Event Planned in Conjunction with Quaker Heritage Center's Peace Corps Exhibit
The distinct scents of cuisine whose origins range from Kenya and Portugal to Greece, Japan, Jamaica and Sweden promise to be wafting through Boyd Cultural Arts Center March 22 when Wilmington College holds its spring International Festival, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., in the north lobby of the facility.
(PICTURED) Senior Joe Njeru, a native of Kenya, shares favorite dishes during the International Festival in November with, from the left, Micaela Wright, Montana McFarland and Alec Rivers.
The activity, which is sponsored by the International Club, is being held in conjunction with this semester’s Quaker Heritage Center’s exhibit, “The Peace Crops: 50 Years of Service, Bringing the World Home.” The QHC will be open that evening for viewing the exhibit along with sampling foods from across the world prepared by members of the International Club and friends of the College.
In addition, images from abroad will be shown and music endemic to foreign locales will provide a backdrop for the evening’s activities.
The event is free of charge.
The Peace Corps exhibit explores what it is like to serve with the Peace Corps. Created by the Committee for a Museum of the Peace Corps Experience, the exhibit covers everything from where volunteers live to what they eat and what they do.
QHC curator Ruth Brindle said the exhibit presents “images and first-person stories that bring the Peace Crops experience to life.” She added that the event, like all QHC exhibits, strives to connect the Wilmington College student experience with the wider world of Friends and Quakerism, while specifically reflecting WC’s Quaker-inspired values of community, diversity, peace and social justice, and service and civic engagement.
