First published on 20 Dec 2020.
This has been a long year. We’re convinced that 2020 had more than just 12 months.
2020 had more than 12 months worth of news stories.
It had more than 12 months worth of trials and tribulations. Of disappointments but of hope too.
Above all, It had more than 12 months worth of energy from Sarbat volunteers.
We now invite you to celebrate our volunteers from all over the world and all they have achieved.
Sarbat welcomes you to #SarbatReflections on 2020. We all will remember this year forever. pic.twitter.com/G4PTtCxyX2
— Sarbat LGBT+ Sikhs (@SarbatSikhs) December 19, 2020
This year started to our continuing #OpenMinds series @_taraki__ @_OpenMindsProj_ and our first ever visit to the North East of England @altweet_pet @NewcastleNE1 #NewcastleGateshead #InnocentTimes #January2020 pic.twitter.com/fXACO8xncc
— Sarbat LGBT+ Sikhs (@SarbatSikhs) December 19, 2020
#February2020 brought our #KeepingTheFaith event @LeighDay_Law , an update to our website and our first ever #OpenMinds in Birmingham @visit_bham pic.twitter.com/mpisveYQjI
— Sarbat LGBT+ Sikhs (@SarbatSikhs) December 19, 2020
Little did we know that #March2020 would change our world's (forever). We had to cancel upcoming events and then move our platform online (to zoom). After a few hiccups we were getting ready for the #NewNormal @NAM_London pic.twitter.com/gNWZeBUOW4
— Sarbat LGBT+ Sikhs (@SarbatSikhs) December 19, 2020
#April2020 saw us launch #SarbatSocial on @zoom_us and we were ready to embrace the #NewNormal @RevRachelMann @andrewcopson @PritpalBhullar pic.twitter.com/8nsFkQb2HN
— Sarbat LGBT+ Sikhs (@SarbatSikhs) December 19, 2020
We went into full throttle in #May2020 and collaborated extensively with our friends and family across the world @devduttmyth @GINindianUK @sukhi88 @shraddha_kaur_ @DrJazzTehara @edXOnline @PritpalBhullar - We were glad you joined in. pic.twitter.com/juVqfhbjgW
— Sarbat LGBT+ Sikhs (@SarbatSikhs) December 19, 2020
Things were red hot in #June2020 with our #ComingOutSeries, our fantastic colabs with @amanmadra @UKPHA @_taraki__ @kuljit_sb and our workplace #SarbatSocial. Did you join in? pic.twitter.com/huA0g4TmDl
— Sarbat LGBT+ Sikhs (@SarbatSikhs) December 19, 2020
The world was just as transformative in #July2020 with our ally events esp #BLM @turbanized @prabhbob and launch of @SarbatReads #SarbatSocial #Queerness #Identities pic.twitter.com/683rpS28zh
— Sarbat LGBT+ Sikhs (@SarbatSikhs) December 19, 2020
There was no stopping #August2020 brought us #GupShup , #SarbatPicnic and #Resilience events @KulbirSandhu1 @MsLadyPhyll @YSM8events pic.twitter.com/Oh9WY4dxa5
— Sarbat LGBT+ Sikhs (@SarbatSikhs) December 19, 2020
With summer coming to a close we talked about a controversial topic - 'Preferences - The intersection of Race, Conditioning and Psychology' , #September2020 @makinder. Launch of our @instagram handle and #SarbatReads going from strength to strength. pic.twitter.com/oSFlnWZUf5
— Sarbat LGBT+ Sikhs (@SarbatSikhs) December 19, 2020
We saw our biggest ever panel event in #October2020 @shraddha_kaur_ @KulbirSandhu1 @RKBinjie @matthewogston @nazandmatt @HidayahLGBTQI @GINindianUK @DrPavanjoshi and a fantastic gupshup with our very own @RavSBansal. We launched our @YouTube channel. pic.twitter.com/xEFwtCEBr2
— Sarbat LGBT+ Sikhs (@SarbatSikhs) December 19, 2020
For #November2020 We delved deep into the topic of #MarriageEquality in the Sikh faith, were proud to have our first ever Trans guest for gupshup and launched a joint statement supporting black lives #BlackLivesMatter @ArmaanThepoet @SikhRI @makinder pic.twitter.com/PSmOcfwJDX
— Sarbat LGBT+ Sikhs (@SarbatSikhs) December 19, 2020
While still in #December2020, we just finished our reflections article, launched our #SarbatSurvey and had one our volunteers @KulbirSandhu1 feature on #RainbowLaces campaign @BarclaysFooty pic.twitter.com/anqP0fn10l
— Sarbat LGBT+ Sikhs (@SarbatSikhs) December 19, 2020
