English Speaking club - Cultural diversity

This week events are dedicated to the World Day for Cultural Diversity which is celebrated on May, 21.

Several displays were offered to the patrons of the WOA centre:

-        Posters display  “All Americans: Images of Heritage and Citizenship” – the art works of Texas students with different ethnic background

-        Brochures display – Multiculturalism in American  Culture

-        Book display “American Art”.

The art theme announced in advance urged some of the club members to offer their own art works for display at the center.

Tanya Shutina, the architect,  brought her oil paintings  –  mostly marine landscapes.

Janina Stets, a State University Scientific Library worker,  offered her craft works – cross stitch embroidery. Among her works were landscapes, still lifes and a portrait.

Tanya Volokita, a finance student, offered for display her hand–made decorations – earrings and wrist bracelets made from beads, metal and plastic.

All the artworks on display had positive feedback from the WOA patrons and ESC members.

The English Language Club meeting started with the slide show presenting the notion of multiculturalism in the world and in the American life. The slide show was complemented by the video clips of numerous types of ethnic music in USA.

After that it was decided to project multiculturalism on the reality of the Ukrainian life. The club members formed teams and   had a brainstorming session about cultural diversity in the Ukrainian music and art. The winning team produced the longest list of artists from different ethnic backgrounds.  The video clips of afro Ukrainian and other performers were thoroughly enjoyed.

To conclude the topic a round table discussion on multiculturalism was offered. The Club members discussed the positive and negative aspects of this phenomenon.

Today we also had a visitor from the USA – Deedra Hall. She is a Peace Corps volunteer working in the town of Verhovtsevo in Dnipropetrovsk region.  Deedra briefly introduced herself and shared her opinion about living in Ukraine. She promised to prepare a lecture about her native state Oklahoma and cultural diversity there.

Number of the visitors – 25  (the English language  teachers – 1,  specialists – 19 , retired –1, students – 2, pupils – 1, librarian –1)

Have a look at more pictures, please

Deedra Hall  - a Peace Corps volunteer (in the center)