Toronto, Canada: UNITED SIKHS would like to cordially invite you to 2nd Global Sikh Civil Rights Conference: Preserving Our Past and Investing in Our Future to be held in Toronto, Canada from December 18, 2009 to December 20, 2009.
Join eminent human rights lawyers, politicians, judges, activists, multifaith representatives, Sikh organizations and community leaders, and participants from all over the world to actively engage in dialogue about issues that affect the Sikh nation. The conference is free and open to members of the community.
1st Global Sikh Civil Rights Conference
As to some of the key guests and highlights of the event, the President of the SGPC is expected to attend, Barbara Hall, the Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission and Almas Jiwani, Director of UNIFEM Canada will be speaking, and we will also have a performance by Rabbi Shergill who has generously donated a concert for the event.
Topics under discussion for the 2nd Global Sikh Civil Rights Conference will include Sikh Leadership, Right to Kakaars, racial profiling, Right to Turban, and women’s rights.
The programming schedule for the conference will be as follows:
Date: Friday, December 18, 2009
Time: 5:00-10:00 P.M
Location: Ontario Khalsa Darbar, 7080 Dixie Road
Mississauga, Ontario Canada
Topic: Sikh Women Role/Issues
Date: Saturday, December 19, 2009
Time: 3:00 – 7:00 P.M
Location: Chandni Banquet Hall, 125 Chrysler Drive, Brampton, ON Canada
Topic: Sikh Civil Rights
Tea & dinner will be served
Concert: 8:30-11:00pm
Date: Sunday, December 20, 2009
Time: 12:00-5:00 P.M
Location: Sikh Spiritual Centre, Rexdale Gurughar, 9 Carrier Drive, Rexdale, ON Canada
Topic: Sikh Leadership Past, Present & Future
The global conference provides an open arena for discussion of ideas and concerns that most affect Sikhs as a community and this requires the help and support of community leaders like you.
For a press release on the 1st Global Sikh Civil Rights Conference, visit https://www.unitedsikhs.org/PressReleases/PRSRLS-16-12-2008-00.htm
Issued by:
Jaspreet Singh
Staff Attorney
UNITED SIKHS
Email: law-usa@unitedsikhs.org
