"NEWS FROM SAFEHOUSE"
WE SHARE A WORLD
"For all our differences of politics, race, economics, abilities, culture and
language - we share one world. To be tolerant is to welcome the differences and
delight in the sharing".
Hate can only be conquered by individuals willing to promote and demonstrate
tolerance. In order to have a country which fosters tolerance, we must develop
that tolerance in ourselves, our families, our schools, our workplace and our
community. The following are only a few ideas for fostering tolerance.
Ideas for individuals: teach an adult to read, learn sign language, participate
in a diversity program, ask a person of another cultural heritage to teach you
how to cook a traditional meal or speak up when you hear slurs.
Ideas for families: take your family to an ethnic restaurant, don't buy toys
that promote or glorify violence, read books with multicultural and tolerance
themes to your children or talk to your child about race and ethnicity, pointing
out that people come in many shades.
Ideas for schools: discourage the use of divisive school emblems, donate
tolerance related books and magazines to the library, sponsor a conflict
resolution team, promote good sportsmanship and ban taunting, or invite
bilingual students to give morning greetings and announcements.
Ideas for communities: encourage law enforcement agencies to establish
diversity training, make sure that anti-discrimination protections in your
community extends to all minority groups or participate in a blood drive or
clean up a local stream. Source: National Campaign for Tolerance.
For more ideas log on to www.tolereance.org or call 289-3999 or 232-0409