Men holding hands

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/06/dutch-men-hand-in-hand-solidarity-gay-couple-attacked

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39505692

Men all over The Netherlands are holding hands to protest against homophobia following an attack on two gay men in Amsterdam. The men told police the attack started because they were holding hands. Following the attack a peaceful march was held through Amsterdam attended by hundreds of people, holding hands to show support. 

Journalist, Barbara Barend, then tweeted a call for "all men (straight and gay) please to just walk hand in hand" and a trend started under #allemannenhandinhand where men from across the world flooded twitter and instagram with holding hands photos. They included footballers, boxers, soldiers, and two politicians arriving at a meeting at the Dutch parliament holding hands.

The men in the photo work in Utrecht hospital in Amsterdam and the translation of their tweet is, "Because love and care is for everyone"

What's happening in the picture?

Who do you think they are, where do they work?

Explain the story?

Why did Barbara Barend call for all men to walk hand in hand?

Why did she say "straight and gay"? Why not just gay men?

Why do you think there are so many photos from around the world?

What does this show about people around the world?

Why have politicians joined in?

What do the people in the photo write,"Love and care is for everyone"? 

How do you think the people who were attacked feel about the response?

Why is this story about no outsiders?

Why do some people attack people who are different? (because they don't understand about diversity and equality and no outsiders)

What can you do if you meet someone who doesn't understand about no outsiders?

No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the Equality Act in Primary Schools by Andrew Moffat

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Standing up to racist behaviour

photo by Joe Giddens

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/09/birmingham-woman-standing-in-defiance-of-edl-protester-goes-viral

Saffiyah Khan who is from Birmingham stood up to a member of the EDL (English Defence League) during a march in Birmingham and gained national attention for the way she handled the situation. 

(Explain the EDL do not agree with No Outsiders. They want a Britain where everyone is the same, there is one religion and one colour skin, one kind of person. Birmingham City Council said the group was not welcome in the city and a large number of people turned up to show their support for diversity in Birmingham, against the EDL)

During the march a group of men started shouting at Saira Zafara, a woman wearing a hijab. They were shouting, "You're not English, this is a Christian country, not your country" so Saffiyah stepped in. The photo shows Saffiyah being unaffected by the man's anger; she remained calm and supported the other woman.

Later Saira said, "I'm sure we're more than capable of living together united despite our differences. You just have to walk in to Birmingham City Centre to see how diverse it is. People of different colours, different religions. It's an absolutely amazing city, such a beautiful city and it;s nothing like the sort of message that the EDL come here to deliver."

What's happening in the picture?
Where do you think it's taken?

Explain the story
How do you think the woman wearing a hijab felt when men on the march started shouting at her?
Why do you think Saffiyah stood in front of her?
How do you think Safffiyah felt when she first stepped in front of the shouting man?
Look at her face, how is she feeling in the photo?
Why are the men shouting, "This is not your country"? (because they don't understand about diversity, about No Outsiders and how the UK is full of different people who get along)
How do you think the man felt when Saffiyah stood in front of him?
Why is Saffiyah smiling? Why didn't she push him or shout back?
The photo went viral; why? What does this show about people in the UK today?
Even after her experiences, why does Saira say, "We are more than capable of living together united despite our differences"?
What can we learn from Saira and from Saffiyah?
Why is this story about No Outsiders?

No Outsiders in our schools: Teaching the Equlaity Act in primary Schools by Andrew Moffat

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Standing up to racism

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/panther-bots-robotics-team-racism_us_58ce3417e4b0ec9d29dcacae?utm_hp_ref=power-of-humanity

The Panther Bots are a Robotics team of 9 and 10 year olds, from an Elementary school in Indianapolis. They regularly compete in design and build championships but unfortunately when leaving a competition venue recently the group were the target for racist abuse. Some competitors saw them in the car park and shouted, "Go back to Mexico!" while another shouted, "They are all Mexican and they are ruining our country."

Since the incident the children have been inundated by people sending messages of support and also donating funds to their team.

Three weeks after the incident the team won an award for best robotic design which earned them a place in the world championships where the team say they will "Walk with confidence".

Employees at NASA tweeted, "We wish PantherBots the very best at the world championships, America is already great because of kids like you!"

What's happening in the picture?

Who could the children be? How are they feeling?

Explain the story

- Why do you think someone shouted "Go back to Mexico!"?

- How do you think that comment made the PantherBots feel?

- Why didn't the PantherBots give up?

- Why have people around America messaged support to the PatherBots?

- What does this show us about lots of people in America?

- If you could speak to the people who shouted the comments, what would you say?

- Three weeks later the PantherBots won a ticket to the world championships. What does that show about the children in the group? What can we learn from the PatherBots?

- Why is this story about No Outsiders?

Read "Say something" by Peggy Moss as a follow up story to this picture. talk about choosing to not be a bystander and to speak up when you hear racist comments or comments that make people feel like outsiders. 

No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the Equality Act in Primary Schools by Andrew Moffat

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Westminster march

Photo Alexander Woolf

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/westminster-terror-attack-vigil-hundreds-remember-killed-london_uk_58dbb4b4e4b01ca7b4289c76

One week after the attack on Westminster Bridge in Central London where 4 people were tragically killed, thousands joined together to pay their respects and remember those injured. 

Organisers said the event showed, "We will not be divided, Linking all nations, faiths, orientation and sexes."

Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association UK attended the march wearing  T-shirts that read, "I'm a Muslim, ask me anything".

What do you see in the picture?

Where is it taken?

What happened there one week ago?

Explain the story

- Who attended this march? Why did they attend?

- Did people of only one faith attend? Are there different genders, ages, ethnicity?

- What does this march show about the UK today?

- What do the organisers mean by, "Linking all nations, faiths, orientations, sexes"?

- Why are members of the Muslim Youth Association wearing T-shirts saying, "Ask me anything"?

- How does dialogue help to break down prejudice and misunderstanding?

- Some banners read, "Love for all, hatred for none" what does this mean?

- Why is this story about No Outsiders?

Note: When talking about tragic events such as terror attacks to young people, explain that not everyone agrees with us and no outsiders. Some people want one race, one religion, one kind of person It's the opposite to us; we want lots of different races, different religions, different kinds of people. That's why it is so important that we spread our no outsiders message and keep talking about it. If you meet someone who doesn't understand about diversity and difference, talk to them.

I'll be reading "This is our house" by Michael Rosen to go with this assembly picture and linking the last line to living in the UK: "The UK is for everyone!"

No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the Equality Act in primary schools" by Andrew Moffat

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