John's eager to share what he's learned about Human Rights

This weekend I found myself pleasantly surprised by a group of remarkable individuals. Before making our way to the Goedgedacht Farm, we stopped in town to pick up the rest of the people that were going to take part in our weekend workshop. As they were getting on the bus, one by one, I had no idea what to expect. No one was talking much and I was just hoping the whole weekend wasn’t going to be a drag. Within the first couple of hours I realized that I was in for a great experience. It amazed me how so many people of such different background can come together and spend days just talking about something their so passionate about. They were eager to learn more about human rights and share their experiences as well as growing from the interactions with them.  Not only was I amazed by their passion, but about how young they were. Some of the people there were only in high school. When I was in high school, I would have never participated in such a program. After hearing all of their stories and all of the changes they want to make in their communities I realized I must do my part as well. I’m going to take all of what I learned this weekend and with help from the manual hold a human rights workshop of my own with some of my 8^th, 10^th and 12^th grade students. In my opinion it’s imperative that we start talking about human rights at an early age in order to have a conscious and active community. I can’t wait to see how it’ll work out and see if my student will appreciate it as much as I appreciated this human rights training for social cohesion.