Rights and Liberties, Spring 2006, Volume 11, No. 1

confess to sometimes being moved to physical discomfort at reading the Family Circus or Lindor Reynolds or Gordon Sinclair in the Winnipeg Free Press (I would actually pay more for my subscription if this unholy triumvirate of offence was clipped out of the paper before it found its way into my mailbox, but I digress).

Over the past few years, MARL has offered a workshop called Hate - What Have I Got to Do With It? which has been offered to hundreds of students in Winnipeg high schools. In response to requests from students and teachers, we have developed a companion workshop called Responding to Hate. Following successful field testing of the new workshop, we are launching both workshops as the Youth Against Hate human rights education program.

n the last issue of the Newsletter, we indicated that one of MARL's strong points was her growing capacity to partner with like-minded, not-for-profit, non-governmental organizations. This past February, MARL was, once again, active in numerous activities that marked the month-long 'Black History Month' in Manitoba. At the opening ceremonies, we were formally recognized and counted among supporting associations.

On March 21, 1960 in Sharpeville, South Africa, a peaceful protest against Apartheid came to a tragic end when police opened fire on the demonstrators, killing 70 people and wounding an additional 180. In 1966 to commemorate this tragic event and promote harmonious race relations, the United Nations declared March 21^st as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

We have completed the revision of the "Under 18 Handbook", a legal guide for Manitoba teens.

Originally produced in 1986, the handbook introduces teenagers to the legal rights, restrictions and responsibilities which apply to everyone, as well as the laws that apply more particularly to them. The revised edition has also been expanded to take into account the recent Youth Criminal Justice Act.