Addressing unconscious bias and racism

How do we address unconscious bias and racism? Anjum Rahman from the Inclusive Aotearoa Collective Tāhono nails it: “Put yourself in spaces where people are different to yourself … and just listen.” This segment was part of a longer session on Religious Attitudes to Racism, run by the Wellington Abrahamic Council of Jews, Christians and…

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For the closing of borders

For the sin of silence, For the sin of indifference, For the secret complicity of the neutral, For the closing of borders, For the washing of hands, For the crime of indifference, For the sin of silence, For the closing of borders, For all that was done, For all that was not done, Let there…

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Religious Instruction in NZ state schools

Should our children be taught Christianity (or any other specific religion) in state schools? If this is of interest to you, read on… I’ve been invited by David Hines to join the Secular Education Network’s mediation at the Human Rights Commission, in which they are lodging a complaint against the Ministry of Education in an…

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