Beloved Community Day

Beloved Community Day


Mai Du, one of Get Konnected! Boston’s 50 Most Influential Asian-American Pacific Islanders, has two passions — and she shared both with Brooks on May 21: martial arts and community work.

Brooks School Beloved Community Day 2025
Brooks School Beloved Community Day 2025

The social justice activist performed with the Wah Lum Kung Fu Academy and shared an inspiring talk in Chapel during our annual Beloved Community Day, focused this year on the Asian Pacific Islander community as represented by Brooks’ office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging and Asian Student Alliance affinity group.

Brooks School Beloved Community Day 2025

Watch highlights from Beloved Community Day 2025:

Putting students’ regularly scheduled schoolwork on hold for the morning, Beloved Community Day provided opportunities for all members of Brooks campus to engage in activities and discussions that foster a deeper appreciation of Asian Pacific cultures, specifically highlighting Chinese, Korean and South Asian cultural values and traditions.

Brooks School Beloved Community Day 2025
Brooks School Beloved Community Day 2025
Brooks School Beloved Community Day 2025

“When we celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, and truly understand the significance of it, we are learning about each other,” said Du, following a talk sharing her personal journey as an immigrant and her current work in Boston-area community coalitions and education initiatives.

Students rotated among various stations, including:

  • Style Me Dance’s “K-Pop Dance” workshop  
  • Triveni Indian Dance Group’s performance of traditional Indian dances
  • Kung fu how-to
  • Asian storytelling workshop
  • Lesson on the Korean alphabet, Hangul
  • “Asia Unplugged: Traditional Games” workshop 
  • Hindu yoga and meditation  
  • Chinese calligraphy mini-lesson  

before an Asian themed lunch featuring a special delivery of Boba!

Brooks School Beloved Community Day 2025
Brooks School Beloved Community Day 2025

“Understanding what another person's culture means to them, and what they do as a part of defining who they are as a global citizen, helps them make connections,” Du shared.

Brooks School Beloved Community Day 2025

“It’s all about being in community, learning about friends who are Asian Americans or learning more about their history and being interconnected with each other. The idea is about appreciating each other's heritage and traditions and hearing each other's stories.”

Brooks School Beloved Community Day 2025

See an album of photos from the festive day on brooksschoolphotos.com.

Brooks School Beloved Community Day 2025
Brooks School Beloved Community Day 2025

 

Brooks School's Rob Simmons '61

After being drafted into the United States military at the onset of the Vietnam War, Rob Simmons ’61 embarked on a political career devoted to supporting servicemembers and veterans. Now, he finds peace in the simple labor of growing crops on his family farm in his hometown of Stonington, Connecticut.

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