Dignity Day
Since 2008, Pelion Healthcare Group’s volunteers have participated in organising the Global Dignity Day.
The initiative was established by three members of the World Economic Forum: Prince Haakon of Norway, Norwegian philosopher Pekka Himanen and American social activist John Hope Bryant. In Poland, it has been popularised by Young Global Leaders Jacek Olechowski and Jacek Szwajcowski, President of the Pelion Management Board.
The purpose of the project is to make young people, junior high school and older students, familiar with the fundamental dignity principles and more receptive to the idea of respect for human dignity, encouraging them to engage in dignity-focused initiatives during a school year. The Dignity Day is traditionally observed on the third Wednesday of October. At 10 am sharp that day, famous people all over the world meet with youth to talk about dignity. Every year, approximately 400 students participate in the Dignity Day.
Some of the guests invited to meet with students in Łódź have been the court judge Anna Maria Wesołowska, ethnographer Aldona Plucińska, PhD, athlete Artur Partyka, marathon runner Sławomir Narel, multi-marathon runner and Senior Marathon World Champion Jan Morawiec, mountaineer Piotr Pustelnik, traveller Tomasz Grzywaczewski, Director of Caritas in Łódź Father Jacek Ambroszczyk, former volleyball player Małgorzata Niemczyk, journalists Magdalena Michalak and Marcin Wąsiewicz, Director of the Łódź branch of the Polish National Television Jacek Grudzień, singer and songwriter Krzysztof Cwynar, singer, co-founder and leader of the cabaret group Trzeci Oddech Kaczuchy Andrzej Janeczko, opera singer Anna Cymmerman, guitarist Jan Krzos, violinist Izabella Żebrowska, and photographer and publisher Jacek Kusiński.
The event is coordinated by volunteers representing all Pelion Group companies.
Dignity Principles:
1. Every human being has the right to lead a dignified life.
2. A dignified life means having the opportunity to fulfil one’s potential, which requires an adequate level of health care, education, income and security.
3. Dignity means having the freedom to make the decisions governing one’s own life, and to have this right respected by others.
4. Dignity should be the basic guiding principle for all actions.
5. Ultimately, our own dignity is interdependent with the dignity of others.
