Youth Against Hate

The program consists of workshops designed to help students deal with an increasingly intolerant school environment: the racial, homophobic and sexist jokes, hate graffiti and casual put-downs that have become a part of their daily experience. The Manitoba Association for Rights and Liberties (MARL) believes students can take a leading role in responding to hate. It is the everyday actions of students that will prevent hate from flourishing. These workshops focus on empowering students to be responsive bystanders.

What are the Youth Against Hate Workshops?

There are two 60-minute workshops designed for Grade 9-12 students in Social Studies, World Issues, English and Law classes:

• In Hate: What Have I Got To Do With It? students look at their own attitudes, learn that hate exists because we allow it to and learn that hate affects everyone.

• Responding to Hate, builds on these ideas and teaches that every person's safety, health and well being is inter-related. Teenagers face situations where they have to choose between helping or not. Some of these personal choices allow hate to flourish. In this workshop, we emphasize personal responsibility and teach youth to act against hate by being responsive bystanders.

What can I expect?

This series of workshops is highly participatory and engaging. Through facilitated learning, students uncover practical actions to respond to hate and improve the situation.

Workshop materials include student booklets and teacher resources.

Cost: $50 per workshop (to help defray our costs)

Time: A full 60 minutes is required for each workshop.

To request a workshop, please complete the registration form contact the MARL office.

Two weeks' notice is appreciated.

Workshops are most effective when scheduled within 3 weeks of each other. We recommend that the workshops be given in the order indicated.

Once your request has been received you will receive a confirmation of your booking, the name of the facilitator who will be presenting the workshop, and an invoice.

Funding Assistance for this program provided by

Jewish Foundation of Manitoba