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Friday, December 17, 2010
Time: 5:00pm to 10:00pm
Location: Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, 7050 120th St, Surrey, British Columbia
Topic: The Role of Women in Protecting the Sikh Identity
Movie: Harvest of Grief
Speakers:
- Becky Monroe Acting Director, U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations Service
- Jessi Kaur, Author & Board Member of Kaur Foundation
- Kiranjot Kaur Senior Shironmani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee Member
- Barinder Kaur Rasode Surrey City Councillor
- Harminder Kaur, Global Sikh News columnist
- Rapinder Kaur Educator/Activist
- Kamal Dhillon, Author/ Activist
- Harminder Kaur Punia, Coordinator of Voice for Freedom
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Time: 10:00am to 6:00pm
Location: The Grand Taj Banquet Hall, Unit#6, 8388 128th St, Surrey, BC
Topics:
- Bully Prevention
- Minority rights under international law
- Religious Discrimination/Accommodation
- Grassroots Mobilization: An Inter Faith Perspective
- Sikhs in non-traditional fields: breaking barriers
Speakers:
- Sukh Dhaliwal, Member of Parliament Newton-North Delta
- Dan Mach National Director of Religion and Freedom American Civil Liberties Union
- Karen Narasaki, President & Executive Director of the Asian American Justice Center
- Sukhsimranjit Singh, Professor & Associate Director for the Center for Dispute Resolution at Willamette University College of Law
- Palbinder Kaur Shergill, Lawyer and Mediator, Shergill & Company
- Ginger McCall Assistant Director of Electronic Privacy Information Centre’s Open Government Project
- Jessi Kaur, Author & Board Member of Kaur Foundation
- Tejal Kaur, Psychiatrist/MD
- Gurbax Singh Malhi, Member of Parliament for Bramalea-Gore-Malton
- Mark Persaud, Lawyer & Former Head of Liberals’ Multiculturalism Committee
- Vicky Dhillon, Brampton City Councillor Wards 9 & 10
- Harpreet Singh Sandhu, UNITED SIKHS advisor
- Ravjeet Singh, UNITED SIKHS UK Director
- Jaswinder Kaur UNITED SIKHS-Kenya director, Commissioner of National Council of Children Services
- Becky Monroe Acting Director, U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations Service
- Micheal Vonn, Policy Director, British Columbia Civil Liberties Association
- Harminder Kaur Punia, Coordinator of Voice for Freedom
- Loveleen Kaur, CEO & UNITED SIKHS Volunteer
- Harpreet Singh Mokha, Regional Director, U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations Service.
- Jasdeep Kaur, High School Counselor, San Francisco, California.
Time: 6:00pm to 8:00pm: dinner
Time: 8:00pm to 10:00om: Sangharsh (Revolution): rapping for human rights
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Time: 10am to 1:00pm
Location: Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, 7050 120th St, Surrey, British Columbia
Topic: Challenges and Solutions throughout Sikh History and problem solving methods from the interfaith community
Speakers:
- Jarnail Singh, Journalist
- Dr. Darshan Singh, Professor Emeritus & former Head of Guru Nanak Chair of Sikh Studies, Punjab University
- Hardayal Singh, UNITED SIKHS Director
- Romy Ritter, Regional Director of Canada Jewish Congress – Pacific Region
- Gurbax Singh Malhi, Member of Parliament for Bramalea-Gore-Malton
- Jaswinder Kaur UNITED SIKHS-Kenya director, Commissioner of National Council of Children Services
- Harminder Kaur, Global Sikh News columnist
- Harpreet Singh Mokha, Regional Director of Department of Justice Community Relations Service (DOJ/CRS)
- Bikramjit Singh, President of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara
- Loveleen Kaur, CEO & UNITED SIKHS Volunteer
- Ranbir Singh, UNITED SIKHS Canada Director
- Kuldip Singh, President of UNITED SIKHS
- Herdyal Singh, UNITED SIKHS Representative, Pakistan
- Sukhsimranjit Singh, Professor & Associate Director for the Center for Dispute Resolution at Willamette University College of Law
- Jessi Kaur, Author & Board Member of Kaur Foundation
Host Chapter: UNITED SIKHS Canada
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