Linking Human Rights Education to Active Citizenship

PROMOTING ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP

Presentation by Melanie Hoewer

1. What is it all about? Name the right that’s violated! E.g. Right to Education

2. Who is the duty bearer? Name the person who is ultimately responsible for the fulfilment of the right! E.g. Local councillor/ Minister for Education

3. Brainstorm: What can you do about it.

Action ideas:

1. Letter writing:
·   Greeting card campaign,
·   show solidarity with street children
·   show solidarity with child soldiers
2. Giant postcard
3. Solidarity or Democracy wall/Mural
4. Food for thought: celebrate the UDHR @ 60 (art competition Lift Off)
5. Friendship Day

CONSTRUCT A SOLIDARITY WALL

Time: 1 day to make and 2 weeks to use

What do I need?
·   Cloth
·   Paint
·   Wood
·   A lot of A3 sheets drawn to look like wall bricks
·   Wallpaper paste
·   Chalk, crayon or pencil
·   Rolls of clear sellotape

How do I do it?
1. Start with brainstorming ‘The wall’ and discuss negative and positive aspects of walls.
2. Build a wall.
3. Turn the wall into a colourful solidarity wall with messages of solidarity for people whose rights are violated.
Write the messages into the bricks and stick them onto the wall.

Making the wall
·   Get some cloth and cut it in a 2 metre lengths and a width of 1.50 metres.
·   To get the wall structure you can either paint it with a ruler or you can use overhead projection.
·   Write your solidarity messages on to the A3 paper sheets, one sheet for each participant.
·   Glue the messages on to the wall; one message for each brick.