Name of Organization: Stevenson World's Fair
Location: 1 Stevenson Drive, Lincolnshire IL
Date: Friday January 21: 3:30-8:30 PM, Saturday January 22: 10:30 AM-3 PM, Sunday January 23: 10:00 AM-3:30 PM
Supervisor: Melissa Fainman; mfainman@d125.org
Experience:
Last weekend, I volunteered at World's Fair, Stevenson's annual cultural festival. As a new member of GSA, I, along with a couple other people, manned the booth for GSA there. As part of the booth, we each researched information on how GLBT people are treated in each of the foreign countries that World's Fair had booths for. The country I personally did research for was South Korea. It was interesting to see that quite a few countries are much more tolerant of GLBT people than America is, but was disheartening to read that some countries, such as Iran and Cameroon, have outright made homosexuality a crime. During the actual festival, we sold cookies, cupcakes, soda, and custom made bracelets in order to raise money for the Charity that this years Festival was to benefit. At the end, I was happy that I could be a part of two worth causes - charity and equality - and proud at how positive the reception of our booth had been. Gay rights is a cause I care deeply about, and Im glad I could advance that cause by helping to educate people.
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