4th Delaware Interfaith Peace Walk
UPDATE: The 4th annual Walk DE Talk has been POSTPONED due to COVID-19. The future date will be decided once we have clear visibility into the future in consulation with Interfaith community and others.
Sikh Awareness Month 2019
Delaware Governor John Carney has signed an executive proclamation naming April 2019 as the ‘Delaware Sikh Awareness and Appreciation Month’; in recognition of the contribution of the small but influential Sikh community in the economic and social milieu of the state. This is the third straight year Delaware is observing the Sikh awareness month.
They are all fingers. But different. In look, size, ability, strength, and position. But the hand they belong to is One. Since they know it, they live and work together: Harmoniously. Peacefully. Lovingly!
We all are those fingers. April 6th, let us come together to become the Hand!
Sikh Awareness Month 2018
On March 27, 2018 HCR 67 proclaimed April 2018, “Sikh Awareness and Appreciation Month” in Delaware. Our big thanks to our dear friends Representative Paul Baumbach who first introduced the resolution in the House and Senator Bryan Townsend who later introduced it in the Senate. It was unanimously passed in both the chambers.
In 2018 Vaisakhi, the grand day for Sikhs worldwide, is on Saturday, April 14. Like fragrance and flower are inseparable, good and great things also hold hands. April 14 is also “National Reach as High as You Can Day”.
To celebrate them both, a lot of “snowflakes” will converge at Old College entrance on Main Street at 10 AM. Each participant will be given material to make a snowflake. Those who want to know how Sikhs wrap their turbans will have an opportunity to watch that. Also, you will have choice to wear one for a few minutes if you like. After that we will start walking nice and slow and our walk will end in the Newark United Church of Christ. There, together, we will make a snowman using the same material we had used for making snowflakes.
Sikh Awareness Month 2017
Delaware state proclaimed April 2017 as “Sikh Awareness and Appreciation Month” in a joint resolution. Both the chambers passed SCR-3 unanimously. First the Senate and then the House.
It became necessary to educate our fellow citizens that 99% of those you see with turbans are Sikhs, the followers of Sikhism, an independent, monotheistic faith. It is not a branch or blend of any other religion or religions. A path toward universal upliftment.
The highlight of the event, “Sikh Awareness and Appreciation Month,” April 2017, proclamation by both chambers of Delaware legislature yesterday was when Jasmine Kaur Minhas got a standing ovation from Delaware’s Senate.
Major Minhas and Charanjeet Singh Minhas are holding the proclamation signed by New Castle county executive, Matt Meyer, for April 2017 to be “Sikh Awareness and Appreciation Month” in the county. Matt is on the left of Major and Charanjeet.
Delaware’s Governor John Carney and state representative Paul Baumbach in meeting with Delaware Sikh Awareness Coalition in Dover.
Governor Carney is learning and appreciating the contribution the Sikh community and members of the coalition are making in the state’s progress. Seen in the picture are (clockwise): Gov. Carney, his two members of staff, Major Minhas, N eeraj Sharma, Brinder Singh Shergill, Charanjeet Singh Minhas, Anjali Gupta, Jasmine Kaur Minhas, Sunmeet Singh Sethi, state Representative Deborah Hudson, Harmeet Kaur Sethi, Lalit Jha, Vipin Kapoor, Harvinder Riar, Charanjit Singh, Riar Jr, state Representative Paul Baumbach.
Jasmine Kaur Minhas, standing in the middle, is happily showing the resolution. She is flanked by Governor John Carney and Representative Deborah Hudson. On the right end of the picture is also Representative Paul Baumbach, resolution’s sponsor in the House.
Charanjeet Singh Minhas proudly displaying the passed concurrent resolution. Present are(L-R): Row1 Kirit Singh Minhas, Harpreet Kaur Minhas, Harjit Kaur Minhas, Harmeet Kaur Sethi, Vipin Kapoor, Charanjit Singh, Suresh Choudhary; Row 2 Neeraj Sharma, state Senator Bryan Townsend (resolution architect), Harvinder Riar, Ajay Raman; Row 3 Riar Jr., Charanjeet Singh Minhas, state Representative Paul Baumbach, Sunmeet Singh Sethi; Row 4 Major Minhas, Surinderpal Sharma, Brinder Singh Shergill
Unity in Diversity: Different people, different colors, come together to make United States of Diversity.
The three of them make our Flag… We ALL together make the nation.
Harpreet Kaur Minhas during an interaction with New Castle county TV Channel in April 2017
Jasmine Kaur Minhas and Charanjeet Singh Minhas during an interview with WHYY TV.
April 15, 2017. Walking for peace. Together. Age, color, gender, race or religion can’t divide peace lovers.
God bless those who not only came to participate but came prepared with beautiful messages to make the Peace Walk even more effective and meaningful.
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MEDIA COVERAGE’S –
This event was covered online by the www.tribuneindia.com on March 17, 2017.
NPRadio coverage of the SAM – www.delawarepublic.org
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