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SUMMARY:Laconia Multicultural Festival
DESCRIPTION:Laconia Multicultural Festival Celebrating Diversity since 2001\n\nLaconia Multicultural Festival is a signature event in the Downtown. We celebrate the rich cultural diversity of Laconia and the Lakes Region: from our earliest days to recently arrived New Americans. The festival highlights the music\, arts\, crafts and cuisine in honor of this growing diversity. Authentic artists from cultures represented in our community perform in Rotary Park. In the last thirty years in particular\, immigrants and political refugees/New Americans arrived from almost every country in the world. (See list below) They are our friends and neighbors\, adding richness to our community.\n\nLaconia Human Relations Committee\nThe Festival was conceived and is supported by the the Laconia Human Relations Committee. The Laconia Human Relations Committee\, a Mayor’s Committee\, was created in 2000 by then Mayor Matthew Lahey and Police Chief Bill Baker. David Stamps is current LHRC Chair. The LHRC works to cultivate a welcoming community for all. We educate ourselves\, our children and the community at-large about\, as well as respond to\, prejudice that undermines the dignity of any person. Members have been instrumental in welcoming political refugees over the years and helping in the resettlement process. The Laconia Multicultural Festival is a committee of the LHRC. Mayor Andrew Hosmer and the LHRC committee welcome new members from the Laconia area. For information call Laconia City Hall (603.527.1270) or visit Laconia’s website.\n\nFestival Committee\nThe Laconia Multicultural Committee would like to say THANKS to all of our sponsors and contributors\, our vendors & social service agencies\, all the entertainers & performers\, and all of YOU who have continued to support this great event by attending each year. We are always looking for new members to join the organizing committee and volunteers to help on Festival day. If you are interested\, please contact us via Facebook or our website. Personally\, I would like to thank all the committee members for their selfless dedication\, passion and commitment to the Laconia Multicultural Festival. Many of these people have served on this board for countless years. Becky Guyer\, Festival Chair\nMembers of the Festival Committee\n\n\nLen Campbell\nCarrie Chandler\nDebbie Frawley Drake\nLarry Frates\nTrish Weatherbee\nRev. Judith Wright\nCarol Pierce\nMatt Souza\nJanet Simmon\nDavid Stamps\nKay Anderson\,\n\n\nList of Immigrants and Refugees in Laconia.\n\n\nAlbania\nArgentina\nBhutan\nBosnia\nBrazil\nBurundi\nCambodia\nChina\nColombia\nCroatia\nCuba\nDominican Republic\nEcuador\nEgypt\nEl Salvador\nEthiopia\nGuatemala\nIndia\nIraq\nIsrael\nJapan\nKenya\nLaos\nLithuania\nMalaysia\nMexico\nMyanmar\nMorocco\nPakistan\nPalestine\nPeru\nPhilippine\nPuerto Rico\nRussia\nRwanda\nSierra Leone\nSomalia\nSouth Africa\nSudan\nThailand\nTurkey\n\nLocation of the Laconia Multicultural Festival\nThe Festival takes place in Downtown Laconia in the City Hall parking areas\, Rotary Park\, the Belknap Mill\, the Mall in front of the Soda Shoppe and the Healthlink parking lot.
URL:https://welcomingnh.org/event/laconia-multicultural-festival-4/
LOCATION:Downtown Laconia\, Laconia\, NH\, United States
CATEGORIES:General
ORGANIZER;CN="Becky Guyer":MAILTO:bguyer194@gmail.com
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