Revolutionary Love: Open our Hearts to Social Justice Nirinjan Khalsa PhD

KRI E Learning Center

Time to radicalize with love. Study our core heart-centered values, together; bring true change to ourselves and this world, See No Stranger

<h1>Revolutionary love</h1><p><strong>This is a time where we see violence and pain in the world. This urgent moment is calling for us to  change and to connect. We need to understand the path for transformation and empathy to survive these challenging times. </strong></p><p><strong>Dr. Nirinjan Kaur has created a four part series based on the book by Valarie Kaur, “See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love.” In this course we will explore the concepts of the book and how Revolutionary Love is the solution to our current conflicts. Revolutionary Love calls us to be brave as we fight for the dignity of all life. </strong></p><p><strong>At the end of this journey you should come out of this experience engaged and firmly rooted in your own authenticity,  principles and values and how you want to show up in the world to care for yourself and others. </strong></p><p><strong>This class meets weekly beginning Friday May 21st to Friday June 11th (4 Friday meetings) from 12-2EDT (New York).  There is a special bonus session with Author Valarie Kaur June 8th at 1 PM EDT.</strong></p><p><strong>Join the live discussion or self pace with the videos. </strong></p><h2>General Concepts this course will cover:</h2><ul><li><strong>We are wondering - how we can help? </strong></li></ul><ul><li><strong>How can we sit in the grief with one another and the grief we are all feeling? </strong></li></ul><ul><li><strong>How can we learn to listen to those we disagree with?</strong></li></ul><ul><li><strong>How can we open ourselves to their stories so we can reimagine a world where we all feel heard, safe and beloved?</strong></li></ul><ul><li><strong>How can we, through community and dialogue, learn together and move from passivity to action?</strong></li></ul><ul><li><strong>TOGETHER we renew and learn to advocate for true change</strong></li></ul><h2>Weekly concepts:</h2><h3>Week 1: Look at Sikhi's Core Values</h3><ul><li><strong>Ideas of interconnectedness on how we see no stranger and see no enemy.</strong></li></ul><ul><li><strong>Universal values of truth &amp; connection</strong></li></ul><ul><li><strong>Looking at Sikhi through a decolonial lens.  </strong></li></ul><ul><li><strong>Standing on our own two feet as advocates for social justice and real change</strong></li></ul><h3>Week 2: Love for Others</h3><ul><li><strong>How to wonder about one another?</strong></li></ul><ul><li><strong>How to grieve with one another in community? </strong></li></ul><ul><li><strong>How to fight for one another? </strong></li></ul><h3>Week 3: Love for opponents</h3><ul><li><strong>How do we listen? </strong></li></ul><ul><li><strong>How do we rage and deal with our own wounds as we listen? </strong></li></ul><ul><li><strong>How does that allow us to reimagine paths going forward?</strong></li></ul><h3>Week 4: Love for ourselves</h3><ul><li><strong>Understanding that we need time to breathe to have the capacity to push and transition into a new way of being. </strong></li></ul><ul><li><strong>Explore and understand how this practice is always rooted in joy. </strong></li></ul><h2>Special Bonuses</h2><ul><li><strong>Q&A with Valarie Kaur. </strong></li></ul><ul><li><strong>As a bonus, Valarie Kaur will offer another session to answer questions,  expanding on the concepts she has laid out in the book.</strong></li></ul><ul><li><strong>Access to Revolutionary Love Learning Hub with extra supplemental videos and material. </strong></li></ul><ul><li><strong>Don't miss out in this opportunity to explore and deepen your understanding in these revolutionary topics. TOGETHER in dialogue is the avenue for true change and revolution.</strong></li></ul><ul><li><strong>10 CEUS with Yoga Alliance</strong></li></ul><h2>What does this course include:</h2><p><strong>4 two hour sessions with Dr. Nirinjan Kaur</strong></p><p><strong>Participation in guest appearance with Valarie Kaur</strong></p><p><strong>Access to the recordings of the session in case you cannot make them. </strong></p><p><strong>You will need to purchase the textbook "I See No Stranger" </strong><a href="https://valariekaur.com/see-no-stranger/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong>click here for  info </strong></a><strong>on Valarie Kaur's website for how to purchase.</strong></p><h2>Why taking this course is better than sitting home alone and reading “See No Stranger”:</h2><p><strong>You’re sensitive to what is going on, you see the conflict around you and you need SUPPORT within a self paced group experience to integrate these concepts and really make change happen. That is what is SO  valuable. We have done book clubs before and we know that dialogue with community is a way to own/embody the concepts and language so you can share them with those around you and have the tools to bring true to change this world. Even if you think you don’t have the time, just hopping on one or two of the live options and listening to/watching the replays will give you what you need for an inner heart evolution that turns into embodied actions in this world.</strong></p><h2>Testimonials:</h2><p><strong>“See No Stranger was recommended by two kundalini yoga teachers and I really didn't know anything about it.  I read it over the course of four days, Valarie's writing style is poetic and fluid, so it was a quick read for me.</strong></p><p><strong>As a Kundalini yoga teacher, I view others as my brothers and sisters, regardless of class, race, sex, etc. because the other person is me.  Valarie really shed light on the racism and white supremacy in this country.  I had to get really honest with myself and examine my behaviors and I was appalled that I had a touch of bias.  It made me sick and opened my eyes to change.</strong></p><p><strong>That I needed to make.  Overall, See No Stranger is beautifully written, thought provoking and encouraging to be the change you wish to see.”   Padmani Jot Kaur - Cassie</strong></p>

<h1>Presenter’s Bio:</h1><p>Nirinjan Kaur Khalsa-Baker, Ph.D., is Senior Instructor Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University, where she also served as Clinical Professor Jain and Sikh Studies (2015-2018), and Acting Director Graduate Yoga Studies (2019-2020). She was born into the 3HO community as a second-generation Sikh in Tucson, Arizona. In the early 2000s Nirinjan worked for 3HO Events, received KRI Level 1 Certification, and became the first female exponent of the Sikh drumming tradition, Amritsari-Baaj on the jori-pakhawaj. In 2014 she received a Ph.D in Sikh Studies from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her ethnographic research and publications investigate historic, modern and transnational Sikh Kirtan. Using a decolonial lens, she explores diversity and gender roles in Sikh identity, pedagogy and practice. Throughout her scholarship and teaching, she highlights the importance of embodied practices to cultivate ethical action in daily life.</p><p>https://lmu.academia.edu/NirinjanKaurKhalsaBaker</p>

<p>Dr. Nirinjan Kaur has been close friends with Valarie Kaur since 2016, working together  with Jasvir Kaur Rababan (pictured above)on the Mai Bhago Leadership Circle to strengthen sisterhood for Sikh women in social justice. Nirinjan sat by Valarie's side as she wrote See No Stranger, listening to her deliver each chapter as part of her Book Coven, and called in their deepest wisdom as highlighted in Ch. 9 "Transition." Dr. Khalsa has been teaching See No Stranger to her undergraduate students at Loyola Marymount University, offering Sikh thought and practice through the lens of Revolutionary Love as the call of our times.</p>

<h3>          Na Ko Bairi Nahi Begana Sagal Sang Hamko Ban Aaee </h3><h3>                                                  I see no enemy.</h3><h3>         I see no stranger. All of us belong to each other.</h3><h3>                              ~Guru Granth Sahib, 1299</h3>

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