Susan W. Lohwater, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, English as a Second Language and ESL Coordinator, Advisor to International Club & Conversation Connection worked with the Parma City Schools to make it happen.

The event included tables representing various nationalities and cultures as well as multi-cultural performances.

Earth Balloon at Culture Shock 2013 at Tri-C West

In this video clip, a Tri-C student reads an award winning essay called 'My Journey to America' at the 2013 Culture Shock.

The other winning essay was from an 8th grade student for her story of moving from Syria.

Mark Curtis-Chavez, Associate Dean, Liberal Arts, introduced the keynote speaker.

Mark Curtis-Chavez, Associate Dean

Award Winning Filmmaker Johnny Wu was the keynote speaker. Wu is the President of OCA Cleveland Chapter and Co–Founder/Executive Committee Chair for the Cleveland Asian Festival among many other titles. Wu's presentation was titled "Being Different.”

In this video snippet, Johnny Wu gave examples of hate speech springing up in reaction to movies that portrayed Asians as villains. He said we should not believe the movies as truth - they are just movies.

Johnny Wu speaking at Culture Shock

See more from Johnny Wu's keynote address including an admonishment of Miley Cyrus.

There were also performances representing various cultures.

Miss Puerto Rican Image 2012 Aidelis Rivera performed a Puerto Rican dance.

Miss Puerto Rican Image 2012 Aidelis Rivera

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Two Ukrainian-American students performed a traditional dance.

There were dozens of tables offering information and artifacts about different cultures. Enjoy these images from the 2013 Culture Shock.

Iraqui artist Ahmed Gareeb behind one of his pieces

Bernadette Zubel of the Polish National Alliance

Saudi Students

Cleveland Asian Festival display

Gursharanjit Singh and Kanwarjit Singh

Honduran students

Ukraine Table

Romania Table

Native American - First Nation - table

Carl Moravec at the Czech table

Mahmoud Muhieddinc from the Islamic Center

Albanian Table

Brazil display

Display of Iranian culture

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