Rest in Peace and Thank You to Manjeet Kaur

 Ahiran Singh, community liaison for the Albuquerque Sikh Gurudwara, passed on this bit of sad news.

Manjeet Kaur Tangri passed away (on July 23), surrounded by loving family. As president of the board of the Albuquerque Sikh Gurdwara, her leadership--and her work as an activist, friend, and mentor--will be sorely missed by all that knew her. She was dedicated to social justice, peace, sustainability, and protection of the environment, among other issues. The Forest of Bliss tree-planting project will continue in her memory. 

We are so thankful for the way she touched all of us in the interfaith community during her time on Earth. Her interfaith efforts focused on  environmental protection and addressing hunger.

"We are honored to partner with the City and to contribute to your plan of planting 10,000 trees a year for the next ten years. You may be pleased to know that at the Nov. 12 event Joan Brown of Interfaith Power and Light and Rachel Sternheim from Congregation Albert expressed interest in planting trees through interfaith efforts. We plan to follow up on this and would like to meet with the City when I am back from India in early spring next year," she wrote in a letter to Mayor Tim Keller in November 2019.

The Albuquerque Sikh Gurudwara made this commitment following the planting of five trees at Alvarado Park that year as part of the
550 Gurpurb (birth) anniversary Celebration of Guru Nanak, considered the founder of the Sikh.

 The Sikh tree planting effort gave a strong impetus to the Forest of Bliss tree planting campaign sponsored by New Mexico Interfaith Power & light.

Manjeet joined the Interfaith Hunger Coalition at  a couple of the Iftar meals (breaking fast during Ramadan) prepared by our friends at the Dialogue Institute (the local Turkish community). 

She also pushed for the Albuquerque Sikh Gurudwara to join the IHC and prepared a prayer/chant for our World Food Day event in 2019. Her community prepared a

(Following that event, we discussed the possibility joining together with one of the local Muslim groups and members of the Baha'i faith about adding a feeding component to our World Food Day commemoration.

 Because of the COVID-[19 pandemic, we had to make our World Food Day 2020 event virtual, but we focused strongly on those provided food

 Here is a video of the  prayer/chant that Manjeet offered for our World Food Day celebration in 2019.