“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing” (Edmund Burk 1729-1797)
During week 2 of term 4, Year 10 Humanities students participated in the Courage to Care Program. Courage to Care is a travelling exhibition and education program that uses the period of World War II and the Holocaust to explore racism, stereotyping, prejudice and bullying and to inspire students to become ‘Upstanders’ – individuals who have the ‘courage to care.’ Each morning groups of Year 10 students listened intently to the stories of loss and courage Holocaust survivors such as Judy Kolt, George Deutsch and Gilah Leder experienced during World War II.
Students participated in workshops, led by Courage to Care facilitators, where they remembered courageous people who took enormous personal risks to rescue Jews and others from the program of extermination known as the Holocaust. During these workshops students explored how they can become ‘Upstanders’ and reject prejudice and discrimination in their own lives and communities and how their individual or collective acts of courage have the power to make a real difference. Thank you to all students and staff who participated in the program, your positive contributions made the Courage to Care incursion a wonderful experience for our college community and the Courage to Care facilitators.
“All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light from a solitary candle” St Francis of Assissi, Italian monk & saint (1181 – 1226).
Ms Neri, Humanities Co-ordinator.