After a year of planning, the International Student Organization (ISO) held their fifth annual ISO Gala April 14. The event served $5,628.65 to support women who are victims of sexual assault in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.<\/p>\n
The club sold 140 tickets for the event and also received money in the form of donations or from the silent auction that featured student and local art.<\/p>\n
The event featured student performers of musical performances and spoken word, including Talibah Aquil, Meechy Jay, Willow Run, and Earnest Kiah and Bruce Cypress.<\/p>\n
Diana J. Fox, an anthropology professor at Bridgewater State University in New Jersey, delivered the evening\u2019s keynote presentation. She highlighted many of the roots of patriarchal society and how gender norms and the oppression of women is continuing. Her speech captured many of the ways in which women are oppressed around the world.<\/p>\n
The club recognized\u00a0seniors Emmanuel Kampanga, Phoebe Coffie and Angel Mallard with the ISO Excellency Award.<\/p>\n
Though this was the club\u2019s fifth gala, junior Paul Kayembe, ISO president, focused on the gala as a key event. The previous gala \u201cwas more of a surprise than anything,\u201d Kayembe said.<\/p>\n