Celebrated Indiana artist, author, and long time servant-leader KP SINGH received the Champion of Diversity - Civic Empowerment Award at the Champions of Diversity Awards
In this article we recieve A PRAYERFUL REFLECTION by Kanwal Prakash "KP" Singh after the awards gala giving some highlights of the event:
The spirit and the power of engagement was highlighted at the Champions of Diversity Awards Gala where over 1,100 multi-generational and multicultural guests, friends, community and civic leaders, award recipients, and dedicated volunteers attended the nationally-recognized annual celebration. The 28 accomplished and distinguished 2025 Champions of Diversity Award recipients represented a wide spectrum of fields of endeavors and passionate engagements; rich, diverse, and unique excellence, and laudable contributions to the letter and spirit of their prestigious Awards
The "1,100 community and business leaders were there to celebrate the trailblazers, innovators and advocates who exemplify the spirit of Indianapolis." - Raju Chinthala.
It was a special honor for me to be among the 28 Award recipients and to receive the Champions of Diversity - Civic Empowerment Award. Congratulations to all the Awards recipients for their farsighted involvements and amazing contributions to our Nation, the State of Indiana, and to the Hoosier family in America's Heartland. The biographies, involvements, and contributions are beautifully featured in the latest issue of Indiana Minority Business Magazine. Several articles about the 2025 Champions of Diversity Gala are featured online for us to enjoy and share.
The Annual Gala was organized by Recorder Media Group (that includes the Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper and Indiana Minority Business Magazine), President and
CEO Robert Shegog and his dedicated Team, and was supported by several notable community organizations, philanthropists, friends, State and National leaders, and
volunteers. Our hearty congratulations and thanks to them all for an exciting, successful, memorable; and uplifting Gala. The celebration was filled with pride, and there were renewed
calls to focus on and advance the unrealized "I Have a Dream" of the Venerable and Beloved Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Looking forward and the task ahead This year's Champions of Diversity Gala coincided with the solemn observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday at the Indiana Statehouse organized by ICRC Executive Director Gregory Wilson and his team. The theme of the celebration was "The Power of Unity" and the highlight of the Statehouse commemoration was Dr. King's "I have a Dream" speech at the National Mall from the steps of hallowed Lincoln Memorial in 1968.
We heard echoes of those powerful words and yearning hope of Dr. King at the Champions of Diversity Gala from several speakers. As I reflected on it over the weekend, we saw
distinct and hopeful outlines of Dr. King's "Dream" in light of how far we have come.
There are many miles to go and waiting milestones to triumph, and unwelcome hurdles to overcome for every race, diverse cultures and faiths, and ethnicity and nationalities. We have to right our ship for future generations and our civilization. We saw 28 laudableChampions, but there are thousands of enlightened and dedicated Americans across our Nation are adding to the beautiful mosaic of Dr. King's prayerful hope.
As we approach the crossroads our Nation's 250th Birthday, we pray for America to take major giant leaps towards that long-awaited cherished Dream of Dr. King. Our work and investments in brilliant involvements, engagements, and achievements that benefit all Americans must go on. Our prayerful commitment must be: not "what others can do for us" but what we can do and empower for the larger good of all fellow Americans who share this time and space with
us. We all have a stake in leaving a worthy legacy for those who would inherit this "Blessed Home of Amazing Dreams" in the times to come.
I am touched by the thoughtful and generous messages about my Award - "Congratulations to our 2025 Civic
Empowerment Award winner Kanwal Prakash KP Singh! We're proud to honor this exceptional leader."
- Jennifer Robinson.
Many thanks to everyone for guiding me and for your generous support of involvements andmodest seva in the service of my Indiana Home!!
Kanwal Prakash KP Singh (KP Singh Designs) -
Indianapolis, Indiana USA - January 17, 2025.