Action against hate is one of the Theme Week projects in which the Mulberry students are learning to raise awareness in their community, Tower Hamlets and the world. On Monday morning they went to a workshop, ‘Hate Campaign’ in which they worked with other students around Tower Hamlets. Two Mulberry students who feel very passionate volunteered to participate in the ‘Hate Crime Campaign’.
On Monday 18th July the students went to Nelson Street Synagogue, where they met 3 people; a Jewish man who lived in the community for a very long time; a priest from Bethnal Green Church and a man from New Zealand who converted to Islam after marrying a Bangladeshi Muslim woman. The students discussed about how they could bring together all three religions without causing hatred. The students of the project interviewed people in and out of school asking for their point of view towards hate crime and what they believe is right.
On Tuesday the ‘Action Against Hate’ students will be filming at the Cable Street Mural, which is about a painting in the 1930s. There was a group of fascists who supported the Nazis and who wanted to march in the East end and start a war, but the community didn’t let them. Currently this links to the EDL (English Defence League), and how various local communities have opposed their presence. The same thing is happening now in 2011 with the EDL and the community isn’t letting them march. The students will also be discussing the history of The Battle of Cable Street.
To finish off this project the group will be performing a Forum Play (this is a play which the audience watches the play once and the second time the audience pause the play and ask the performers questions).
By Yasmin, Mahfuza and Khalsuma, 7R
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