In late July, 2022, the Sikh Motorcycle Club USA set off from Stockton, California, on a 2,700-mile ride to Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Their purpose: a Ride Against Hate, raising awareness of the Sikh community (both on motorbikes and off) as they proceeded to their destination: the Oak Creek gurdwara (or Sikh temple).
The ride was timed to coincide with the tenth anniversary of an incredibly deadly and horrific attack on that house of worship, which took place in the form of a mass shooting on August 5, 2012. On that terrible day, a white supremacist murdered seven Sikhs who had gathered to worship. He also shot the first responders who arrived on the scene before eventually taking his own life. The story made national and international headlines, while the family and friends affected were left to pick up the pieces and process their unfathomable loss.
