Along with the thousands of students who attend, there are members of the community, local dignitaries, alumni, children and even dogs who come to join in on the festivities.
But at the anniversary celebrations, which featured traditional dances recreating ancestral stories as well as speeches from visiting dignitaries, community leaders – and even mainstream politicians – acknowledged that those dreams have largely evaporated.
He also greeted a stream of community leaders and dignitaries, including Prince Charles and Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain and other European heads of state, who expressed their condolences on the death of his predecessor and half-brother, King Fahd, who was buried on Tuesday.
The graduation ceremony attracted over 1,000 community members, including Kenyan dignitaries, to celebrate the graduates and WISER's success in empowering underprivileged girls.
The HP was also one of 15 institutions from the United states included in the 2008 Venice Architecture Bienniale, and has been visited by celebrities, art-world officials, dignitaries and community planners, all of whom are helping to support the cause.
The Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communication, Gastão Francisco Sousa, the Ambassador of the European Union, Sylvie Tabesse and Rene van Dongen, Representative (OIC) of UNICEF Timor-Leste were present along with other dignitaries and community leaders during the closing ceremony of the project.
In a statement released Tuesday, a group identifying itself as Al Qaeda members from the Awlaq tribe — one of Yemen's largest — pleaded with their fellow tribesmen for support, noting that "we were deeply saddened to see the leaders, chiefs, and dignitaries of our community go personally to meet with the government envoy".
It would probably be safe to argue that he was the first lord to visit the state's little community court, and the noblest dignitary ever to be so happy to walk in the steps of New York's criminal defendants.
In Canada, the organization's team took every opportunity to demonstrate the importance of its work with children, as well as the challenges involved with child protection, to a number of the leaders of the Hellenic-Canadian community, Canadian government officials and other dignitaries.
