February 18, 2011

The Missouri Students Association Multicultural Issues Committee hosted its annual Eat and Greet, an event designed to bring the different minority organizations on campus together, on Thursday.

“The South Asian Students Association, Filipino American Student Association, Alpha Phi Gamma, Muslim Student Organization and Missouri Students Association, as well as others, attended,” MCI Chairwoman Alex Holley said.

FASA President Vanessa Mancao said all members of the minority organizations were encouraged to come. Most groups brought their executive boards as well as some of their general members.

“Everyone mingled together,” Mancao said. “It was nice to talk to people.”

Each group brought a food from their culture, Holley said. Some of the foods that were brought by the minority groups included Asian pasta salad and humus and pita bread.

“Everyone presented their dish, talked about what events they had and explained what they did on campus,” Mancao said.

A major topic of conversation during the event concerned all of the groups keeping closer contact with one another. The groups said they want to do better about communicating effectively with each other on certain issues on campus.

“We all hashed out ideas on how to stay in touch, and we talked about some issues affecting us on campus,” Holley said. “It brings everyone together.”

Mancao said they were all brainstorming ways of how to stay informed of what the other groups were doing. One idea was to keep in touch through a Facebook group.

“We talked about making a Facebook group for all the minority groups to join so we can all stay in contact and share our ideas,” Mancao said.

Through the group, the organizations would remain aware of what events the other groups were planning.

The Facebook group, if launched, would not only provide communication between the minority groups for planning events but also act as a means of discussing ideas to expand cultural awareness on campus.

The vandalism incident at Hatch Hall this past weekend was brought up but not solely focused on.

“We talked about what we can do to bring awareness to minority issues on campus, but we mainly just kept it light,” Mancao said.

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