This is Soumaila, a political science graduate from Mali who goes to school with Centro Astalli- JRS Italy and talks about his experience as a refugee. The testimony of Soumaila is based on political persecution across different countries. The students who meet him in class remain silent for a bit before they start asking …
In the light of the exceptional measures related to COVID-19, JRS Europe invites teachers to make use of the 6-Stage CHANGE materials and activities online. We have selected several activities and exercises (from each stage) that students can do from home. Download the collection pdf. Even while having to stay home, CHANGE encourages …
Poetry. A generational tool to help us communicate our emotions in ways not commonly utilized. An art form for individuals young and old, on lived situations, figurative or even what has been witnessed: the struggle of others. With that, we received three poems from 13-year-olds participating in CHANGE. The poems come from a school based …
A group of students from the school Nuestra Señora del Carmen in Portugalete share their testimony after reflecting about why people have to flee their home: ”We learned, through fun activities and workshops, that in the world there are many reasons that cause so conflicts and wars. Sometimes we think that migrants and refugees …
A group of students from Hijas de Jesús school in Pamplona reflected on their shifting perspectives regarding the reality of migrants and refugees: ”We have put ourselves in the shoes of refugees and migrants: we have lived – in the first person – the dangers, fears, difficulties and injustices they suffer in their flight, in …
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“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” – Nelson Mandela This quote …
Brahim, Hamsa, Asier, Itziar and Amaya are all young people living in Bilbao. All it took for them to get to know each other was to spend time together. Initially, they didn’t know what to expect – “I felt like: Why am I here? I didn’t know what to tell them” – but everything …
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Students, teachers and people with an experience of migration have the power to fight intolerance and racism when they think and act together for CHANGE. – Students are active agents of CHANGE by taking what they have learned in the classroom to the next level. – Teachers inpire students to put knowledge and energy …
Understanding and listening respectfully to the story of “the Other” Read More »
