http://ria-minnesota.org Our mission is to celebrate cultural diversity and provide opportunities for multicultural education and exchange. Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:07:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The prize drawing was held near the end of the World Festival on Saturday, and the winners are as follows: 1st prize: $50 gift certificate to India Garden: claimed by Roger Nelson. 2nd prize: 512MB iPod Shuffle: Cecilia and Joe Szurszewski 3rd prize: 256MB Sandisk Cruzer thumbdrive: ... http://ria-minnesota.org/2008/04/13/ria-world-festival-prize-winners/ PRESS RELEASE FOR THE 33RD ROCHESTER WORLD FESTIVAL 2008 "One World, Many Cultures" On Friday, April 11, and Saturday, April 12, 2008 the Rochester International Association presents its 33rd World Festival at Mayo High School, 1430 SW 11 Av, Rochester, Minnesota. The Festival opens Friday evening at 7 PM with a colorful show ... http://ria-minnesota.org/2008/04/07/rochester-world-festival-2008/ Friday Evening World Talent Show Place: Mayo High School Auditorium When: Friday, April 11, 7pm Artistic Director and Master of Ceremonies: John Berquist Performers Scottish Bagpiper, Christopher Kennedy RCTC World Drum Group-- Cuban Samba, conducted by Denny McGuire Colombian Roots: 2 dances Juan Carlos Ramirez, Diego Luengas, Diana Kurman, Carolina Amador ... http://ria-minnesota.org/2008/04/06/world-festival-friday-program/ Rochester International Association is giving away prizes for World Festival participants for new memberships, membership renewals, and donations. To enter the drawing, come to the Friday and/or Saturday events and visit our membership booths. The list of prizes include: $50 dinner certificate to an ethnic restaurant (TBD) iPod Shuffle ... http://ria-minnesota.org/2008/04/06/worldfest-update-prize-giveaways/ The RIA Winter 2007 edition of our quarterly newsletter is now available for download. http://ria-minnesota.org/2008/01/22/winter-2008-newsletter-now-available/ The RIA Autumn/Fall 2007 edition of our quarterly newsletter is now available for download. UPDATE (Sep 13, 2007): Please re-download the newsletter. Made changes to indicate the results of the annual elections board meeting held on September 11, 2007. http://ria-minnesota.org/2007/09/10/autumn-newsletter-now-available/ From Phyllis Layton -- Plans are under way to start on the fall newsletter. It would be great to get it out before activities start in September. RIA will have the annual board meeting Tuesday Sept 11 at the new IMAA office. We need to find candidates for members of the ... http://ria-minnesota.org/2007/08/24/coming-up-at-ria/ Please bookmark our RIA Events Calendar page. If your group would like to add events to the calendar, please contact us. You may also subscribe via:    http://ria-minnesota.org/2007/07/26/new-ria-events-calendar-now-available/ A Darfur community forum and a screening of "The Devil Came on Horseback.". More details. When: The forum is 7 p.m. Friday and the film is 6 p.m. Sunday. Where: Autumn Ridge Church, 3611 Salem Road S.W., Rochester. Admission: Free to both events. http://ria-minnesota.org/2007/07/25/exclusive-darfur-documentary-to-be-showed-in-rochester/ Please check out a brief diversity questionnaire from the Rochester Public Library. It will help the Rochester Public Library help better serve your needs. Thanks. http://ria-minnesota.org/2007/07/16/rochester-public-library-diversity-questionnaire/