{"id":3920,"date":"2024-09-24T12:30:21","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T18:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/?p=3920"},"modified":"2024-10-02T15:33:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T21:33:20","slug":"from-darkness-to-light-a-journey-of-love-healing-and-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/2024\/09\/24\/from-darkness-to-light-a-journey-of-love-healing-and-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"From Darkness to Light: A Journey of Love, Healing, and Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"display: none !important; mso-hide: all;\">An Evening with Valarie Kaur<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: none !important; mso-hide: all;\" src=\"https:\/\/images.e2ma.net\/images\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"An Evening with Valarie Kaur\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<table class=\"nl-container\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; background-color: #fffbf5;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table class=\"row row-1\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; background-color: #fffbf5;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table class=\"row-content stack\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; color: #000; background-color: #fffbf5; border-radius: 0; width: 640px; margin: 0 auto;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"640\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"column column-1\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; background-color: #fffbf5; vertical-align: top; border: 0;\" width=\"100%\">\n<table class=\"image_block block-1\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pad\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div class=\"alignment\" style=\"line-height: 10px;\" align=\"center\">\n<div style=\"max-width: 640px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; height: auto; border: 0; width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net\/20240923\/98\/f1\/12\/8e\/bdf5f10071f6c6cf76a37e5d.png\" width=\"640\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"row row-2\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; background-color: #fffbf5; background-size: auto;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table class=\"row-content stack\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; background-size: auto; color: #000; background-color: #fffbf5; width: 640px; margin: 0 auto;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"640\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"column column-1\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; background-color: #fffbf5; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 20px; vertical-align: top; border: 0;\" width=\"100%\">\n<table class=\"heading_block block-1\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pad\" style=\"text-align: center; width: 100%; padding: 10px 10px 15px 10px;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0; color: #333; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; mso-line-height-alt: 27px;\"><em><span class=\"tinyMce-placeholder\" style=\"word-break: break-word;\">\u201cWhat if this darkness is not the darkness of the tomb, but the darkness of the womb? What if our America is not dead, but a country still waiting to be born? What if the story of America is one long labor?\u201d \u2013 Valarie Kaur<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"image_block block-2\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pad\" style=\"width: 100%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0;\">\n<div class=\"alignment\" style=\"line-height: 10px;\" align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"fullWidth\" style=\"max-width: 480px;\"><a style=\"outline: none;\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/fxcemi\/nr5ib5j\/ran4fq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; height: auto; border: 0; width: 100%;\" title=\"ID: poster image for the Valarie Kaur event\" src=\"https:\/\/d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net\/20240923\/15\/b5\/a1\/42\/287f4bc85ac9901528e79b4d.png\" alt=\"ID: poster image for the Valarie Kaur event\" width=\"480\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"row row-3\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; background-color: #fffbf5;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table class=\"row-content stack\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; color: #000; background-color: #fffbf5; width: 640px; margin: 0 auto;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"640\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"column column-1\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; background-color: #fffbf5; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top; border: 0;\" width=\"100%\">\n<table class=\"paragraph_block block-1\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; word-break: break-word;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pad\">\n<div style=\"color: #555; direction: ltr; font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; mso-line-height-alt: 24px;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0; margin-bottom: 16px;\">Join visionary civil rights leader <a style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #4764af;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/fxcemi\/nr5ib5j\/72n4fq\"> Valarie Kaur<\/a> <strong>Tuesday, Oct. 1 from 7\u20139 p.m. in Celeste Theatre<\/strong> for an immersive experience of storytelling, music, song, ancestral wisdom, and community-building. This will be a space for soulful introspection, deep listening, and courageous action. You will leave with the tools needed to lead with love and courage in your daily life. Valarie and fellow artists will tell stories of how their ancestors survived seemingly apocalyptic times. Together, we will explore how each of us can walk the path of love, healing, and justice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">Special guests include celebrated Sikh women artists Jasvir Kaur Rababan and Nirinjan Kaur Khalsa, and renowned trumpeter and artist Sonny Singh performing from his new album <em>Sage Warrior<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This event is sponsored by\u00a0the Chaplain\u2019s Office, Cultural Attractions Fund, Office of Institutional Equity &amp; Belonging, The Butler Center, English Department, Journalism, Religion Department, Wellness Resource Center, and the Refuge at La Foret.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"button_block block-2\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pad\">\n<div class=\"alignment\" align=\"center\"><!-- [if mso]><v:roundrect arcsize=\"9%\" fillcolor=\"#d09b2c\" href='https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/fxcemi\/nr5ib5j\/nvo4fq' strokecolor=\"#000000\" strokeweight=\"1.5pt\" style=\"height:46px;width:297px;v-text-anchor:middle;\" xmlns:v=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml\" xmlns:w=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word\">  <w:anchorlock\/>  <v:textbox inset=\"0px,0px,0px,0px\">  <center dir=\"false\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:16px\"\/><![endif]--><a style=\"background-color: #d09b2c; border-radius: 4px; color: #ffffff; display: inline-block; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; mso-border-alt: none; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: auto; word-break: keep-all; border: 2px solid #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/fxcemi\/nr5ib5j\/3np4fq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"word-break: break-word; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; font-size: 16px; display: inline-block; letter-spacing: normal;\"><span style=\"word-break: break-word; line-height: 32px;\">Add this event to your calendar<\/span><\/span><\/a><!-- [if mso]><\/center><\/v:textbox><\/v:roundrect><![endif]--><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"row row-4\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; background-color: #fffbf5;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"row row-5\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; background-color: #fffbf5; padding-top: 10px;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- End --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/track\/fxcemi\/nr5ib5j\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Evening with Valarie Kaur \u201cWhat if this darkness is not the darkness of the tomb, but the darkness of the womb? What if our America is not dead, but a country still waiting to be born? What if the story of America is one long labor?\u201d \u2013 Valarie Kaur Join visionary civil rights leader &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/2024\/09\/24\/from-darkness-to-light-a-journey-of-love-healing-and-justice\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;From Darkness to Light: A Journey of Love, Healing, and Justice&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":777,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-email","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/777"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3969,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3920\/revisions\/3969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}