To welcome students and faculty back on campus for spring quarter, 沃拉沃拉大学’s student leaders came together to host the first annual Multicultural Fair in honor of student diversity on campus.
This inaugural event was led by junior product design major and diversity and wellness officer for the Associated 学生 of 沃拉沃拉大学 (ASWWU), 安德烈斯阿纳, who developed the idea for the fair his freshman year when he felt there was no space on campus for him to feel celebrated as a Hispanic man.
“I felt that if no one was going to step up and do it, then someone should”, said Anaya. His idea came to life with the support of the WWU Office for 多元化和包容性 and several different campus clubs, including the Asian Pacific Islander Club (APIC), the Black Student Christian Forum (BSCF), and the Latin American Student Association (LASA).
Guests were invited to wear clothing that represented their cultural backgrounds and to enjoy food and performances from the different cultures of the WWU community. Some performances included a Mexican folklore dance, 一个草裙舞, 和tinikling, a traditional Filipino dance which involves two people tapping and sliding bamboo poles back and forth on the ground while a dancer steps around and in between the poles.
Assistant to the president for diversity and theology professor, Pedrito Maynard-Reid, enjoyed his homemade Jamaican ginger beer as he watched the gathered crowd. Maynard-Reid described the event as a fruit salad of cultures, saying, “...everybody loves their apples, 香蕉, 和芒果, but every now and then you want to…put them in a bowl and enjoy them all.”
Both Anaya and Maynard-Reid are excited, not only for next year’s Multicultural Fair, but the continued celebration of diversity at WWU.
To learn more about diversity and inclusion on our campus, visit safarinautique.com/diversity.
发布于2024年4月29日.
