Revolutionary Love, A Lecture with Valarie Kaur

Revolutionary Love: The Call of Our Times. An In-Person Lecture, Discussion, and Book Signing with Valarie Kaur, at Yale University's Battell Chapel, New Haven, CT.

Today, the Revolutionary Love Project equips people with powerful tools to harness the love ethic for courageous action. In 2022, Valarie was honored at the White House in the first-ever Uniters Ceremony, recognizing her as a visionary leader whose work is healing America. In 2024, Valarie led the Revolutionary Love Bus Tour, a healing odyssey to 45+ cities across the United States, igniting one message:“Revolutionary Love is the call of our times.” Valarie’s vision is deeply inspired by her Sikh faith. She’s earned degrees at Stanford University, Harvard Divinity School, and Yale Law School, and holds several honorary doctorates. A daughter of Punjabi farmers, Valarie grew up on the farmlands of California, where her family has lived for more than a century. Her new book SAGE WARRIOR is an epic journey into Sikh wisdom and spiritual handbook for apocalyptic times.

VALARIE KAUR is a renowned civil rights leader, lawyer, award-winning documentary filmmaker, educator, faith leader, mother, and founder of the Revolutionary Love Project, where she leads a movement to reclaim love as a force for justice. Valarie burst into global consciousness when her Watch Night Service address went viral with 40 million views worldwide. Valarie became an activist when a Sikh American father, Balbir Singh Sodhi, was murdered in hate in the aftermath of 9/11. For twenty-five years, Valarie has led visionary campaigns to tell untold stories – at the sites of mass shootings, inside America’s supermax prisons, in the wake of hate violence, and at detention camps from Tijuana to Guantanamo – winning policy change on issues ranging from hate crimes to solitary confinement. The communities she served taught her an essential ingredient to birthing a healthy future: love. In 2021, she led the People’s Inauguration, inspiring millions of Americans to renew their role in building a healthy, multiracial democracy. She is the bestselling author of See No Stranger, Sage Warrior and World of Wonder.

Co-Sponsored by 

• Berkeley Divinity School at Yale
• Yale University Chaplain’s Office
• Yale University Asian American Cultural Center
• Lex Hixon Fund at Yale