United Sikhs Watch Live 3rd Sikh Civil Rights Conference

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Watch the conference live here.

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 RasodeSurrey 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
Email for the conference:

• law-usa@unitedsikhs.org This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
• ilana.ofgang@unitedsikhs.org This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
• susan.kaur@unitedsikhs.org

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