It seems at the moment that not a week goes by without something new popping up on my radar. Sometimes it’s something quite mundane, other times something challenging, and other times something quite exciting and energising. Whether they come as something unexpected, or just the first time of doing a particular thing, this newness characterises […]
Happy New Year 2016 (think I got that right…!) Now that Christmas festivities are out of the way, it’s time to look towards a new year. Perhaps you’ve chosen to make some New Year resolutions? Perhaps you’ve made some holiday plans? Perhaps you’ve decided that this year will finally be the year you’ll get that […]
We have spent some time reflecting on using our voices to act against discrimination, hatred and prejudice. This is really just the beginning of the engagement that we will make. We’ve heard stories, learnt new things, reflected on our own response, and begun the task of engaging. When we leave here, we’re invited to continue […]
Link to video on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/36758237 On the reverse of the card printed from the earlier post, or in the comments below, or in your own way, take a moment to jot down how you think you might want to respond – how you will want to use your voice, and not stand by against discrimination […]
Now, in a moment of silence, we have opportunity to gather up our thoughts and reflections on discrimination, on the effects of the Holocaust and of genocide today, but also opportunity to share our own stories of our experiences of discrimination or being alongside someone who has been discriminated against. [During our event, we lit […]
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Niemoller’s poem is well known. He highlights how we can be silent to the injustices of the world when they don’t affect us, but that when the finger finally points our direction, there is no one left to speak for us. However much we try not to be, we each have our prejudices, our own […]
The underlying theme of Holocaust Memorial Day is to remind ourselves of the discrimination and hatred that can be inflicted upon others. We need to reflect on whether we have learnt any lessons. Do we still treat others as different, as inferior, as without the value that we think we have for ourselves? Do we […]
Watch the video, read the words and spend a short while in silence to think on what you have seen and read Link to video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UffbW2SvEZY Children of Rwanda Revd Francois Murenzi Known and unknown are the children of Rwanda Victims of war and genocide, Though not with us now we know you’re […]
Watch the video, read the words and spend a short while in silence to think on what you have seen and read Link to video on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/82087191 Never Again Rachel Redhead A silent scream lost in time A shadow play in the dark So many people lost now Who can speak up for them […]
