Oak Creek

Creating Change Through Film

By Ray Kirstein — November 18, 2023
Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush talks with Not In Our Town filmmakers Patrice O'Neill and Pardeep Kaleka, and with social impact media strategist Mario Cader-Frech

American Sikhs are targets of bigotry, often due to cultural ignorance

By Simran Jeet Singh — August 10, 2022
(The Conversation) — On the 10th anniversary of the Oak Creek massacre, a Sikh scholar writes that there is little understanding of the Sikh faith in the U.S.

Remembering the Oak Creek tragedy

By Kanwar Singh — August 2, 2017
BOSTON (RNS) — Sadly, violence against Sikhs continues five years after the horrific massacre.

White supremacist activity continues to surge

By Jerome Socolovsky — June 17, 2016
Inspired by a series of hate crimes and the current election season, white supremacists have grown angrier and more energetic in 2016, according to experts.

Most Americans are clueless about Sikhs

By Adelle M. Banks — January 26, 2015
WASHINGTON (RNS) The survey found that 11 percent of Americans said they were close friends with a Sikh person; 31 percent said they had never interacted with a Sikh.

Sikhs honor police officer shot during attack on Wisconsin temple

By Adelle M. Banks — April 14, 2014
(RNS) A Maryland-based Sikh organization has honored a police officer for his service on the day a gunman killed six worshippers at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin.

Sikhs hopeful on anniversary of shooting

By Kim Lawton — August 1, 2013
(RNS) Many Sikhs say the Oak Creek tragedy one year ago drew them closer to their faith, and especially to the teaching that they must maintain a spirit of "chardi kala," of optimism and hope.
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