New Resources and Programs

I’m grateful you all are here and continuing to read. I want to highlight a few cool resources organized and led by people I admire and that I have enjoyed contributing to in some small way.

The first is a free upcoming online event hosted by Union Theological Seminary called Spirituality in a Time of Unrest: A Virtual Conversation on Faith, Resilience, and Public Life on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, from 12:00–1:30 PM (EST). I’ll post a flyer for it below. The program features some of the most thoughtful and significant religious thinkers today, all of whom I consider friends, and all of whom probably consider me a dork.

The second announcement is about an update to a previous resource we had made available for reporters covering Sikhi and Sikhism. We just released the second edition of Sikhi: A Reporters Guide, and has made it available for free download here.

The new edition has a few added elements, including information on recent issues affecting Sikhs. I’m grateful for the opportunity to share this resource with the world, and I’m especially grateful to the amazing folks at the Sikh Coalition and the Religion News Foundation who have worked hard to bring this resource to life.

The Sikh Coalition has another project that I’m excited about. It’s a Sikh Speakers Network that features Sikh leaders from a variety of fields and backgrounds. It will be a great way to help bring our community’s voices to the surface and build community power, while also bringing more opportunities to leaders who are often well-deserving and overlooked.

Here’s what the Sikh Coalition’s Executive Director had to say about it: “The lived experiences of the Sikh community are vast and diverse. “We look forward to elevating these experts across more than 20 fields, and will work hand in hand with them to continue raising the Sikh profile, in media and beyond.”

I love this initiative and the vision behind it, and I hope that it continues to help strengthen the Sikh community. I also love that it’s an open network, and that it’s always open for people who want to apply into it. Here’s the website for the Sikh Speakers Bureau for anyone who’s interested in learning more.

Finally, I want to tell you about a new television program called Vaad Vivaad, a debate show produced by Nishkam TV and airing on JusPunjabi, which features high school students exploring and discussing topics related to Sikhi. They taped it at the JusPunjabi Studio in New York City, and my wife Gunisha was invited as a guest of honor.

I joined her there and loved what I saw. The show was well-conceived, the students were sharp and engaging, and the topics were substantive and provocative. It’s such a cool concept, and I hope people enjoy watching it and learning from it. I was happy to support with a brief interview on why I think the show is worth watching and supporting, which I’ll provide below. Here’s a link with more info on the program, including its format, background, and the team behind it.

Thanks for reading these brief notes on recent resources and programs. Please let me know if you’d like me to provide these kinds of updates more frequently. I’d be happy to do it if it would be of interest!