:::--- 1984 Memorial Week ---:::

[Gurjeet_Kaur]

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Vaheguru ji ka khalsa, Vaheguru ji ki fatheh!

June 2nd to June 8th, 2008 is INTERNATIONAL 1984 MEMORIAL WEEK.

There are special events happening ALL WEEK in BC.

If you feel "enough" is not done in our community to reach out, to make our issues known, to commemorate our history, to celebrate Gurbani - this week will have a range of events covering all of these topics.

PLEASE ATTEND AS MANY EVENTS AS YOU CAN, AND BRING YOUR FAMILY & FRIENDS.

It is *EXTREMELY* important that we come out in large numbers on Saturday, June 7th, to commemorate the 24th anniversary of the June 1984 Massacre of Sikhs in Punjab and the November 1984 Massacre of Sikhs in Delhi.

Still, 24 years after this horrendous attack, the perpetrators roam free and have NEVER BEEN SENTENCED by the faulty and corrupt criminal justice system of India, which claims to be the world's largest democracy but is instead one of the world's largest human rights abusers and has one of the highest rates of child poverty worldwide.

The Sikh youth in BC have been working with local intellectuals, politicians, community leaders, business people, activists, and have invited esteemed guests from out of country for this WEEK-LONG MEMORIAL, including acclaimed author and professor at the University of Notre Dame, Dr. Cynthia Mahmood; Director of the Sikh Research Institute, Harinder Singh; Advocate for 1984 Victims in India, Harvinder Singh Phoolka; Program Associate at Ensaaf, Jasmine Marwaha; Professor of Sociology at Langara College, Indira Prahst; Communications & Gender Development student Kamal Arora; and many others.

LET'S JOIN HANDS TOGETHER TO GIVE A VOICE TO THE VICTIMS OF INDIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.

Let's stand up for justice for victims of oppression everywhere.

Let's gather as a whole community to recognize the sacrifices of human rights defenders around the world.

PLEASE JOIN US FOR THESE EVENTS THIS WEEK:

* 1984 OPEN COMMUNITY FORUM / DISCUSSION With Dr. Mahmood & H.S. Phoolka

Tuesday, June 3 at 6:00pm at SFU Surrey Campus

www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=14830067431

* 1984 REMEMBRANCE KEERTAN DARBAR

Wednesday, June 4 at 6:00pm at Gurdwara Sahib Sukh Sagar

www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=13806259319

* SIKH WOMEN IN 1984 - Discussion / Q&A with Dr. Cynthia Mahmood

Thursday, June 5 at 6:00pm at Guru Nanak Academy

www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=23153317246

* HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDIA - FORUM (Tickets By Invitation Only)

Friday, June 6 at 6:00pm at Kwantlen University College

www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=15273083443

* CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL MEMORIAL :: Lest We Forget :: 1984

Saturday, June 7 at 6:00pm at Vancouver Art Gallery

www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=15197493201

Vaheguru ji ka khalsa, Vaheguru ji ki fatheh!

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Photo: Pardeep Singh (syngspeed)

IF YOU ARE READING THIS AND YOU'RE IN WASHINGTON OR ANYWHERE IN BC - PLEASE DEFINITELY ATTEND THE EVENTS. IF YOU ARE IN OREGON, CALIFORNIA, ALBERTA - PLEASE ATTEND IF YOU CAN OR HOST SIMILAR EVENTS IN YOUR COMMUNITY. ALL LOWER MAINLAND SANGAT - THERE WILL BE BUSSES TO THE VIGIL ON JUNE 7th FROM LOCAL GURDWARAS.