150 virtual events with Valarie Kaur reached thousands of people through teachings, interviews, and keynotes.3,000+ messages of solidarity delivered to families of people killed in acts of hate.40,000 + people mobilized in our ten-day teaching series to activate revolutionary love.William Barber II, Rabbi Sharon Brous thought leaders Baratunde Thurston and Van Jones artists Kerry Washington, America Ferrera, Ani DiFranco, and many more. 75+ visionaries joined our events, including movement leaders Ai-Jen Poo, Sherrilyn Ifill, and adrienne maree brown faith leaders Rev.115+ press hits!We made headlines from CNN to NBC, NPR to the AP, PBS to People Magazine!.150+ organizations partnered and amplified our movement.All used art, music, poetry, storytelling, teaching and memorial to model beloved community. 200+ million people reached through our mobilizations: the People’s Inauguration, the Solidarity Vigil, the Learning Hub, and our 9/11 Anniversary Campaign.Will you join our Beloved Donor Circle? There are 3 days left to make a tax-deductible donation before the end of the year! When you donate before December 31st, we mail you beautiful thank you gifts. global news service of the Jewish people (. Within your will, may there be grace for all of humanity.The numbers are in! I am inspired by all we accomplished together, and ready to take our movement to new heights in the new year! Valarie Kaur, His Brother Was Murdered for Wearing a Turban after 9/11, Public Radio International. “In the name of the Divine within us and around us, we find everlasting optimism. Let us make an oath to fight for the soul of America - “The land that never has been yet- And yet must be” (Langston Hughes) - with Revolutionary Love and relentless optimism. In our tears and agony, we hold our children close and confront the truth: The future is dark. Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh. Valarie Kaur, born into a family of Sikh farmers who settled in California in 1913, is a seasoned civil rights activist, award-winning filmmaker, lawyer, faith. A SIKH PRAYER FOR AMERICA ON NOV 9, 2016. But soon it will be time to push soon it will be time to fight - for those we love - Muslim father, Sikh son, trans daughter, indigenous brother, immigrant sister, white worker, the poor and forgotten, and the ones who cast their vote out of resentment and fear. In Election, Groundswell, Muslims, Revolutionary Love, Sikhs. Remember the wisdom of the midwife: “Breathe,” she says. Valarie Kaur, JD, is a seasoned civil rights activist, award-winning. What if all the mothers who came before us, who survived genocide and occupation, slavery and Jim Crow, racism and xenophobia and Islamophobia, political oppression and sexual assault, are standing behind us now, whispering in our ear: You are brave? What if this is our Great Contraction before we birth a new future? radio audiences as the original host of CBC Radios Quirks & Quarks. ![]() What if our America is not dead but a country still waiting to be born? What if the story of America is one long labor? ![]() ![]() ![]() What if this darkness is not the darkness of the tomb, but the darkness of the womb? Embedded in this compendium of stories, theories, philosophies. See No Stranger, Valarie Kaur’s memoir and manifesto, offers one such thread. In our tears and agony, we hold our children close and confront the truth: The future is dark. There is a history of America that remains insufficiently told, whose telling can help us reconcile the most difficult and tragic flaw in past and current American lifeour fear of the other. Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh Valarie Kaur (born February 14, 1981) is an American activist, documentary filmmaker, lawyer, educator, and faith leader.
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