Rochester International Association will be participating in the RochesterFest parade. We are officially float #76 on the parade route. RIA participants will be marching with flags and ethnic costumes of different countries. The Grand Parade is an annual Rochesterfest event put on by the Ambassadors of the Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce.

If you wish to participate, please contact Sushital Chowdhury via email or phone (507) 281-3870.

Download and view the PDF for the exact location of the RIA float and meetup information.

Add this event to your calendar.

Mayo Clinic (sponsored by Diversity Committee and more specifically the Hispanic Diversity Infinite Group), IBM Hispanic Networking Group and Rochester Downtown Alliance (RDA) will co-host a Cinco de Mayo celebration.

The purpose of the celebration is to acknowledge, celebrate, and provide education about the Hispanic culture and heritage of Mayo’s patients, visitors, and employees as well as that of the citizens of Rochester, MN.

The goal of the event is to contribute to a positive, supportive environment that respects and values the cultural diversity of patients, visitors, Mayo employees, and the citizens of Rochester. Furthermore, it will contribute to the City of Rochester’s goal of being an inclusive community.

The celebration will include culturally relevant information, entertainment, food vendors, exhibitors. from 11:00 – 1:00.

The Rochester World Festival 2009 was a success. A heartfelt thank you goes out to all the folks that made this a success. Join us again next year. In the meanwhile, a World Festival wrap up meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday May 6, 2009 7pm at the Charter House (3rd floor conference room) (Event). All food vendors and others involved in the Festival are welcomed to provide us with suggestions for making next year’s event better.

Also, if you attended the World Festival and you are on Facebook, please post your favorite pictures and video on our RIA Facebook Group page. We’d love to see them.

Just a friendly reminder that the Rochester World Festival 2009 is this Friday April 10 from 7pm to 9pm and Saturday April 11 from 10am to 3pm. Here’s a link to our official RIA World Festival 2009 poster that you can print out. We’ll post the program guide PDF here as well.