March 8, 2024

By Lilith Rampertab

On Wednesday, March 6, the Student Union Theatre hosted a presentation by Valarie Kaur. 

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Kaur had the audience close their eyes and meditate, having their bodily stress go back to the earth. She then acknowledged the world’s indigenous ancestors as well as the rage they and their descendants feel due to how they were treated. Kaur had the audience accept them. She had the audience imagine an ancestor with bravery behind them being proud. The audience was then told to imagine a child with joy and embrace the joy they felt having the child around. “You are the link between ancestors and descendants; the past and the future,” Kaur said. 

Kaur shared that the ancestor she was envisioning was her grandfather from 110 years ago when he immigrated from India to Angel Island in California in hopes of a better life as a farmer.  

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