EMBRACE Network - Student Article
The Embrace network at LAE has worked on lots of exciting things during the Autumn term.
Halloween Ball
Core members of Embrace and GEN collaborated to coordinate an extremely successful ‘ Halloween Ball ’, which raised £400 for charity (see more on the GEN page).
Culture Day
The Embrace network was able to raise £323 during LAE ’ s annual ‘ Culture Day ’, with students dressing up in their cultural clothes and walking the runway to embrace their cultural dress. Culture Day was an amazing celebration of the diversity of the community here at LAE. We are grateful to everyone who took part and to those who donated who helped raise a grand total of £723 on behalf of the NBTA (National BAME Transplant Alliance), who promote awareness around the donation of organs and stem cells amongst BAME people.
Black History Month
During Black History Month in October, members of the Embrace network took part in delivering an assembly to explore what it means to be black and British. We commemorated the works of iconic black figures in a variety of different fields, for which a tutorial session was also organised. Also, co - leaders of ‘ Embrace ’ attended a talk regarding black struggles, featuring Adjoa Andoh, David Olusoga and Dr Makaziwe Mandela (the daughter of Nelson Mandela). These discussions were very intriguing as they gave the perspectives of a range of different people who were able to relate to each other.
Ishwinder Dhingra
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