Wednesday, March 7, 5:30- 8:30 pm
Community Visit: Gurdwara Sahib El Sobrante
Led by Jaideep Singh, Visiting Scholar-in-Residence for the PANA Institute's Civil Liberty and Faith Project, and instructor of PSR course RSHR-1070: "Presumed Guilty: Race, Religion, and the Post-9/11 Racialized State"
PANA organized a community visit to the gurdwara (Sikh house of worship) in El Sobrante, one of the oldest and most beautiful in the state. One of the founders of the gurdwara will gave us a tour and describe the struggles the local Sikh American community encountered in the early days, as well as more contemporary social issues facing the community. Other speakers addressed the role of women in Sikh communities and the sacred text of the Sikhs, and the rash of murders of Sikh American cab drivers in the Bay Area since September 11, 2001. We participated in the Sikh prayer service and vegetarian meal.
Apex Express producer Gina Hotta came along too...
Apex Express April 12 show archive on KPFA radio. "Hear about a Samoan Warrior, Clement Brown Kelemeke currently held in the "Adjustment Center" at San Quentin State Prison. Apex's Wayie talks with his wife Berta about why this Samoan Warrior, who helped unify Samoans, Tongans and Polynesians is held without due process. Also Racial profiling, religion: hear how these come together on tour of a special Sikh community gathering place. We also talk about the shooting of taxi drivers and the targeting of this South Asian community in the Richmond area."
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