| 2010 Community Sector : Fighting Anti-Semitism Together (FAST) |
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Choose Your VoiceIn September 2005, FAST, in partnership with the Canadian Jewish Congress Charities Committee, released Choose Your Voice (CYV), a bilingual education tool designed to empower students in grades 6–8 to resist bigotry in all its forms. Available free to all educators across Canada, the program comes with four lesson plans, an assessment strategy, and an award-winning DVD. Implementation Because it can be used to meet curriculum requirements in various subject areas, CYV has found favour with countless educators, who can incorporate this resource into their own lesson plans. ImpactThe experience of hearing first-hand from persecuted racial minorities has helped students to look beyond stereotypes. As well, by highlighting the work of Canadian human rights champions, CYV’s DVD encourages students to consider how they would speak out against racism. SuccessCYV has young people talking—from those who have been discriminated against to bullies realizing for the first time just what they are doing. It also has young people writing—one grade 6 class was encouraged by CYV to write their own collection of Holocaust poetry, “The Future Is in Our Hands.” ChallengesThe main challenges facing FAST are distribution to schools and ensuring implementation in the classroom. LessonsThrough tireless outreach to teachers, school-board members, and education faculties, FAST has reached half a million Canadian students with CYV. Many of these have become advocates for anti-racism, underlining the capacity of young people for self-reflection and even heroism. |
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