Purpose of the Cultural Awareness Club Web Page

To inspire people to create clubs similar to or the same as our Cultural Awareness Club
To get people to realize and accept everyone of every race and culture as a brother and sister.
To learn more about other cultures and races.
To obtain contributions to our club (monetary, ideas, services etc.)

Introduction to the Cultural Awareness Club

The Cultural Awareness Club (CAC) was founded by two students at La Salle High School in

September of 1996. The club at this moment has 72 members which is rufly 10% of La Salle’s

student body. CAC was founded on the premise that the only way to end racism, stereo-types and

misconceptions is to become informed and to interact with people of other cultures and races. The

CAC is comprised of a very diverse group of students who want to learn and interact with people

of different cultural backgrounds. Every race is well represented in the Cultural Awareness Club

and the activities our club participates in reflects our diversity. Members of the club have learned

about many cultures while at the same time having fun. Activities our club sponsored last semester

included the celebration of Oktoberfest (German Holiday), the Mexican holiday of Dia De Los

Muertos, the African American holiday of Kwanza and many club discussion on current racial

issues in this country. A statement which would sum up our clubs philosophy is "Regardless of race

we are all people and to prosper as a nation we must remember this. If a Mexican Student is

celebrating Cinco De Mayo then our nation should celebrate Cinco De Mayo, if an African

American student looks at Malcom X with pride our nation should look at Malcom X with pride, if

an Irish American student glorifies an Irish Warrior our nation should glorify this Irish Warrior and if

a Filipino Student enjoys Filipino Food then our nation should enjoy Filipino Food". The results of

our club have been very rewarding and we hope to continue our work in the future. We hope you

enjoy our site.