Exploring Inclusion Through Dialogue
St. James' Settlement Jockey Club Social Service Building, Wan Chai | 19 Oct 2025
Inclusion is not built through declarations, but through conversations that invite understanding, responsibility, and shared action.
Peak II Foundation was honoured to take part in a dialogue under the Jockey Club Collaborative Project for Inclusive Employment, joining partners and practitioners in reflecting on what it means to build a society where everyone has the opportunity to participate, contribute, and belong.
The discussion explored inclusive employment not as a single solution, but as an evolving practice shaped by real lives and diverse experiences. Participants reflected on existing models, ongoing challenges, and emerging possibilities — including new forms of flexible and “slasher” work that are reshaping how people engage with employment. At the heart of these conversations was a shared recognition: inclusion is not about fitting people into systems, but about shaping systems that respond to people.
This perspective resonates closely with Peak II Foundation’s mission. We believe that dignity begins when individuals are trusted with agency — when they are supported not only to work, but to grow, choose, and contribute in ways that reflect their strengths. An inclusive society depends on collective participation: it is sustained when people approach difference with openness, and when institutions uphold values of equality, respect, and shared responsibility.
What stood out was not consensus, but willingness. While the ideas discussed will require continued testing, adjustment, and collaboration, each exchange represented a step forward — creating more choices, and widening the space for participation.
Peak II Foundation is grateful for opportunities such as this that allow ideas to meet practice. We look forward to continued dialogue and partnership as we work, step by step, toward a society where inclusion is not an aspiration, but a lived reality.
We extend our sincere thanks to St. James’ Settlement for the invitation, and to speakers Pei Lo C and Joe Chan for sharing their insights, as well as the art assistants who supported the session.
在對話中探索共融
共融並非一紙宣言，而是在一次又一次的交流中，慢慢建立理解、責任與同行的共識。
崇嶺基金會很榮幸參與「賽馬會共融・知行計劃」的交流活動，與不同界別的實踐者一同思考，如何建立一個讓每個人都能參與、貢獻並被尊重的社會。
是次對話並未將共融就業視為單一答案，而是探討它作為一項不斷演進的實踐，如何回應真實的人生處境與多元的生活經驗。參與者分享了既有模式的觀察、仍然存在的限制，以及新型工作形態——包括斜槓與彈性工作的可能性——如何逐步改變人們與工作的關係。討論中反覆出現的一個共識是：共融不是要求人去配合制度，而是讓制度回應人。
這樣的思考，與崇嶺基金會一直以來的信念深深呼應。我們相信，尊嚴源於被信任與被賦權——不只是為了就業本身，而是讓人能夠選擇、成長，並以自身的方式作出貢獻。一個真正共融的社會，需建基於每一個人的參與；當社會以開放的態度面對差異，並共同守護平等、尊重與責任的價值，共融才能持續發生。
活動中令⼈印象深刻的，並非結論，而是參與者的意願。儘管所討論的構想仍需時間驗證與調整，每一次對話本身，已為社會開拓更多選項，也擴闊了參與的空間。
崇嶺基金會珍惜這類讓理念與實踐相遇的交流時刻，並期待未來繼續與夥伴同行，以耐心與反思，逐步實踐一個將共融視為日常而非理想的社會。
我們衷心感謝 聖雅各福群會 的邀請，亦感謝講者 藝術顧問黃潔瑤（皮老師） 及 藝術家陳翹康（Joe Chan） 的分享，以及協助活動進行的藝術助理小寶和楊漪。
