The Tree-Planting Legacy of an Activist, Friend and Mentor

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May be an image of 3 people, people standing and outdoors“We are honored to partner with the City and to contribute to your plan of planting 10,000 trees a year for the next ten years. You may be pleased to know that at the Nov. 12 event Joan Brown of Interfaith Power and Light and Rachel Sternheim from Congregation Albert expressed interest in planting trees through interfaith efforts. We plan to follow up on this and would like to meet with the City when I am back from India in early spring next year,” Manjeet Kaur Tangri wrote in a letter to Mayor Tim Keller in November 2019.

The local Sikh community made the commitment to plant trees locally as part of the 550 birthday celebration for  Guru Nanak’s 550 Gurpurb, founder of the Sikh tradition.

Manjeet, who was very influential in the creation of NM-IPL’s Forest of Bliss tree-planting campaign, passed away this past week surrounded by loving family.

“As president of the board of the Albuquerque Sikh Gurdwara, her leadership–and her work as an activist, friend, and mentor–will be sorely missed by all that knew her. She was dedicated to social justice, peace, sustainability, and protection of the environment, among other issues. The Forest of Bliss tree-planting project will continue in her memory,” said Ahiran Singh, community liaison for the Albuquerque Sikh Gurudwara.