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This year’s program brought together 53 Sidakers and 14 staff members and facilitators from six nations (Belgium, Canada, India, Mexico, UK, and the USA) for two weeks of immersive education and experience at the Khalsa Centre in Miracle Valley.

“With the tremendous support of our funders, we were finally able to realize our vision of making Sidak free-free for all participants. As expected, removing this financial barrier resulted in our largest cohort ever in 2022.”

    Kulvir Singh, SikhRI Chair

Testimonials and reviews from all participants were nothing short of astonishment by their positivity.

"The program has given me more confidence in interacting with new people and thinking critically about Sikhi. I’m equipped with much better knowledge so that I can learn much more on my own about Sikhi and the Guru Granth Sahib."

    Teja Singh, Gurbani 101 Attendee

"Sidak is a great grounding experience in Sikhi! It was like a panthic think tank experience, and I got to meet the coolest sangat. I never imagined having conversations so grounded in Sikhi, and it’s giving me a great direction for life going into college."

    Manat Kaur, Sikhi 101 Attendee

"I think the program will continue to benefit me in the future as I incorporate Gurmat Framework to questions that life will continue to pose."

    Imreet Kaur, Sikhi 201 Attendee

During Sidak, all participants learned to explore personal and panthic (collective) issues through a Gurmat (Guru’s Wisdom) framework based on Bani (wisdom), Tavarikh (history), and Rahit (lifestyle) to ultimately develop their own views and solutions to pressing problems worldwide.

Sidak 2022 was composed of three in-depth tracks that ran simultaneously:
‍Gurbani 101 ~ Introduction to Guru Granth Sahib
Sikhi 101 ~ Introduction to Sikh History & Theology
Sikhi 201~ Religion & Revolution

SikhRI will be updating the curriculum for the following year. 2023 registration will open by year-end to accept 60 candidates. To find out more about Sidak, visit SikhRI.org/Sidak

Media contact: Inni.Kaur@SikhRI.org | +1 855-913-1313 ext. 705