In the Community 1 from ACEH April 3

“We can embrace our diversity, find strength in it, and prosper together, or we can focus on our differences and try to restrict access to resources by members of ethnic and racial groups different from ours, and limit prosperity for all.” … Andrew Young

 Herb and Ann

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Tues, Apr 4, 4 pm:  In celebration of Asian Heritage Month (May), Sonali Allen, community development officer at Mercantile Bank, will speak on “Personal Reflections.”  Sponsored by Hope College Office of Multicultural Life and HAPA, Hope’s Asian Perspective Association.  Refreshments will be served.  At Maas Auditorium, Columbia Ave and 11^th St., Holland.

 

POSTPONED:  The Asian Food Festival, originally scheduled for Tues., Apr 4, has been rescheduled for  Wed., Apr 12, from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm.  Charge for community members.  At Phelps Dining Hall, corner of Columbia and 10th St., Holland.

 

Fri., Apr 7 and Sat.,  Apr 8, 7:30 pm: Contemporary Motions Dance Company concerts, “I Dream in Color,” with multiple guest artists and the Grosso Modo dance company of Holland’s sister city,  Querétaro, Mexico. Live music, folkloric and modern dances, “myriad moods, themes and amazing costumes and lighting.” Includes a trio from Veracruz, Mexico; a singer from Puerto Rico, and premiers of new solo works.  $7 admission, or $5 for seniors, students, and children; tickets available at the door.  At Knickerbocker Theatre, 86 East 8^th St., downtown Holland.

 

Sat., Apr 8, 2 to 4 pm: “The Native American World View; A Traditional Native Woman’s Perspective,” by Mrs. Punkin Shananaquet of the Ojibway-Potawattomi Gun Lake Tribe.  For information, contact www.motherstrust.org or tapas@accn.org; (269) 543-3951.  At Mothers Trust/Lakeshore Interfaith Institute, 6676 122nd Ave., Ganges.

 

Fri., Apr 14, 7 pm: 24 Hour News 8 anchor Brian Sterling shows and discusses “Race in Reality,” a 2005 documentary produced by WOOD-TV/Channel 8 that followed participants in a Grand Rapids Institute for Healing Racism.  Free, open to the public.  Sponsored by the  Alliance for Cultural and Ethnic Harmony and co-sponsored by Hope College Office of Multicultural Life.  At Maas Auditorium, Columbia Ave and 11^th St., Holland.