AU’s African-Caribbean Student Alliance, Black Student Union host dinner

Not every lesson taught at Auburn University involves a classroom and a textbook.

Some involve food.

The African-Caribbean Student Alliance is hosting an event of fashion, food and music tonight. The Black Student Union is hosting its annual soul food bazaar Monday night.

ACSA President Montaski McCoy said “Coming to America” is being billed as “something for every sense.” It will be a chance for international Auburn students to share the fashion, food and music of their home countries with the Auburn community and the public.

“We wanted to do something more for Black History Month,” McCoy said. “We thought it would be good to get people together from different cultures to let them show off the different clothing and educate people.”

The event starts at 6 p.m. in the ballroom of the Foy Student Union. Admission per person is $5 plus two canned goods each. Proceeds will benefit the Boys & Girls Club and the Food Bank of East Alabama.

“A lot of people don’t know about the other cultures,” McCoy said. “They only know what they see on television.”

Hungry for more?
Anyone who’s still hungry is welcome to return to the Foy ballroom Monday night for a soul food meal presented by the BSU. The free meal is available from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., but “I really suggest you get there on time,” said Kiara Pesante, public relations director. “It will go fast.”

In recent years, she said they’ve never had leftovers.

Pesante said the soul food bazaar continues to be popular year after year because it’s a chance to meet new people, reunite with old ones, and, last but not least, enjoy a great meal of “traditional southern soul food,” including fried chicken, corn bread, collard greens and peach cobbler.

The premise of soul food came out of slavery, but Pesante said this is meant to be a celebration.

“In essence, whenever we are eating soul food we are looking back at a dark part of history, but today we celebrate it as a family gathering,” she said. “A brotherly way to bring people together is with the breaking of bread.”

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