{"id":60842,"date":"2026-05-01T13:12:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T12:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=60842"},"modified":"2026-05-01T13:12:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T12:12:37","slug":"connect-multicultural-festival-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=60842","title":{"rendered":"Connect Multicultural Festival 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7668\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-05-01-004.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('7668','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-05-01-004.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-05-01-004.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=60842-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2026-05-01-004.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NST-2026-05-01-004.mp3\">Download<\/a> ()<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60855\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/images.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/images.jpg 200w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/images-87x110.jpg 87w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/images-56x70.jpg 56w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-60856\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WO-Millennium-Park-Connect-Multicultural-Festival26_1200x600-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WO-Millennium-Park-Connect-Multicultural-Festival26_1200x600-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WO-Millennium-Park-Connect-Multicultural-Festival26_1200x600-1024x512.jpg 1024w, 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src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Connect-Multicultural-Festival-IOMST-image-300x214.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Connect-Multicultural-Festival-IOMST-image-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Connect-Multicultural-Festival-IOMST-image-154x110.png 154w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Connect-Multicultural-Festival-IOMST-image-90x64.png 90w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Connect-Multicultural-Festival-IOMST-image.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-33597\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/NorthsideToday-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-300x213-2-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/NorthsideToday-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-300x213-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/NorthsideToday-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-300x213-2-155x110.jpg 155w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/NorthsideToday-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-300x213-1-300x213-1-300x213-300x213-300x213-2-90x64.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mary Oyediran talks to Logan Raju founder of The Immigrant, Chairperson of FEN and Shaji Raju Connect Organiser about this spectacular Connect Multicultural Festival 2026!<\/p>\n<p>1st Broadcast 1st May 2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/events\/s\/connect-festival-2026\/1483355086759454\/\">https:\/\/facebook.com\/events\/s\/connect-festival-2026\/1483355086759454\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fa cebook.com\/sh are\/v\/18gaKdx EK4\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sh are\/v\/18gaKdx EK4\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fa cebook.com\/sh are\/1CnDNh4 QhL\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sh are\/1CnDNh4 QhL\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a 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