October Culturally Responsive Dinner

October Cultural Responsive Dinner
On Saturday, October 29th St. Paul’s Church will hold our next Cultural Responsive Dinner at
the Rieder Homestead Barn at 5:00. The country and culture we will celebrate is Liberia,
Africa, on the opposite side of the continent from Tanzania. James Woiwor is from Liberia
and will talk about his experiences in Liberia and his decision to move to Minnesota. Watch
for recipes from Liberia later in October, but James warns us that they are spicy.
Liberia is a coastal country in West Africa which
was founded by freed slaves of color from the US who
purchased land with the help of a private organization
(American Colonization Society). Liberia was founded in
1822 as an outpost for returning freed slaves from the
Americas. It grew into a colony and eventually became a
commonwealth and achieved independence in 1847. Liberia
was recently in the news because in 2016-2017 Liberia
was among the countries who had cases of Ebola. Liberia
also had a woman president from 2006-2018. Join us on
October 29th to learn more about Liberia.