Our Ardaas is with the families in Indianapolis. Family members of Fed-Ex facility employees sharing a man who recently moved from Punjab was murdered, two Punjabi bibiyan have also been murdered. More details emerging but answered needed from authorities.
#Indianapolis
Thank you 90+ orgs from across California - Gurdwaras to Sikh Women’s groups, sports clubs to youth organizations coming together in 1 voice & 1 platform at this historic event on Feb 6, 2021 in Fresno. We came together in love, unity & support of the Kisaan Mazdoor Ekta Morcha
Sandeep Singh
@PunYaab
is an independent journalist. Originally from Machhiwara in Punjab, he has a commitment to truth and fact-finding. He has been reporting from the Singhu and Tikri borders in Delhi. Join us Sunday evening PST for a conversation
From the youngest of the Panth to the elders of the Panth, the spirit of the Guru and the Sangarsh is alive and well in the West.
Yesterday, the California Sangat made history. The largest protest by Sikh Punjabis in the States took place yesterday in the Bay Area.
CA Sikhs - is there a desire to build together 1000 car caravan starting from LA (stopping in Bakersfield, Fresno, Livingston, Ceres, and Manteca)& another group starting from Live Oak/Yuba City (stopping in Sac and Stockton) ending at SF consulate solidarity with kisaan morcha?
With the kirpa of ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ, the Jakara Movement is launching a project we’ve long dreamt of - ਆਸ । Aas, a Punjabi support group for both those battling alcohol addiction & their loved ones, inspired by Alcoholics Anonymous & lead by trained professionals.
Bakersfield, Fresno, 209, Sacramento Sangat, join in remembrance of the lives lost in Indianapolis. Candlelight Vigils and Ardaasan this Sunday across California.
We’ve been contacted by an organization to create a database of Punjabi speaking attorneys willing to provide pro Bono legal support to Punjabi children separated at the border and/or entering the US alone. Please email manpreet
@jakara
.org with serious inquiries. 🙏🏽
Incredible mural by
@Super_628_
in Fresno, California memorializing Late
#ManjeetSingh
, a nishkaam Sevadaar leaving a legacy through his ultimate sacrifice. 🙏🏽
Due to language inequity + limited tech access, COVID-19 vaccines are close to impossible to access for the Punjabi community unless there is a vigilant, tech-savvy member in a household.
If you’d like to volunteer for a vaccine hotline for Punjabi elders, please reply here⬇️
#FreeJaggiNow
Jagtar (Jaggi) Singh Johal was shopping in Jalandhar, Punjab, w his newly-wed wife last week when a group of men grabbed him, threw a sack over his head & bundled him into a van. His family were later informed they were Punjab policemen.
What if it happened to you?
Congratulations to our very own Simranjit Singh
@Kermanwaala
for being named to the Community Advisory Board to the UC Merced Agricultural and Farmworker Health Study. This will be the most complete study on farm workers in over 20 years.
Cultural Marxism in 4 easy steps:
1. Divide the population into identity groups
2. Say that only ‘one population’ has enjoyed freedom
3. Call Canadians racist
4. Hate everyone and be miserable
🌈PRIDE series continues! Please join us THIS WEDNESDAY, June 23rd @ 4:30pm PST as we will be joined by Manveena Kaur, Prabhdeep Singh Kehal, Armaan Singh, Kameron Smalls & Sundeep Morrison!
RSVP at
We are appalled at conditions of ICE facility in
#Victorville
California. Large # of Sikh asylum seekers are being held in horrific conditions. They have been subject to scabies and chicken pox outbreaks, yet Bureau of Prisons & ICE won't even give them a change of prison clothes
Few artists as real as Tech. Not because he speaks on Sikh issues but because he speaks on people’s struggles across the globe. No strings on him!
#VivaLaRevolucion
@ImmortalTech
I have a lot of supporters from Asia. The question is clear. What’s next India? Lists of people who support the farmers? Like Operation Blue Star. Disappearances? How far are you willing to go to silence them? Do right by these workers. They feed your people...
#FarmersProtest
Texans are suffering the consequences of deregulation; this is what the
#FarmersProtest
in India are also fighting against - deregulation of agricultural safeguards; this is what gig workers against Prop 22 in CA are fighting against
Neoliberalism must be fought together
When the
#Sikh
youth becomes aware of their own voices & power - the meaning of ਰੋਸ - & imbibe the tradition of protest of their grandparents - then we are building community. 200 together raised a voice for those the system tries to muzzle.
#FreeJaggiNow
#Fresno
#Nishaan2018
Missing in all conversations in Canada around 'extremism' is any discussion of Hindutva fascism that has used Indian state violence against Sikhs, Christians, Muslims, women, and Dalits.
When we omit this conversation we commit violence against history & ignore murders today.
Thank you to the entire
#Fresno
Sangat that came out and showed up to celebrate, appreciate, mourn, and remember the life of Manjeet Singh that gave the ultimate qurbaani to save the life of 3 children
Thank you to our California Kisaan Majdoor Ekta Rally organizers and attendees for showing support to our families back home.
This is only the beginning of being an engaged and informed Sangat locally and globally.
Take the next step and stay involved:
The California State Legislature has declared the 1984 anti-Sikh violence in India a
#genocide
! As the first Sikh elected to the Legislature in history, we are finally speaking truth to power. Now it is time for Congress to do the same.
#AJR2
When the next historian following Rattan Singh’s model of Gur Panth Prakash writes the modern chapter of the Qaum, following Ala Singh of Patiala, there will be few as ignoble, disgraceful, and shameful as Sukhbir Badal and those that align themselves with the Akalis of Badal
Arrest Made in Homicide of Parmjit Singh:
Last night, detectives from the Tracy Police Department presented evidence to a Judge of the San Joaquin County Superior Court, seeking an arrest warrant for Anthony Kreiter-Rhoads, 21 years old, of Tracy for the homicide of Parmjit Singh
Silence and complicity around the rights and survival of the people of Gaza emboldens Hindutva forces to attempt the same tactics against Sikhs and others. Our fights and futures are linked.
From Naindeep Singh
#VaisakhiWeek
#SikhInfluence
From Rattan Singh Bhangu, we learn that the Khalsa is either ruler or rebel. However, critical are the institution-builders. Teja Singh (village Ballovah) was one of the most prolific institution-builders in the Sikh community.
Thousands of Sikhs activists held a COVID-19-conscious car rally on the Bay Bridge, in solidarity with farmers in India, who are protesting new agricultural measures that favor large corporations and in many cases are stealing land, said one protester.
#sfprotest
ਕਲਿ ਕਾਤੀ ਰਾਜੇ ਕਾਸਾਈ ਧਰਮੁ ਪੰਖ ਕਰਿ ਉਡਰਿਆ
ਕੂੜੁ ਅਮਾਵਸ ਸਚੁ ਚੰਦ੍ਰਮਾ ਦੀਸੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਕਹ ਚੜਿਆ
Kalyug is a knife; rulers are butchers; righteousness flown away
In darkness of falseness, the 🌙 mother of Truth can’t be seen
-Guru Nanak
We must be🕯
#FreeNodeepKaur
#FreeDeepSidhu
#FreePunjab
TONIGHT!
Movies That Matter
5:45 PM Pacific Time.
The Last Killing, documentary by
@ensaaf
on police whistleblower Satwant Singh Manak’s fight for justice. After the film, we have a discussion with Bachittar Singh, Program Director with Ensaaf.
We’ve seen the all-men panels & while they have important things to say, we have been asking where are the powerful women voices that we’ve been sharing on social media; their analysis has been left out. Join the seen & unseen faces of the movement!
RSVP:
ਬੈਠੇ ਛੇਵੇਂ ਪਾਤਸ਼ਾ ਗੱਦੀ ਦੇ ਉੱਤੇ
ਭਾਗ ਸਮਝ ਲੋ ਜਾਗ ਪਏ ਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਸੁੱਤੇ
Commemorating ਬੰਦੀ ਛੋੜ ਦਿਵਸ reverberating in the ਹੌਸਲਾ, ਅਣਖ, ਅਰਦਾਸ, and ਉਪਰਾਲਾ of Sikh ਇਤਿਹਾਸਿਕ ਸੰਗਰਸ਼, which changed the course of nations, for oppressions are inseparable.
Huge thank you to the humble and ever-talented
@jazzyb
for spending the evening with our Sikh youth in Fresno, CA - from Maa Hundi aa Maa renditions to sharing your value for your roots, thank you for inspiring the next generation of leaders!
"Border deaths are presented as passive occurrences, as if people just happen to die, as if there’s something inherently dangerous about being on the move, which we know is not the case.
People are being killed by policies that are intended to kill."
Our very own youth
@navabikaur
and her father
@jantybrar
share why the farmers protests happening in india are in fact a global movement worth protesting across oceans connecting our families, Sikhi, and ਪੰਜਾਬ
#KisaanMajdoorEktaZindabad
india, the world is watching.
So proud to be a partner and pilot the nation’s first
#Punjabi
after school program for elementary school students at Storey in SE Fresno. Check out IG: StoreyPunjabi to cheer up your day!
Fresno elementary students can now learn Arabic, Punjabi, Spanish, French or Mixteco, thanks to a new after-school program by the school district.
Full story:
Seeking punjabi speakers willing to translate for Punjabi detainees near
#Victorville
, CA - attempted to contact Gurdwara in
#Hesperia
without luck. If you can help any day next week or have contacts in the area, please message us!
We fight for health equity so our elders can be around to share knowledge with our next generations, like Mantaaj Singh with his GREAT-grandfather who received his vaccine today!
Very excited to share! Due to community efforts and Jakara Movement staff members
@KamalKaurG
@rimmykayy
who advocated for our maaboli in Congress,
#Punjabi
is now being reported by the
@uscensusbureau
as an independent language
Join us TONIGHT at UCLA we cohost this critical conversation about the Sangh and RSS’ reach and goals here in the United States. Learn more tonight!
@FriedrichPieter
Local and global coverage is crucial in this moment. Use the power of the ✍🏽.
Write an Op-Ed, Blog post, etc and vocalize.
The world is watching you, india.
A sea of white
#Nishaan2018
#ਿਨਸ਼ਾਨ shirts & plenty of smiles as our annual high school conference comes to an end. Over 4 days, we learned about Sikh history, engaged in trad of our ancestors, & tied their struggles to the present. Together, we are the Movement.
After months of brutal treatment by ICE, it took traveling all over California for months to finally find their son. He was in a mental hospital in Sacramento. Now this man and his wife are just trying to survive.
Follow our latest initiative as we connect, amplify and provide workers rights information for community members in food processing and ag work in Punjabi and Spanish! We will be especially focused on meat and poultry plant workers.
The Jakara Labor Rights Initiative project has been created to empower, educate and organize Punjabi and Latinx industry workers towards labor equity and community power.
Follow us on ig & fb @ jakaralaborrights
#jakaralaborrights
#laborrights
#workersrights
#covid19