Proud of Asian Students in Action

[artsfartsyjanet]

Just for viewing purposes... I just want to recognize all the wonderful members of the organization.http://yellowworld.org/albums/album10/ASIAcollage.sized.jpg

[kasia]

did you put that together, janet? what does your group do? :)

[artsfartsyjanet]

We've collaborated with other cultural organizations in terms of campus-wide diversity events such as the International Banquet, Billiken World's Festival, and Diversity Month. The International Banquet showcases dances from the Dances of Anoa company (traditional African dancing), Aalim Dance Academy (Middle Eastern "belly" dancing), The Taiko Drummers from Washington University, flamenco dancing, and songs in Tagalog, and the Parade of Nations. More info about the international Banquet is on http://pages.slu.edu/org/isf/

The Billiken World's Festival is like an outdoor fair with tons of booths displaying cultural foods to raise money for each student organization. We had a Native American flutist, a Latino band, an Indonesian folk dance, and a traditional Vietnamese singer. A local high school marching band played music at the festival while our mascot walked and greeted everyone during the Parade of Nations. As far as ASIA's concerned, our booth painted a watercolor chinese painting and used it as a backdrop while we fundraised for our organization selling food.

In November, we hosted a Lantern's Festival at the Business school displaying hundreds of lanterns in the atrium. We had someone sing in Tagalog, read poems in Korean, Mandarin, and Vietnamese. You get the drift. We just do a lot of diversity events on our campus with other campus organizations and with other students from other universities.