UWC Day
UWC Day
Sunday, 18 January 2009
Last Wednesday afternoon we celebrated UWC Day. This annual event celebrates the identity of our College in Hong Kong within the global United World Colleges Movement.
Much of the afternoon was spent on a fascinating group task of looking at the character of the other UWCs and considering questions such as the appropriateness of various rules and speculating on where in the world we might locate a new UWC if we were to start one.
Having carried the mosaic all the way to the College from her home country of Nepal, Palista presented the mosaic to me on behalf of the College to begin the activities of UWC day on Wednesday. I could not think of a more fitting way to begin our time reflecting on what UWCs mean, especially as I read aloud the note pasted to the back of the mosaic:
I am very grateful to my colleague, Dave McCracken, who works with me and the Human Trafficking Project Team in GCAT, for helping to arrange the mosaic, and to Stella McCracken for co-ordinating the efforts of the UWC Linking Group in the College to organise the UWC Day activities. After we prepare a suitable explanatory plaque, we hope to display the mosaic in the waiting area of our main office where it will provide a strong visual reminder of our UWC identity as well as highlight the importance we place on service towards others and human dignity.