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AROUND CAMPUS
PARADE OF NATIONS WITH A TWIST CHERISE MARKS
student, multicultural committee
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think it’s fair to say 2020 has been a year in which we’ve all been presented with many challenges, and the St Peters Multicultural Committee is no exception. At the beginning of the year, we were eager to jump into planning for this year’s Multicultural Week and various other events throughout the year, oblivious to the challenges that would arise due to COVID-19.
When At Home Learning began, the committee took to Zoom meetings, gettingtogether during our lunch breaks on a Tuesday every week. We adapted quickly to the temporary change in our lives, beginning to publish a fortnightly newsletter to keep everyone updated on various global and local multicultural events. This proved to be quite a success.
Plus Ultra | November 2020
However, when we learned that this global pandemic would be sticking around for quite a bit longer, the prospect of having to cancel the beloved Parade of Nations became very real. In the Committee we were determined to keep this going so, like many other events during this time, we went online. This in itself did certainly not come without its multitude of challenges – beginning with the fact that none of us had any expertise in filming and producing. We took our ideas to Communications who willingly gave us advice on how to best begin preparing for the task ahead of us. Planning kicked off and thanks to the eager students of St Peters, we had unprecedented numbers sign up to carry flags. Unfortunately, due to restrictions we were forced to cut down
