What a stellar turn-out we had this evening at UA for our DADYO (Dallas Area Diversity Youth Organization) meeting! In addition to hosting our sisters from Chile (who now have LOTS of new Facebook friends), we were thrilled to be joined by our friends from other local independent schools including ESD, Greenhill, Parish, Jesuit, St. Marks and Hockaday. In fact, we had over 125 students present!! Our evening began with a fiesta quesadilla dinner in Haggar Center for the whole community (served beautifully by our UA dream team). Then, we came together in the KIVA to view Morgan Freeman's award-winning Documentary, Prom Night in Mississippi. This documentary focuses on a small Mississippi town which has maintained the tradition of having separate high school proms, one for black students and one for white students - and what happens when the seniors decide to have an integrated Prom for the first time, courtesy of Morgan Freeman. Our discussion afterward was led by our UA students and they made us very proud in the way that they explored the documentary themes of opportunity, change, fear, love, tradition and more.
Many thanks to all of the students and educators who attended our DADYO meeting and who helped make tonight a fantastic evening of learning and sharing!
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