(Beaver Dam) The Beaver Dam Area Community Foundation recently donated to a local non-profit. The Beaver Dam branch of American Association for University Women (AAUW) received a $1,000 check from the Foundation.
The money will support the AAUW’s public presentation by Pardeep Sing Kaleka, co-author of the book The Gift of Our Wounds: A Sikh and a Former White Supremacist Find Forgiveness After Hate. Kaleka, whose father was killed in the mass shooting at the Oak Creek temple in Milwaukee, will share how he and co-author Arno Michaelis, a former originator of the skinhead movement, miraculously forged an alliance to overcome hate.
Together, they have created a far-reaching peace initiative for schools and community. Kaleka’s talk, organized by AAUW’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee, is a follow-up to its 2023 community summer read program in collaboration with the Beaver Dam Community Library.
The author’s presentation on September 20th at 7 PM, at the BDACT Fine Arts Center, will be an opportunity for the public to learn how community engagement in positive activities can work against hate. AAUW’s primary mission is to support education.
