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UWCs 50th Anniversary Celebrating with
Action 16 22 September 2012
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What is Celebrating with Action?
A week long celebration for UWCs 50th
anniversary 16 to 22 September 2012 with a
focus on Wednesday 19 September Open to all
students, school and college staff, alumni,
national committee members and other
volunteers Combination of physical and online
actions activities, events and campaigns
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Join the celebration
Showcase UWCs challenging and transformational
education Demonstrate the impact of the UWC
experience Highlight UWCs diversity Find old
friends and/or make new ones Increase awareness
of UWC
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How will it work?
Any UWC constituent or individual member can
initiate and organise an action The action can be
limited to a single participant or open to
many Multiple digital platforms will be utilised
to create a robust and flexible hub to connect
actions and participants as well as sharing the
action with the whole movement Collective impact
will raise the awareness and profile of UWC
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Deciding on an Action
UWC mission related education peace environment
al Reflect UWC values Individual or group
activity Lead or join an activity Physical,
online or both
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Action examples
Initiate a community service project Run a
conflict resolution session at work or
University Mentor UWC students or others back
home Create a viral marketing campaign Create
and upload videos and photos Organise an online
UWC conference
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Why start planning now?
Re-connect with other UWC-ers and be inspired to
aim for a larger action Ensure your
action/activity is in the calendar - at
work/home/community Find a local partner to work
with and increase the impact Fundraise for the
action Secure a media partner
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What next?
UWC International will commence building the
online hub and creating support materials
including media packs celebration packs key
facts and figures Tell what you are planning or
thinking of doing on the extranet Updates will be
posted to the UWC extranet
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Questions, comments or feedback Communications_at_u
wcio.uwc.org Or post to the 50th anniversary
forum on the extranet