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California Adventure park ” ( Rafferty “ Disneyland Resort Cast Members Chat with Academy Award Winner ® and Social Activist Dustin Lance Black About ‘ When We Rise ,’ Premiering February 27 on ABC ”). Three specific DRGs are involved as consultants that provide information , research , and guidelines for ethnic and panethnic celebrations in the form of ¡ Viva Navidad !, Festival of Holidays , Lunar New Year , and Celebrate Gospel : HOLA ( Hispanic Organization for Leadership Advancement ) contributed to ¡ Viva Navidad !, COMPASS ( Community of Pacific Islanders , Asians and Allies ) helped with both the panethnic groups found in 2016 ’ s Festival of Holidays and with Lunar New Year , while PULSE ( People United to Lead , Serve and Excel ) provided insight into some of the activities at Festival of Holidays and as the organizer of Celebrate Gospel . Each of these DRGs connects with members of local ethnic communities to participate in various activities within the larger event . For example , the Cerritos Chinese School was involved in the Chinese lantern-making activity for 2017 , and performers like the Lion Dancers from the Northern Shaolin Kung Fu Association in Alhambra and the Jung Im Lee Korean Dance Academy from Los Angeles were featured during the 2014 Lunar New Year festivities ( Disneyland Resort Public Affairs “ Disneyland Resort Rings in Year of the Horse ”).
The participation and collaboration of DRGs with local and international communities is central to maintaining a balance between ethnicity , panethnicity , and to avoid extreme versions of essentialization and commodification . Traditional Disney Ideologies and business goals often toe the line of Disneyization by commoditizing ethnic identities for consumption and the accompanying flattening and essentializing elements of Disneyfication of ethnicity , conflicting with the goals of DRGs . This was apparent with the use of the Three
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