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Valarie Kaur's Bio Summer 2004 at Stanford University |
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About Valarie: Valarie received her Bachelors from Stanford University in International Relations and Religious Studies with honors and distinction in 2003. Blending scholarship with activism at Stanford, she led community history programs, taught with the Philosophy Discovery Institute, co-founded the first course on Sikhism, and organized for the peace movement. Since September 2001, she has documented hate crimes against Sikh Americans and now develops her work into a documentary film. Valarie's honors include the Howard Garfield Award in Religion, the Asian American Award for Achievement, the Golden Medal for her thesis on post-9/11 prejudice, and selection as the graduation speaker for her class. With a Beinecke Scholarship and Harvard Presidential Scholarship, she begins study at Harvard Divinity School in Fall 2004.
Valarie can be reached at: valarie@stanfordalumni.org
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