Marnita's Table

There is no font that can adequately describe or explain my experience with Marnita’s Table tonight. IT WAS ASTONISHING!

In my Intercultural Communications class I have already been exposed to a wide variety of experiences and opinions in regards to multicultural students and how to best communicate with them. I can’t believe it has only been two weeks.

I’ll be honest when I got the email about this event I was not all that thrilled.  It was three hours long on a Wednesday night, the menu wasn’t published, and I didn’t really get what I was supposed to get out of it.  I don’t enjoy attending meal style events because I am always worried about over eating…but tonight I did great.  I even left a few minutes early to avoid eating dessert.  (Points for CB)

So let me start with the event.  Here I go!  They opened the doors at 6 pm exactly and insert glorious smell here.  I can’t describe how delicious it smelled. Every table was adorned with food from all over the world.  No one was from the same ethnic group and no one knew each other.

 The purpose of this event was to encourage communication between cultures and to break cliques on campus.  All I can say is it worked!  Marnita was loud and totally in charge of the chaos.  We were not allowed to sit with anyone that we knew.  We had to talk to new people, try all of the food, and intermingle and find our commonalities.

After dinner we participated in a discussion on how to break cultural stigmas on campus and then ended with a candle ceremony.  The ceremony was truly breathtaking.  We all got a candle and spread our light with others.

I learned so much and I can’t wait to continue to work with this wonderful organization.  

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C