A communally made flower bouquet and a potluck are two highlights of Unity Sunday, a weekend event aimed at fostering togetherness in Clark County. The event at LeRoy Haagen Memorial Park in east Vancouver is in response to divisive national dialogue that has sometimes specifically targeted minorities, organizers said in a press release.
“We are stronger than the hate. We have to have a conversation about the way we treat people and how we talk about people,” said Diana Perez, Washington state director of the League of United Latin American Citizens, also known as LULAC. She’s one of the event’s speakers. “When we make space to hear all the voices of our community by hosting events like this, the impact is huge.”
The event starts 2 p.m. Sunday in the park located off Northeast Ninth Street west of Northeast 136th Avenue.
Other people speaking are Doug Green, former president of Congregation Kol Ami; Galina Burley with Clark County East European Coalition; Kathryn Cohen, assistant director for the SafeChoice Domestic Violence Program at YWCA Clark County; Salah Ansari, director of multicultural community services at Lutheran Community Services Northwest; and Pastor Curtis Kimbrough, cofounder of Unity Family Church and Unity Center.
