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Andrews University (AU), a Seventh-day Adventist university in Berrien Springs, Michigan, United States, organized a week-long series of events to celebrate Asian-American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) communities. The “Rise Together” week, April 9-16, 2021, included worship services, drama performances, talks, music, and the opportunity to purchase commemorative merchandise to support efforts against hate in society.
The series of activities involved several student and school clubs and associations, including the Center for Faith Engagement, the Andrews Filipino International Association, the Southern Asian Student Association, the Andrews Society of Indonesian Students, and the Korean American Student Association, according to Michael Nixon, AU vice-president for Diversity and Inclusion.
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WINNIPEG Winnipeg has long been known as the Slurpee Capital of the World, but now a group of residents is hoping to skate their way to a new title. The St. Andrew’s Society of Winnipeg is hoping that Winnipeggers take part in the Great Canadian Kilt Skate: Home Edition, and help Winnipeg land the honour of being named the Kilt Skate Capital of Canada. “We here at the St. Andrews Society have been putting on this event, usually at an outdoor rink or an indoor rink over the years, said Cathy Laver-Wright. “But because of the restrictions this year, the organizers decided we’d do something called the ‘home edition.’”
Nabih Elhajj s family is still in Lebanon, and that is worrisome for the 33-year-old Springfield educator.
In the months following the Aug. 4 blast that killed Elhajj s mother, Zeina Chamoun, in Beirut, he has been trying to get his brother, Elie, and his wife, and his sister, Nadine, out of the country.
A first application, under an emergency relief status, Elhajj said, was denied by U.S. immigration. A second application is currently in the works, he said. I know they re suffering. They know I m suffering, Elhajj said about being apart.
With Lebanon in economic meltdown and political freefall its prime minister resigned in the wake of the explosion that killed 204 people but is still in charge of a caretaker government Elhajj worries for his siblings well-being and safety.