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Multicultural Seder
April 10, 2008

The second-annual Multicultural Seder, sponsored by The Asbell Center for Jewish Life, Diversity Initiatives, Religious Life, Student Senate, Music department, Religion department, Judaic Studies department, Hillel, Umoja and Abolish, brought together various campus organizations to celebrate liberation from the chains of oppression of all people in every part of the world.

The music for this event was performed by The Afro-Semitic Experience from New Haven, CT. The event also included a performance by Dickinson's new spoken-word poetry group, The Silent Poets, readings from the Haggadah and a recitation of 10 modern plagues which affect people all over the world.

 
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A member of the band, the Afro-Semetic Experience, plays during the Seder.
Will Bartlett from band, the Afro-Semitic Experience, plays during the Seder.

Children watch the band.

Students and community members look on during the ceremony.


The Afro-Semetic Experience.
Richard Robinson '09, Yazmin Watkins '09, Tynesha Wright '08, Flosha Tejada '11 and Tiffany Mane '10, members of the campus spoken-word poetry group The Silent Poets, recite "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou at the start of the Seder.

Director of The Milton B. Asbell Center for Jewish Life
Ted Merwin, director of The Milton B. Asbell Center for Jewish Life, leads the Seder.

Students and community members look on during the ceremony.
Students and community members look on during the ceremony.
Photos by Libby Parks '08
Video by Justin Marquis '93