Underpinned by human rights...

" Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person." Article 4 UN Declaration of Human Rights - UDHR and by childrens rights

"Every child has rights “without discrimination of any kind, irrespective of the child’s or his or her parent’s or legal guardian’s race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, property, disability, birth or other status”. Article 2, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child - UNCRC. 

At the foot of the website, you'll see 5 gifs of the human rights articles we believe best align to themes around freedom.

Lynn & Liz. January 2024

https://worldinterfaithharmonyweek.com/

The day for everyone to remember the millions of people killed in the Holocaust, under Nazi Persecution, and in the genocides which followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur.

It replaced previous anti-discrimination laws with a single Act to make it easier to understand and strengthen protection.

There are nine ‘protected characteristics’ under the Equality Act 2010. A characteristic is a part of your identity....

Creative activity - what icons, sketches or images would you choose to illustrate these protected characteristics?

Creative writing - can you devise a poem, quote or short narrative to remember and explain these characteristics.

1939. Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier. Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books....

Anne’s diary begins in 1942 on her 13^th birthday, when she receives the diary as a gift, and she continues to address her imaginary friend “Kitty” in entries over the next two years of her life. This book is widely regarded as one of the most important pieces of historical literature of all time

Dreams of Freedom introduces children aged six+ to some of the world’s bravest human rights champions, encouraging them to explore our hard-won liberties and to understand how precious they are.

Light the darkness with a candle to remember on Holocaust Memorial Day - 27 January, on Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day - 2 August, and on International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief - 22 August, and throughout the year. Drop a pin on the map to show where you are and upload an image of your candle for PEACE and PARTNERSHIP

• remember those who were murdered for who they were

• stand against prejudice and hatred today

Upload a photo of your candle on social media using the hashtags #HolocaustMemorialDay and #LightTheDarkness and tag us Fb: GlobalLearningCentre

A mother and child meditate on what it is to be free: to breathe, to look at the stars, to know that the world contains so many families that are fighting their hardest to be free and enjoy the freedoms that others do.

A celebration of champions of freedom throughout history. Amnesty International has collected the words of Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama, Anne Frank, Malala Yousafzai, Aung San Suu Kyi, and many more. These words are presented along with inspiring illustrations.

When Michael Rosen was a child, there were family stories about great aunts and great uncles in France and Poland who were there before the war and not there afterwards. When the young Michael asked what happened, his family would reply that they didn't know. How could it be that people could just disappear?

https://srebrenica.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Remembering-Srebrenica-PSHE-Education-Resources-for-website.pdf

While Papa is off fighting with the Liberation Army, Viktor, little Marina, and Mama must abandon their possessions and flee their home with the other refugees, and as they embark on an arduous journey, Viktor thinks about what he left behind...

Gregory H Stanton, President of Genocide Watch developed the 10 stages of genocide which explains the different stages which lead to genocide. At each of the earlier stages there is an opportunity for members of the community or the International Community to halt the stages and stop genocide before it happens.

Clara Barton, 25 December 1821 – 12 April 1912; a nurse during the American Civil War who founded the American Red Cross.

Abdul Ghaffār Khān, 6 February 1890 – 20 January 1988. Supporter of a resistance movement against British colonial rule in India

Ginetta Sagan, 1 June 1925 – 25 August 2000; Italian-born American human rights activist.

Paul Rusesabagina, 15 June 1954 Rwandan-Belgian human rights defender including for Rwanda.

Meena Keshwar Kamal, 27 February 1956 – 4 February 1987; Afghan women's rights activist

Marla Ruzicka, 31 December 1976 – 16 April 2005; aid worker who championed victims of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

We invite the public, groups, families, education settings, businesses to drop a pin on our map hosted at: https://interfaithbelief.glade.org/somerset-candle/ to show solidarity and commemorate those persecuted and survivors.

To enquire about hosting the Somerset Candle, contact Liz@glade.org or call Lynn; 07546 200 332

Shows too where the Somerset candle is being hosted

https://www.hmd.org.uk/ukhmd/

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/fiyaz-mughal/muslims-who-saved-jews-_b_6550614.html

This piece could be stimulus for discussion, research

This poster from Children & Young People's Comissioner Scotland, very usefully uses symbols and simple language to explain the first 42 articles of the UNCRC— the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Talk task - pick a few articles you feel are most important to children accessing freedom.

15 minute reads :-

United Nations 28 years after...

https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/04/1115792

History; UPDATED: MAY 19, 2023 | ORIGINAL: OCTOBER 14, 2009

https://www.history.com/topics/africa/rwandan-genocide

5 minute reads:-

BBC How it happened (17 May 2011)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13431486

BBC News 100 days of slaughter ( April 2019)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26875506

The genocide in Cambodia: Cambodian Day of Remembrance; click this link for a short film from Holocaust Memorial Trust, In 1984, the Cambodian government declared 20 May a National Day of Remembrance, to commemorate the victims of the genocide in Cambodia that took place between 1975 and 1979. https://vimeo.com/hmd2701

The fate of Cambodia shocked the world when the radical communist political party Khmer Rouge, under their leader Pol Pot, seized power in April 1975 after years of guerrilla warfare.

https://hmd.org.uk/learn-about-the-holocaust-and-genocides/cambodia/

5 minute reads:-

BBC News Khmer Rouge: Cambodia's years of brutality

(16 November 2018)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10684399

BBC News Khmer Rouge: What did a 16-year genocide trial achieve? (22 September 2022)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-62992329

15 minute reads:-

United Nations Cambodia: UN-backed tribunal ends

https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/09/1127521

History (UPDATED: AUGUST 21, 2018 ORIGINAL: SEPTEMBER 12, 2017)

https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/the-khmer-rouge

Genocide in Bosnia: click this link for a short film from Holocaust Memorial Trust. In July 1995, with the back drop of the ongoing war, around 8,000 Muslim men, and boys over 12 years old, were murdered in Srebrenica, Bosnia. https://vimeo.com/461307768

Holocaust Memorial Day Trust Genocide in Darfur, with links to people stories

https://www.hmd.org.uk/learn-about-the-holocaust-and-genocides/darfur/genocide/

THE ROMA GENOCIDE - from Holocaust Memorial Day Trust. (5 minute read with links to more materials)

Europe’s Roma and Sinti people (often labelled as ‘Gypsies’ historically) were targeted by the Nazis for total destruction.

https://www.hmd.org.uk/learn-about-the-holocaust-and-genocides/nazi-persecution/the-roma-genocide/

Nazi Persecution and Genocide of Roma and Sinti communities: Introduction - from Friends, Families and Travellers. Materials that provide context, information, and historical narrative to assist in the teaching of the Nazi Persecution and genocide of Roma and Sinti communities (Pora-jmos), which have often been described as the ‘forgotten victims’ of the Holocaust.

https://www.gypsy-traveller.org/resource/nazi-persecution-and-genocide-of-roma-and-sinti-communities-introduction-for-teachers/

The Gypsy Holocaust Forgotten Victims (A Crystal's Vardo resource - from Friends, Travellers and Travellers. General booklet with information about the Roma and Sinti Holocaust, includes some activities.

https://www.gypsy-traveller.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/FFT-The-Gypsy-Holocaust-Booklet.pdf

https://vimeo.com/630062378

Learn more about persecution of black people 1933 - 1945 from HMT: https://www.hmd.org.uk/learn-about-the-holocaust-and-genocides/nazi-persecution/black-people/

Find a 2 minute read at;

https://hmd.org.uk/learn-about-the-holocaust-and-genocides/nazi-persecution/non-jewish-poles-and-slavic-pows/

10 minute read: the story of the only known voluntary inmate of Auschwitz, who spent two and a half years gathering intelligence from within the camp.

https://hmd.org.uk/resource/witold-pilecki/

A short film 2 minutes, explains how conceptions of race, gender and eugenics dictated the Nazi regime’s hostile policy on homosexuality. Repression against gay men and lesbians commenced within days of Hitler becoming Chancellor.

Learn more: https://www.hmd.org.uk/learn-about-the-holocaust-and-genocides/nazi-persecution/gay-people/

2 minute read at: https://hmd.org.uk/learn-about-the-holocaust-and-genocides/nazi-persecution/jehovahs-witnesses/

5 minute read: Simone Arnold-Liebster - was born in 1930 into a large extended Roman Catholic Family. When she was eight her mum left the Roman Catholic Church to become a Jehovah’s Witness. Some time later, Simone and her Dad became Jehovah’s Witnesses too and Simone was baptised in 1941.

https://hmd.org.uk/resource/simone-arnold-liebster/

WATCH THIS SPACE & CHECK OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FROM TO FIND OUT WHAT WE'LL HAVE ON OFFER in Somerset TO CONNECT WITH THIS DATE

Downloadable materials from

https://www.hmd.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/HMD-2025-Theme-Vision.pdf

https://hmd.org.uk/what-is-holocaust-memorial-day/this-years-theme/

At the heart of the project is a commitment to learn from the past, for a better future, by illuminating the experiences of those affected by one of the darkest chapters of human history.

Here in Somerset, we were recognised as one of the prestigious 80 candles. Made locally from Somerset willow with handmade symbolic fabric flowers, our Somerset candleholder is a central element in the memorial service on 27/01/2025 before it embarks ‘on tour’ to schools, community venues, libraries, faith settings, local government, museums and other venues to reach as many people as possible throughout the year.

During the year-long tour, we will host practical workshops to encourage schools, communities to make their own candleholders and flowers that can become a legacy of remembrance and to show solidarity for a better future where people are not suffering prejudice or persecution because of their faith, ethnicity or other characteristic.

Contact Liz@glade.org to enquire

Includes Frank Foley from Somerset...

Navigates to a facebook post from Friends, Families and Travellers; a leading national charity that works to end racism and discrimination against Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people and to protect the right to pursue a nomadic way of life. http://www.gypsy-traveller.org/

These resources have been made and are owned by Norfolk County Council.  They are free to download and use. Resources must not be altered when used in schools. Includes;

*Porajmos

*Anna Maria and Anne Frank fact files

*World War 2 Photo and Information Pack

and more

https://padlet.com/raulalvarezconte/world-war-2-resources-m2am86dz6zlcat0l