The PARTYcipation Week centers on diversity and aims to attract attention to the City of Leuven's international character. During this week Leuven displays its abundance of riches: 154 nationalities and different cultures. But other forms of diversity are also included, for example (homo)sexuality, age, living and studying with a functional impairment... Leuven and Group T welcome you for movies, music, lectures, and workshops on these topics from March 15 to 21.
Taste the World
International students of Group T-Leuven Engineering College present their country in a creative and playful way. Get to know Ethiopia, Spain, and Southeast Asia firsthand while enjoying culinairy specialties prepared by our students.
When: March 15 (Ethiopia), 16 (Spain), and 17 (Southeast Asia), 12:00 to 14:00.
Where: Vesalius Campus atrium, Andreas Vesaliusstraat 13, 3000 Leuven.
For whom: everyone.
Price: €1 per dish.
Brick By Brick
3 final-year students of Group T-Leuven Education College did their traineeship at the Brick Children School in Nepal. The school was founded for the children of so-called Nobodies, workers who are toiling away in poor conditions in Kathmandu's brickyards. Brick By Brick is a moving documentary on a marvelous country, wonderful people, and incredible paradoxes.
When: March 16 at 19:30.
Where: Vesalius Campus theater, Andreas Vesaliusstraat 13, 3000 Leuven
For whom: everyone. The documentary is Nepali- and English-spoken and subtitled in both English and Dutch.
Price: Free.
DiverCity
During DiverCity students of Group T-Leuven Education College put Leuven's diversity center stage collaborating with primary school kids, senior citizens, and participants of the organization Leren Ondernemen (learning how to run a business). The day closes with a surprise act on Leuven's Grote Markt (nearby the Oude Markt).
When: March 18 from 11:30 to 14:30
Where: Grote Markt Leuven
For whom: everyone
Price: free
Life in Burundi (only for Group T-Leuven Education College students and staff)
As part of the 2011 campaign of Broederlijk Delen, an NGO in support of people in the southern hemisphere, Group T-Leuven Education College has invited Libère Bukobero for an immersion program. Libère is a sociology worker and program coordinator for ADISCO (Appui au Développement Intégral et à la Solidarité sur les Collines) in Burundi. During the PARTYcipation Week he will testify on living and working in the African country.
The PARTYcipation Week is an organization of the umbrella student council LOKO, the City of Leuven, the K.U.Leuven, the Leuven university colleges and high schools. For the complete program, go to (Dutch-language site) www.partycipationweek.be.
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