Tuesday was a remarkable day of celebrating and embracing diversity and fun. Izza Ahmad with her Rangatahi-Lead funding from the Community Trust joined with our Amnesty International team to support Freedom Week and to create a Multicultural day of celebration. First up this morning we held an assembly where Izza spoke to us of the need to look around us to the friends we are yet to make. Keynote speaker Mahdis Azarmandi from the University of Canterbury challenged us to find those spaces where we could reach out to others even if at sometimes it can be a challenge. Deputy Mayor, Sophie Barker also told us that it is all very well to tolerate our diverse cultures here in Dunedin but we must do more than that, we must celebrate them. And celebrate we did. We were treated to items including a Chinese fan dance from the president of the Chinese Association of Dunedin. Later in the morning we held a workshop with Kim Charteris–Wright and her team from Free Spirit Training & Development Ltd where our students worked on team building and leadership in the cultural space. After our students were nourished with a feast of Indian, Turkish, Chinese and Japanese foods, we spent lunchtime lifting the roof in celebration of our talented dancers from the Pacific, Asia, and South East Asia as well as a Robbie Burns poem from our own Mr. Trickey. We wish to thank Izza Ahmad and Khazima Tahir, Izza's mother for initiating this event and the many distinguished guests who joined us at assembly: Afshan and Mudassir from the Dunedin Pakistan Society, Wasim, the President of the Syrian Society, Weidu Xu President of the Senior Chinese Association, Lux from the Multi-Ethnic council, Hussein from Multicultural Labour, Otago Southland Branch and Ahmad Naveed, Izza's dad.