I went to two different diversity events that were recommended through our class. I attended the roads to activism diversity event with Aldo Magazzeni as the speaker. I also attended the NWC diversity event. Both were interesting and a learning experience. I enjoyed both of them because it really makes you think about the different things that were presented.
The first event I went to was called "Traveling Mercies is Afghanistan, Kenya, Haiti, and Mexico. This event included a speaker named Aldo Magazzeni and his slide show of his pictures from the places he has traveled. Aldo was the speaker for this event because he was the man who traveled to these countries to help villages get on their feet with a water system. Aldo has a nonprofit organization called the Traveling Mercies that has set up wells and water systems in many countries. He works with different groups such as the Rotary to help him work to create a way fro him to complete his plan of helping these countries. Aldo had many stories to share with us about his experiences and pictures to go along which made it very interesting what he does.
The other event that I went to was the NWC diversity event. This event was called the event with the name that no one wants to say. This is an event where words people use in racist situations are thrown around the stage. The actors do skits to make these hard things to talk about a little more humerous. Most people got a laugh in at times because the actors were all over the stage. Even though the act was fun to watch and made it interesting this is still a hard subject for a lot of people. This is because most people from small towns haven't been exposed to diversity.
Both of these events were fun to attend because they were interesting and informational. I enjoyed going to both of them because my town had no diversity in it so I have never been exposed to different. I thought it was interesting listening to ALdo talk about how he has helped all these individuals. These were the diversity events I attended.
That man should feel really good about himself because he was able to help people who otherwise would not have gotten that help. You make a good point about a lot of people being from small towns and not being exposed to diversity, until they go to college.
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