Stories to Shrink the World

Join us for an afternoon of stories that shrink the world. Hear the inspiring stories of 16 UWC students told through poetry, and learn how one UWC alum is preparing for a solo row across the Atlantic, proving that the world is smaller than we imagined.

In 2014 Ari Satok spent nearly a year travelling to four United World Colleges on a mission to capture the stories of the schools’ students in his book of poetry, "The Architects of Hope". In his talk, Ari will share how this project came to be, reflect on his journey researching/ writing the book, and then will read poems from the book itself and speak about some of the lessons he thinks these stories can teach us. He’ll also introduce us to his second published book, The Beautiful Chaos of Growing Up, a warmhearted poetry collection on the journey through college and into young…