CAMPUS HOSTS PRIDE TALK SESSION
The IIE’s Varsity College Cape Town hosted its first Let’s Talk session for 2020 with honorary guest speakers, Dorian Basson (1st year University of Cape Town Bachelor of Social Work and founder of the Red Ribbon Foundation), Regina Malan (Owner of Mish Mash Productions) and Keith Robson (interim HR Executive and former Interim Chief People Officer at FutureLearn) during ‘Pride Week’.The students were granted the opportunity to engage in the subject matter regarding the sensitivity connected with society at large and the LGBTQ+ community. Pictured above are students (f.l.t.r): Rafael Graça (1st year IIE Bachelor of Commerce), Concilia Kankolongo (2nd year IIE Bachelors of Arts), Raymond Geldenhuys (2nd year IIE Bachelor of Laws), our guest speakers Dorian Basson, Regina Malan and Keith Robson alongside students, Zandile Nyamza (1st year IIE Bachelor of Education in Foundation Phase), Kokesto Kau (3rd year IIE Bachelor of Arts in Corporate Communication) and Zulfa Siu (1st year IIE Bachelor of Commerce).In a world run with fast paced news and media, stories like Dorian’s, Regina’s and Keith’s are often severely overlooked and glossed over. First hand talks like these reignite humanism in that they allow us to understand their richly textured experiences whilst ‘coming out’ to their friends, family and the general public. These unique individual perspectives in the LGBTQ+ community continue to bring in the mindfulness of compassion, healthy emphatic behavior and remove century old social stigmas associated with people in the LGBTQ+ community.
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- Extended CaptionDylan Lightfoot (1st year IIE Bachelor of Commerce and Administrator of the Surfing Club The IIE’s Varsity College Cape Town) surfing to first place in the Men’s Open Division to qualify for the 55th South African Surfing Championships during the Nelson Mandela Bay Surfriders trial this past weekend. The trial was held at Kitchen Windows in Jeffreys Bay and the next trial will be held on May 23 at the same location.Lightfoot will represent the Eastern Province Surfing team in the Men’s Open Division at the 55th South African Surfing Championships to be held in Ballito Bay, KwaDukuza Municipality from the 28-30 of September. Says 26-year-old Lightfoot: “The trial was great fun! The waves and conditions were perfect all day. I was very happy to place 1st in the Men’s Open Division.”
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