On September 28, join LightHouse in celebrating the Cantonese, Mandarin and Spanish speaking communities, along with the African American community, through personal narratives, cultural cuisine and inspiring music at Journey to Community, A Multicultural Event.
This event is hosted by LightHouse’s multicultural committee, The Cultural Engagement Project. LightHouse Adult Program Specialist Sabrina Bolus chatted with us about the committee and the event.
“The committee grew out of conversations with students,” Sabrina began. “Last May it came together and the committee expanded to include staff, students, volunteers and community members. We started talking about how we wanted to come together as a group, foster intercultural connections and celebrate different cultures, so we planned this first event, Journey to Community.”
Sabrina explained a little about the three panelists joining us for the event, “We have within our mist very talented and interesting people: Jorge Ellington, a wonderful Latin jazz musician; Norma Ryles, an interior designer; and Joseph Chan, one of our board members as well as an author.”
Jorge Ellington, one of the panelists, is also one of the students Sabrina talked to. He expressed his hopes for this event, “When I first met Sabrina, we talked about wanting to open up more student programming for students from different cultures. We want to show them LightHouse is open to them for community programming and blindness skills training in different languages.”
This event will bring together people who share the commonality of being a part of the blindness community, to share what we have in common as well as our differences. As Joseph Chan said, “Vision loss has no culture and language boundaries, but our first multicultural event is an opportunity for getting acquainted with people from other cultures and people who speak different languages.”
Norma Ryles added the event was about “fostering community cohesion and celebrating diversity within the blind and visually impaired community.”
Event Details
What: Journey to Community, A Multicultural Event
When: Saturday, September 28, from 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Where: LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, 1155 Market St. San Francisco
Spanish, Cantonese, and ASL interpretation will be provided.
Panelists Info
- Joseph Chan: LightHouse: Board of Directors, author – passion for language access
- Norma Ryles: LightHouse Student, Interior Designer – passion for Architecture and design
- Jorge Ellington: LightHouse Student, Lifelong Musician – passion for music and poetry
Schedule
Moderated by Daisy Soto, LightHouse Youth Program Coordinator
- 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm: Social Hour, enjoy food and drinks from diverse cultures
- 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm: Panel discussion, “Journeys to Community”
- 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm: DJ Music and dancing
RSVP
- RSVP online for Journey to Community, A Multicultural Event.
- 要使用西班牙語、粵語或普通話進行註冊，請使用您熟悉的語言發送電子郵件至 SBolus@lighthouse-sf.org，我们的翻译員會為您提供幫助。
- Para inscribirse en español, envíe un correo electrónico a SBolus@lighthouse-sf.org y un intérprete le ayudará.
- Or call Sabrina Bolus at 415-694-7607.
