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Why Cultural Diversity? |
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The theme of cultural diversity has been designed to foster understanding, acceptance, and constructive relations amongst TIG members who have a diverse cultural background. With over 13,000 members participating on different activities around the theme, TakingITGlobal intends to create a platform where the importance of cultural diversity is experienced. This platform will build a community that is not only aware of different cultures, but also aware of their own cultural heritage, giving them the confidence they need to realize and accept that no one culture is more important than another. The theme will focus on the impact of shared knowledge and cultural identity, and an exploration of how different cultures working together can create new ideas and solutions. The United Nations' International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is also in March, so the month will be full of exciting activities online and off!
Engage yourself and present your culture to the world! Below's a guide to how you can, using the various TakingITGlobal web site features. |
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Community |
Do you feel that understanding cultures and sharing knowledge is important in today's society? If your answer is yes, you share this ambition with many TIG members, who have expressed an interest in learning and engaging themselves in different cultural activities. With this month's theme there are many ways of realizing that ambition and some suggested ways of engaging yourself are:
- Read/view and share your thoughts on the different submitted articles, updates and artwork posted by our members. As you share these thoughts you are encouraged to write about the following:
- How does the work submitted make you feel and think?
- What have you learned and understood?
- What questions come to mind with what you have viewed?
- Can you relate to what has been submitted?
- Post a discussion about the current affairs, events or issues happening within your community that you feel are important in achieving cultural understanding. Suggested discussion topics could include the following:
- The importance of Cross-understanding
- Culture vs. Globalization
- How to promote cultural self awareness
- Overcoming Culture Shock
- Introduce your culture
Post your discussion: http://discuss.tigweb.org/
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Action |
If you have ideas about Cultural Diversity you would like to explore further, consider developing a project with a group of friends. Determine the key issues that you feel are important, and work towards addressing them with your project. Some project ideas are:
- Working with a group of people to learn a new language or teaching a language to others
- Organizing a festival that showcases different cultures
- Participating in existing exchange programs or organizing an exchange
- Documenting stories that depict 'a day in the life' of people from diverse backgrounds
Submit your project: http://projects.tigweb.org/
You could also introduce the theme of Cultural diversity and engage your friends, school, community in different activities that promote cultural activities!
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Expression |
Art is a beautiful and powerful tool that is able to break the barriers created by spoken languages. As you submit your artwork you are able to clearly represent your thoughts and therefore given the opportunity to showcase your culture from a perspective unique to any other. Here are suggested topics that you could work on for the theme cultural diversity:
- Life as I know it
- A day in the life in my community
- Events, celebrations and festivals in my community
- My community and its people
- Send or submit designed E-Cards promoting your culture and/or the diversity of your community.
- Involve other groups, schools, clubs and/or organizations to have their members submit artwork for the global gallery. Assisting local artists to expose their work to the world is an important way of creating opportunity.
View Cultural Diversity submissions so far
Learn about the Contest
Send or Submit E-Cards: http://ecards.tigweb.org
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Voice |
To be in a situation where you can be the voice of the voiceless is a great responsibility. To accept that responsibility is what molds and builds individuals into leaders. The voice of the online community is through text, write articles on your culture and represent your community to the rest of the global community. Suggested topics you could write about include:
- My culture
- A day in the life in my community
- Life as I know it
- What I think about the world we live in
- Issues that youth are facing today in your country
- Activities and events happening in your country this month
Submit your article: http://tigweb.org/express/content.html
Read articles: http://articles.tigweb.org/
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Opportunities |
Do you know of any activities, events or financial opportunities available in your community? Share the information with fellow community members and help other members in your community realize the opportunities available within the community. Areas you could research on when adding opportunities could include the following categories:
- Culture and tradition
- Youth activities and opportunities
- Awards for articles on culture and/or community related
- Community work
- Tourism
- Internet access
- Scholarships for youth
- Student exchange program opportunities
- Grants available for youth in your country
- Events run by organizations in your community (If the organization is not added, please add it to the TIG.org organizations database!)
View and Add Organizations: http://organizations.tigweb.org/
View and Add Events: http://events.tigweb.org/
View and Add Financial Opportunities: http://financialopps.tigweb.org/
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