Diversity Night Experience

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Over my past two and a half years of high school, I have participated in many activities. From the many events I contributed to and the many activities I took part in, two activities taught me much about myself and also helped me teach others. The first one I would like to introduce is Diversity Night at Carl Wunsche Senior High School. Diversity Night is an eventful night in which different cultures around the world are represented by individual booths. I helped my older sister run her booth as her assistant. First, I gathered my friends from school and a few other friends I have and informed them all about the rich knowledge we may receive by volunteering to help. After I explained to them the event and the activities that would take place, …show more content…

Many of my friends brought Pakistani dishes for the audience attending to taste. We had come up with many props and displays for people to see and learn about our culture. My job during the setup was to supervise everyone and make sure everything was just how my sister and I planned it. Once the decorations and the setting up of the booth were finished, the event began. Many people showed up, starting from young children to our senior citizens. So many different cultures from divergent places around the world coming together in one big room were truly beautiful. I got to learn more about not only Pakistan, but also the other places and their cultures. As the people attending the event came around to our booth, they had many questions about our food, our displays, and our henna tattoos that we had. During the night, I was given the job to inform everyone about our culture and answer any questions asked, or at least try my best to. As the questions kept coming, I began realizing how much I actually know about my culture. Explaining our traditions, the art of henna, and telling them about many of our dishes, gave me a warm feeling knowing I was expanding others knowledge and spreading

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