On Friday the team went to Glasgow University, where Azra & Peter Meadows organised a wonderful day for us all! They were so kind and gave us a tour of the beautiful site, including the Hunterian Art Gallery & Museum and MacKintosh House, which both have amazing collections and were great to look around.
Over lunch we met some of the University staff and students, and were really pleased to be able to share our experiences of Global Xchange so far! We were inspired to hear from Mr Shah M.Jamal, the Minister/Consul General of Pakistan to Scotland, Rev. Stuart MacQuarrie, the University of Glasgow Chaplain, and Vivienne Baumfield, the University of Glasgow Regional Champion for Central & South Asia; it was great to hear about all the different ways the University is facilitating cross cultural exchange and inter faith understanding.
In the afternoon we attended a lecture by Professor John McKnight, on ‘Discovering Community Power through Asset Based Neighbourhood Development Strategies’, which was really interesting, particularly for us to learn an academic model for community development, to help us recognise how the organisations we’re working with in Glasgow use these methods, and where they fit in the wider picture of how this leads to development.
We had a brilliant day, so thank you again to everyone who organised it and came to meet us!
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Good job keep it up.
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