![]() ![]() ![]() Read our latest issue or browse back issues. These disparate threads are fused together in her core identity and vocation: Kaur is an activist who has lent her presence, time, and voice to nearly every major progressive movement of the past 20 years. She is a filmmaker, a feminist, a writer, a speaker, and a mother. She is a survivor of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse. She is a Yale-educated lawyer with a master’s degree in theology from Harvard Divinity School. She is a Sikh whose family has farmed in California for more than 100 years. ![]() ![]() Kaur has been formed by many experiences. It seems a small miracle that Valarie Kaur’s quiet yet commanding voice cut through the cacophony. I picked up See No Stranger at a time when these children and these elephants were trumpeting so loudly I could barely hear myself think. I am also hemmed in by a herd of elephants in the room: the COVID-19 pandemic, systemic racism, and the frayed state of American democracy, to name a few. These days I am surrounded by my children, who always seem to be home. When I settle into my cozy reading nook, I am never alone. ![]()
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