I attended the general interest meeting for the United Sikh Association club this week. The reason I decided to go to this club is because in America, there are not a lot of Sikh people and I wanted to meet some more. Where I grew up I was always the only Sikh kid in my school. Being able to meet new people who share the same beliefs as me was a unique experience because they have all been through the bigotry that I’ve been through. Since it was just a general interest meeting we didn’t do much there. We basically just introduced ourselves and told an experience that we had at Baruch. I actually knew one of the people who organizes the club and I play basketball with him often so I told that as my experience. Also, my sister graduated from Baruch in May and she recommended this club to me because she was a part of it also. I feel like this club really demonstrates Baruch’s diversity because you could make a club for any sort of religion/culture. I know there’s a Jewish club also and Latinx fraternity as well.

Going to a diverse school is beneficial for everyone in my opinion. You meet people from all around the world which could help with network or just help expand your horizons. Just because I am a Sikh and part of the Sikh club doesn’t mean that I am closed to going to other club meetings as well. I want to go to all these general interest meetings so I could meet people from cultures I don’t know much about and learn about them. Just as I would hope people who aren’t Sikh come check out the Sikh club so they could learn about our religion and who we are.