying, "It was needed and more to come and you can be assured of that."

“When we think of how we might prevent the tragedy that occurred at the Sikh gurudwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, we must look to the harassment endured by Sikh-American children in schools,” said Assistant Attorney General, Thomas E Perez, at a bullying prevention conference in California.

Dressed in a white flowing robe and donning the traditional Sikh turban and long beard, Bhai Resham Singh, the leader of a Sikh gurdwara in the Boston area, stands before some 1,500 Christians, Jews, Muslims, Sikhs and even atheists. “(We) ask for mercy on the soul of Wade Michael Page, the perpetrator of the massacre,” he says.

National Sikh community leaders and a member of the Oak Creek Sikh temple are preparing for a U.S. Senate hearing Wednesday on violent extremism, held in response to the Aug. 5 shootings at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin.

Since the tragedy at the gurudwara, or Sikh temple, in Oak Creek, local friends have been asking me questions about Sikhism and want me to summarize its teachings.

The dashcam video released Monday of the Sikh temple massacre is disturbing. But for the families of the victims, it's also more information about what happened to their loved ones -- something they say is what they need the most.

It’s a faith community that has opened it doors wider rather than adding locks in the aftermath of an August mass-shooting at a Wisconsin temple that’s been labeled a hate crime.

But Virdi, ... told students at John Deere Middle School in Moline during a MWAH! Performing Arts Troupe presentation that he knows what fuels such bullying: ignorance and hate. That also is what he blames for the mass shooting recently at a Sikh temple near Milwaukee.

Whatever the roots of Mr. Page’s hatred, it is wrong to assume that every attack against a Sikh is really meant for a Muslim. That assumption overlooks the long history of discrimination and hatred directed at Sikhs in America

Most importantly, these films about the Sikh American experience catalyzed remarkable moments of solidarity.

The legacy of anti-Sikh violence and its contemporary prevalence make it painfully obvious that anti-Sikh violence is often purposeful and targeted.