Diversity Walkabout
Allison Witte
Mrs. Florez
Social Justice 6
12/11/14
Diversity Walkabout
On Wednesday, December 10th, Saylor and I attended Human Rights Day at the Tracy
Aviary in Liberty Park. The event is hosted every year by the Salt Lake City Mayor’s Office of
Diversity & Human Rights (ODHR) and the Salt Lake City Human Rights Commission in honor of the worldwide celebration of human rights day. The date December 10th is significant because it commemorates when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. It cost us $12 to get in, but we learned that all proceeds go towards the
Human Rights Education Project which aims to educate refugees and immigrants about their legal rights and responsibilities. In the hour or so that we were there, we saw a display of diverse backgrounds and cultures. We ate a variety of unfamiliar foods. My favorite thing I tried was
Baklava made by a woman named Muna. It was uplifting to see how proud she was of her culture and what she had made. It was very crowded and as we walked through we encountered different cultures being represented through art, music, dance, and cuisine. There was one woman displaying what looked like handmade corn husk dolls, squatting next to a man dancing and playing the drums. This was just one example of how the cultures mixed and blended and everyone was just happy to be celebrating this day together. At the end of the night we watched
Erika George, a Professor of Law at the University of Utah receive the Human Rights award for her work against sexual assault. It was an nice closure to the night.
This experience was very new for me but I really enjoyed it. The atmosphere was very friendly and I didn’t feel like anyone was judging anyone else and there was a sense of appreciation amongst everyone. It was an opportunity for me to see how diverse Salt Lake really is, something that I think people are often oblivious to. This experience was
Mrs. Florez
Social Justice 6
12/11/14
Diversity Walkabout
On Wednesday, December 10th, Saylor and I attended Human Rights Day at the Tracy
Aviary in Liberty Park. The event is hosted every year by the Salt Lake City Mayor’s Office of
Diversity & Human Rights (ODHR) and the Salt Lake City Human Rights Commission in honor of the worldwide celebration of human rights day. The date December 10th is significant because it commemorates when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. It cost us $12 to get in, but we learned that all proceeds go towards the
Human Rights Education Project which aims to educate refugees and immigrants about their legal rights and responsibilities. In the hour or so that we were there, we saw a display of diverse backgrounds and cultures. We ate a variety of unfamiliar foods. My favorite thing I tried was
Baklava made by a woman named Muna. It was uplifting to see how proud she was of her culture and what she had made. It was very crowded and as we walked through we encountered different cultures being represented through art, music, dance, and cuisine. There was one woman displaying what looked like handmade corn husk dolls, squatting next to a man dancing and playing the drums. This was just one example of how the cultures mixed and blended and everyone was just happy to be celebrating this day together. At the end of the night we watched
Erika George, a Professor of Law at the University of Utah receive the Human Rights award for her work against sexual assault. It was an nice closure to the night.
This experience was very new for me but I really enjoyed it. The atmosphere was very friendly and I didn’t feel like anyone was judging anyone else and there was a sense of appreciation amongst everyone. It was an opportunity for me to see how diverse Salt Lake really is, something that I think people are often oblivious to. This experience was