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Project Category:
Community Engagement
This project seeks to create dialogue between the local Liberian community to the expat communities living in Monrovia. Through presentations by international embassies, potlucks, and informal discussions between differing cultures, I hope that the local and expat communities can slowly develop relationships that go beyond business. As a Chinese-Canadian living in Quebec, I am a melting pot of identities. I have always been passionate about cross-cultural integration and exchange.
Hechun Ouyang
A series of presentations, potlucks, and informal discussions between local and expat communities.
Introduce the LLC to expat communities and local communities as a center of international cooperation.
Create a framework for cultural integration and exchange events.
Inviting embassies, expat communities and local Liberian communities to partake in community presentations, potlucks, and discussions in the Liberian Learning Center. This will be done by first writing emails to foreign embassies, such as Germany, China, Ireland, etc., suggesting an event highlighting the foreign country’s work in Liberia, its culture, and food at the Liberian Learning Center.
Documented community events at the Liberian Learning Center
Formal ties between the Liberian Learning Center and foreign communities/missions, which could include funding/cooperation.
Videos, posts, and possibly additional content featuring the event from local and foreign communication channels.
Increased membership and awareness of the LLC.
I anticipate having trouble convincing foreign missions to participate, in addition to costs, logistics, and possible cultural misunderstandings regarding the sharing of food.
I do not plan to continue working on this project following my internship. Hopefully, certain relationships will have been formed that allow increased natural cooperation with expat communities.