Valarie Kaur is a renowned civil rights leader, lawyer, award-winning filmmaker, educator, innovator, and best-selling author of See No Stranger. She has won national acclaim for her work in social justice on issues ranging from hate crimes to digital freedom. Born and raised as a Sikh in California, she emerged on the national scene 20 years ago with her film Divided We Fall, chronicling the experiences of Sikh Americans after 9/11. Her activism focuses on hate crimes, racism and profiling, gun violence, immigration, solitary confinement, LGBTQI+ equality, and Internet freedom. She is the founder of Groundswell Movement, America’s largest multifaith online organizing community. She now leads the Revolutionary Love Project to build just anti-racist communities anchored in the ethic of love.
Join the Butler University Center for Faith and Vocation along with our several collaborators on this event, including the Center for Interfaith Cooperation, Grace Unlimited, NEH/Frederic M. Ayres Fund, Sikh Satsang of Indianapolis, Butler Philosophy and Religion Department, the Butler DEI Innovation Fund, and the Diversity Program Council.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information about the series and virtual attendance, visit butlerartscenter.org
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