Pardeep Kaleka lost his father 10 years ago when a gunman with ties to white supremacist groups opened fire in a Wisconsin gurdwara, killing six people. But he says he found an unlikely and controversial way to deal with his grief — reaching out to a former white supremacist.⁠ ⁠ The two men have spoken out against hate together at events, as the Sikh community continues to heal a decade after the deadly rampage.⁠ ⁠ On Aug. 5, 2012, the gunman, Wade Michael Page, who had ties to white supremacist organizations, entered the Oak Creek gurdwara, a Sikh house of worship, and fatally shot six congregants before killing himself. He wounded four others, one of whom died in March 2020 from injuries sustained in the shooting.⁠ ⁠ Kaleka, whose father, Satwant Singh Kaleka, was the gurdwara’s president, said he feels healing is multilayered and that he ultimately turned to his faith and community.⁠ ⁠ He said he actually found some semblance of closure in an unconventional source.⁠ ⁠ Arno Michaelis, a former white supremacist and a co-founding member of the hate group Page was a part of, had left the movement in 1994 and gone public with his story in 2010. ⁠ ⁠ Kaleka reached out to Michaelis, who he eventually befriended, after the shooting to find answers about the white supremacy movement and heal.⁠ ⁠ Read more in the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ 📸: Courtesy Arno Michaelis