My second day volunteering at the International Festival was in the evening. I definitely noticed more people were there than when I was there on Thursday, and there were more performances going on at the time. I was able to walk around the Festival and look at the different booths and even though I had …
Monthly Archives: November 2019
Stain You Prayer Rug Red With Wine (No God But God, Aslan ch.8)
Not going to lie, I was pretty confused reading this chapter of No God But God. I have never really had many opinions of Islam, because I never have been as familiar with it even though I have studied it before. But this reading did give off some of the vibes that people tend to …
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ICR: IACA International Festival Pt. 1
This past Friday, I volunteered at the Indianapolis International Festival for my ICR as a part of the Indiana Association of Chinese Americans. Myself and a few other classmates worked the 7-9 PM shift and I personally really enjoyed the experience. We got there and there wasn’t much of a crowd, but this made it …
ICR: Learning the Lion Dance
Last week on Monday, myself and a few other class members that are apart of IACA (Indiana Association of Chinese Americans) for our ICR credit joined Kwan, who is one of the IACA members, to rehearse the lion dance for the international festival that took place this past weekend. It was really interesting to see …
The International Festival (11/7)
As part of the ICR portion of this class, I am volunteering with the Indiana Association for Chinese Americans (IACA). This weekend, I have been a volunteer for the IACA at the International Festival. Kwan, one of the people from the IACA we have been working with has met with us a few times before …
Day 1
The first day we went to the festival we had to go in the evening because we all had class pretty late in the day. When we got there it wasn’t super busy, but I felt that it made it easier to see all of the booths and it wasn’t as overwhelming! Our booth was …
The Hajj
This past week in class, we discussed the Muslim pilgrimage, the Hajj. The Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam, when once in their lives, each Muslim should try and be apart of the annual trip to Mecca. The documentary we watched for Thursday’s class followed an ABC reporter through his journey as …
ICR Reflection Journal: Indianapolis International Festival (3 of 3). Patience and Planning
So yeah, let’s talk about attention to detail yet again. Before Maddie and Pat picked me up on Saturday afternoon to head over to the festival, I was checking social media and saw one of my favorite local restaurants post a photo with a witty caption in regards to the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon. I liked …
It’s Always an Adventure
When Pat, Taylor, and I were driving to the festival, we were just off campus and we were sitting at a red light when all of a sudden the car moved forward and there was a super loud noise!! The lady in the car behind us, ran into our car! The lady that hit Pat’s …
ICR Reflection Journal: Indianapolis International Festival (2 of 3)
Friday evening was our second day volunteering at the International Festival working with the Indiana Association of Chinese Americans, or IACA. It started off with a bang, literally, when Patrick got rear-ended as we were driving there. One of the women representing a group called “Friends of the Third World” that advocated for community education …
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