Don has made his role on the front desk of the Bartlett about putting a daily smile on the faces of his community… for the last 25 years… what possible ‘efficiency’ could be more important than that?
My daughter has been to more protests in her five months in England than I have all my life.
I am most moved by the latest, a sit-in-protest at her school — The Bartlett School of Architecture, demanding the immediate reinstatement of Security Guard Don Onyido to his position.
Recent changes to @ucl’s security protocol saw the unexpected removal of Onyido who has been The Bartlett’s resident Security Guard for 25 years. They reassigned him some part-time non-descript role somewhere at the University. Onyido has been a constant for Bartlett students, has held the fort, and ‘graduated’ 25 intakes.
The students are not having it and have occupied the entrance hall indefinitely; even faculty staff have joined them.
Young people are so powerful.
When I lose hope in humanity, which is frequent these days, such small but powerful acts led by young people restore my hope.
It is young people, not the old generation like mine, who will change the world.
We, the old, have failed!
I am proud of Mop and her peers.View quoted post on X
