~Transmitter Faizah Aziz~
Monday, 5 December 2016
Pathways Community Time Presentations
~Transmitter Faizah Aziz~
Spoken Words at AUW
The marvelous “Spoken Words” we saw today are the result of tremendous hard work and dedication of the performers. Each of them worked really hard. We tried our best to provide them with necessary materials about slam poetry, and helped them to improve through practice session, which was quite challenging and exciting for us at the same time”, said Farzana Fayeza, secretary of the AUW Speak Up club. On December 4, ‘Spoken Words Season 1’ took place after one-month long intense preparation. The program was conducted by Sneha Sandaz, president of AUW Speak Up Club and Farzana Fayeza. Despite the hectic schedule of final week of the semester, students and faculty members gathered in the Tale Space to enjoy the enthusiastic performances. The session started with the performance of Insiya khan and Shamael from Undergraduate First year, where they performed “If I should have a daughter” originally written and performed by Sarah Kay. Snapping with the performances, clapping, laughing, even crying, and the audiences gradually connected with the multidimensional themes of different spoken words. The program continued with 17 more poetry with diverse topics. The selected slam poetry performed by the student talked about profound love, amazing power of youth, social stigma towards women, friendship across border, fault in traditional education system, objectification of women, necessity of teaching sex education to children, influence of technology in modern lives, family, and misinterpretation of Islam. Each of the performers was overwhelmingly appreciated by the audiences- continuous snaps and huge round of applauses kept the room lively for two hours. With “Easy in not an option” performed by Choki, the program came to end; left AUW with some amazing moments to reminisce. With the successful ending of the first season, AUW Speak Up Club is looking ahead to organize Season 2, with the participation of more students, and in a larger scale.
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| Three Transmitters amazed the audience with their captivating performances |
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| Performers and organizers in one frame |
Saturday, 26 November 2016
Children’s Day
The laughter of the children filled the air
on 26th November, a song with a catchy rhythm is played as everyone starts
to dance, Children’s Day is finally here! The AUW Women across Border Club
holds various activities for the welfare of children, for example the weekly teaching
program for the kids who cannot afford to formal education. On the occasion of
Children’s Day, the club organized an event, which was held in a public school.
The event was on Friday as there is class on Saturday. As soon as the van
pulled over in the event place, a group of children gathered around the car, the
air around already vibrant with the excitement of the kids. The club organized
several programs for the children like drawing competition with the theme of “your
dream for the future”, followed by a balloon race game. After the end of
different activities, prizes were given out to the winners along with refreshments
for all. The final activity for the day was a dance party everyone joins in to
dance, laugh and mark the end of a day with energy and enthusiasm. 
Author: Ugyen Samdrup Lhamo
