This past Saturday, some of the officers from UA's Jr. World Affairs Club headed over to the HEB school district office to meet with other local "JWACs." It was a wonderful morning planned by our friends in the Education Department of the World Affairs Council of DFW. Our students heard ideas from other local successful JWAC clubs about how their clubs operate. We came away with several fabulous ideas for member activities (ethnic restaurant nights coming soon!).
The keynote speaker at the regional meeting was Mr. Bill Holston, Director of the Human Rights Initiative. Our students were very impressed by his talk and went up to Mr. Holston after the meeting and asked him to consider coming to Ursuline to speak to our students sometime this year. He was most gracious and we will soon make a plan to hear about the important work of the Human Rights Initiative at our school.
One of the best parts of the meeting, of course, was meeting other DFW students who have a passion for global issues and world affairs. Many new friends were made and we are planning to invite some of them to visit us soon at Ursuline. Many thanks to the World Affairs Council for including us in this fantastic gathering!
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| Taking notes on best practices! |
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| It was a full house! |
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| New Friends! |
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| With Mr. Bill Holston |
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