Musical contribution by Jasvir Rababan MBE at 52:30

One week after the mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, thousands gathered at a multiracial interfaith vigil to grieve and stand in solidarity with the Sikh community. Four of the eight victims were Sikhs, and eye witnesses reported that the gunman specifically targeted the Sikh employees. For Sikhs across America, this massacre touched the open wound of decades-long racial trauma. In the wake of the verdict over George Floyd’s murder, we gathered to recommit to ending anti-Black racism and racial violence in all forms. Watch and listen as faith leaders, artists, activists, and Sikh community members honored the dead and grieved with the living with story, music, prayer, and song — in the Sikh spirit of Chardi Kala, ever-rising spirits even in darkness. SolidarityVigil.com #StopAsianHate #StandWithSikhs #EndRacialViolence

The event was co-sponsored by The Revolutionary Love Project and Faith in Action in partnership with more than 140 organizations including The Sikh Coalition, National Sikh Campaign, SALDEF, South Asians for America, United Sikhs, Tsuru for Solidarity, Harness, IKAR.

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VIDEO CREDITS

Musical performances by:

Sikh Kirtan by Jasvir Kaur Rababan MBE, Sikh singer, musician and educator, Raj Academy

Tabla performance by Mohkm Singh, Sikh youth musician

“Somebody’s Beloved” by MILCK, singer and songwriter

“Chardi Kala” by Sonny Singh, musician and activist

Poem by Brynn Saito, Japanese American and Korean American poet

Speakers include:

Simran Jeet Singh, scholar and activist, Pardeep Singh Kaleka, son of Satwant Singh Kaleka (killed in mass shooting in Oak Creek, WI), Rev. Michael-Ray Mathews, Faith in Action, Ai-jen Poo, Domestic Workers Alliance, Mike Ishii, Japanese American advocate, Tsuru for Solidarity, Rev. Traci Blackmon, United Church of Christ, Rev. William Barber II, Repairers of the Breach, Deepa Iyer, Building Movement Project, Don Ragona, Native American Rights Fund, Rabbi Sharon Bous, IKAR, Varun Soni, Dean of Religious Life, USC, Imam Khalid Latif, Islamic Center of NYU, Kameelah Rashad, Muslim Wellness Foundation, Rana Singh Sodhi, brother of Balbir Singh Sodhi (killed in hate crime in Mesa, AZ), Judith Browne-Dianis, Advancement Project, Valarie Kaur, Revolutionary Love Project

Video: Foreward Films + The Moving Foreword Co.