HERITAGE JOURNALIST, ROCKY
MERSHON THE ON
ANY PENDING HER SECOND
CHILDREN'S BOOK CALL HERRIN
TWINS IS ABOUT A FATHER AND
DAUGHTER BONDING THE SIKH
TRADITION OF NOT CUTTING YOUR
HAIR FOR MORE ON THIS WE'RE
JOINED BY ROCKY
MARTIAN BIANNA MARKIE GREAT TO
HAVE YOU WITH WITH US I WAS
JUST TAKING A LOOK AT THE TIRE
OF TITLE AND ALSO THE COVER OF
THE BOOK A MOMENT AGO, I
LOVE THIS WHEN YOU LOOKED AT
YOUR OWN LIFE AND YOU SAW YOUR
DAUGHTER'S APPRECIATION FOR
THIS TRADITION, WHAT MADE YOU
THINK IT WAS A MESSAGE WORTH
SHARING WITH THE WORLD.
>> TELL YOU I DIDN'T THINK IT
WAS IN THE MOMENT BECAUSE IT'S
AN
EVERYDAY MOVEMENT.
>> IN OUR HOUSE RATE DOING YOUR
HAIR WASHING YOUR HAIR COMING
YOUR HAIR STYLING YOUR HAIR.
BUT THE MORE I SAW THAT SHE WAS
SO PROUD OF THIS. THE MORE THAT
I SAW AND I THOUGHT ABOUT IT
AND I SAID WELL,
YOU KNOW.
>> THIS IS A DEEP CONNECTION,
SHE HAS OF MY HUSBAND WITH
THEIR FEET WITH THE SICK
TRADITION IN THE
6TH INNING.
>> I REALIZED IT WASN'T A TEAR
NEVER WAS HAIR RIGHT THIS IS
ABOUT SHARING WHO WE ARE AS A
FAMILY AND AS A COMMUNITY
MEMBER.
>> CERTAINLY AND SO WHAT ARE
YOU HOPING THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE
READING PARENTS CHILDREN WHO
ARE READING THIS BOOK IT CAN
TAKE AWAY FROM IT.
>> IT IS HOPED FOR THIS
BOOK IS THAT EVERYONE WHO'S
GOING TO READ IT IS GOING TO
SAY TO THEMSELVES, YOU
KNOW WHAT THERE IS SOMETHING
ABOUT MYSELF AND MY FAMILY IN
MY COMMUNITY AND I WANT TO
SHARE TOO.
>> CERTAINLY OKAY AND SO YOUR
DAUGHTER AND HOW SHE HAS COME
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HERITAGE
CULTURE THROUGH SOMETHING AS
SIMPLE FOR SOME FAMILIES AS
CARE FOR ALL THE FAMILIES.
IT'S
OTHER THING. HOW HAS SHE BEGUN
TO EVEN LEARN MORE ABOUT HER
FAMILY'S OWN HISTORY AND
CULTURE.
>> AS PART OF THEIR FAITH MANY
6 DON'T CUT THEIR HAIR AND MY
HUSBAND, MY DAUGHTER DO NOT CUT
THEIR HAIR. IT'S AN ARTICLE OF
FAITH AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT
THEY THAT THEY HOLD VERY DEAR
AND WHAT IS SHOULD BE TREATED
WITH GREAT RESPECT AND THROUGH.
DIVING DEEPER INTO
WHY WE DO THIS AND WHY OUR
COMMUNITY DOES THIS I THINK
WE'VE GIVEN SAT DOWN A REAL
SENSE OF OWNERSHIP RIGHT OF HER
FATE OF HER COMMUNITY OF HER
CULTURE AND THE ABILITY THAT IN
THAT PRIDE TO WANT
TO SHARE.
>> IT CERTAINLY HOW DO YOU
THINK COMMUNITIES CAN ALSO
ESPECIALLY IN THE KIND OF EARLY
I LISTEN YEARS FOR FOR CHILDREN
WHO ARE NOT ONLY LEARNING MORE
ABOUT THEMSELVES BUT LEARNING
MORE ABOUT SOCIETY AROUND THEM
DO A BETTER
JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE
CELEBRATING DIFFERENT HERITAGES
AND CULTURES.
>> YEAH I THINK SO MUCH OF IT
IS ABOUT SHARING HER OWN STORY
AND ALSO LISTENING TO OTHER
PEOPLE'S STORIES, LISTENING TO
OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR FRIEND.
WE LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT'S
NOT DIVERSE MAKING THAT EFFORT
GO TO YOUR LIBRARY, GOOD HERE
BOOKSTORE TO GOT THE BOOKS THAT
YOUR KIDS ARE READING INS WILL
HE COULD HAVE ASKED FOR IT TO
DIVERSIFY THOSE BOOKS OUT
BECAUSE IT OUR STORIES ARE ALL
WORDS SHARING BUT SOME WERE
OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING
PEACE IN THE REGION THIS IS
EQUALLY IMPORTANT.
>> CERTAINLY YOU KNOW I WONDER
FROM WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN YOUR
PERSPECTIVE AS
A PARENT. YOU KNOW THIS PAST
YEAR IN THE PANDEMIC HAS LOOKED
SO DIFFERENT NOT ONLY FOR THE
WORK ENVIRONMENT, BUT ALSO FOR
THE SCHOOLING AND EDUCATION
ENVIRONMENT AS WELL.
ARE SCHOOLS OVER THE COURSE OF
THE PANDEMIC MAKING SURE
THAT THE THEY ARE CELEBRATING
DIFFERENT HERITAGES DIFFERENT
CULTURES INFUSING THAT INTO THE
EDUCATION BUT ALSO MAKING SURE
THAT THAT KIND
OF SOCIAL ABILITY AMONG
STUDENTS WHO DO COME FROM
DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS
IS NOT SO THAT WE'RE NOT
EXPERIENCING KIND OF A
STAGNATION AND SOCIAL SKILLS
POST-PANDEMIC.
>> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION I CAN
TELL YOU FROM
OUR EXPERIENCE. MY DAUGHTERS
THAT THERE WAS CERTAINLY SHE
WAS REMOTE LIKE A LOT OF KIDS
FOR SOME AMOUNT OF TIME AND ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE REALLY
BEEN DOING IS DOOMING INTO HER
CLASS WE ARE VERY LUCKY THAT
THE STICK COALITION HAS THESE
AMAZING RESOURCES FOR 6
FAMILIES AND FOLKS LIKE US TO
BE ABLE TO DO SCHOOL
PRESENTATIONS AND SPEAK VERY
OPENLY WITH OUR SCHOOL
COMMUNITY ABOUT HI INTEGRATE
OUR HERITAGE OUR CULTURE INTO
THE CURRICULUM. SO RIGHT INTO
HER CLASS AND WE TAKE OWNERSHIP
OF OUR HOLIDAY AND OF YOU KNOW
WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY AND
WE MAKE 4 THANKS TO
THESE RESOURCES TO
REALLY SHOW UP AND WE DON'T
JUST DO THAT AS PARENTS WE
ENCOURAGE SET YET TO REALLY
TAKE CONTROL OF THAT HERSELF AS
WELL, AND SHE'S SHE'S SHE'S HIM
AND SHE IS BRIMMING WITH PRIDE
AND SAYS SHE WILL GET RIGHT UP
IN FRONT THAT CLASS AND TELL
THEM
EXACTLY LIKE SHE JUST DIDN'T
LAST WEEK AND SAID YOU KNOW LET