EVENTS
UCDA Presents 2023!
We look forward to seeing you for Fellowship, Fun, and Food!
See our Events Calendar for 2023
We are “Neighbors interested in educating, celebrating, and advocating diversity and equality”.
WHEN: Aug 26, 2023 (Saturday) from 11:00 – 4:00
WHERE: At the Square on corner of Peavine Rd. and Stonehenge Dr. in Fairfield Glade, TN.
CELEBRATION PERFORMANCES
10:30-11:00 Cumberland Swing Experience, Peavine Gazebo
11:00-11:15 President’s Welcome, Main Stage Gazebo
11:15-11:45 Swing Band 2nd set, Peavine Gazebo, Swing Dancers Stage #2 (Concrete Pad)
11:45-11:55 Indian – Fenil Patel testimonial – Main Stage Gazebo
11:55-12:15 Hawaiian Dancers, Stage #2 (Concrete Pad)
12:15-12:35 CCP Children’s Chorus, Stage #3 (Concrete Pad)
12:35-1:00 Chief Bert Cox, Native American Drums, Stage #2 (Concrete Pad)
1:00-1:20 Robert DeVere Moore, Latino Cellist – Main Stage Gazebo
1:20-1:45 Terry Henderson, Main Stage Gazebo
1:45- 2:05 Tai Chi, Stage #3, (Concrete Pad)
2:05-2:30 Dulcimers, Stage #2 (Concrete Pad)
2:30-2:50 Jamaican Gospel, Stage #3 (Concrete Pad)
2:50-3:30 Closing Remarks – President & Unity Circle – Everyone Invited!
So, what are we waiting for? Mark your calendar- August 26 is the date to save! The “party in the park” perks from 11:30 am until 3:30 pm. The fun will flow at the corner of Peavine & Stonehenge in Fairfield Glade. Plenty of good food will be available for purchase as well.
Admission is free! Bring friends, your good humor, a chair if you like, and a welcoming heart.
We would love to have you participate in this Multicultural Celebration!
We can always use volunteers to make this a family effort.
What We Do
We Care About All Of Us
Promoting diversity is the first step to not just “tolerance” but true inclusion and acceptance. Through growing contact with, exposure to, and communication between people who are not like us, we can learn how to relate to difference in a way where difference doesn’t have to be a problem, a barrier, or a threat. And accidentally, we might also see that the people we assumed to be so different to us may actually have a lot more in common than they thought. Increasing familiarity with these differences and commonalities can shape and shift our perspectives, cultivate an acceptance that facilitates belonging, and diminish the misconceptions and prejudices that fuel discrimination.
When we experience diversity in our everyday lives, we have regular exposure to people, cultures, traditions, and practices that are unlike our own. Hopefully we learn the skills to communicate and interact with communities, concepts, and belief systems that we are unfamiliar with and therefore gain a more worldly, balanced, and informed perspective. Not only do we enhance our own social development, but we also increase our true understanding of the world. This prepares us to be a part of a global society, whether we are traveling to a new country, working with people from diverse backgrounds, or just reading about events in the news that heavily impacts a population different than our own.
Experience Diversity
Open Yourself Up To Diversity
What is Diversity?
In broad terms, diversity is any dimension that can be used to differentiate groups and people from one another. It means respect for and appreciation of differences. But it’s more than this. We all bring with us diverse perspectives, work experiences, life styles and cultures.
We know the power of diversity is unleashed when we respect and value differences. Diversity is defined by who we are as individuals.
Diversity encompasses the range of similarities and differences each individual brings to the workplace, including but not limited to national origin, language, race, color, disability, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic status, veteran status, and family structures.