Students from Largy College in Clones recently launched their anti-racism education toolkit, in collaboration with Monaghan County Council and the Joint Policing Committee. The project titled 'We Are All Human" aims to provide young people with the support they need to engage with other young people to challenge racism and inequality in their schools and communities. Peer education training will be offered to students in each of the twelve secondary schools as well as youth groups across Co Monaghan in September 2024, along with a budget to help them to deliver their first workshops. At the helm of this year's initiative are students Sadhbh Bonnor, Sinead Burns, Denisa Horvat and Emily Butler. Speaking to Northern Sound, the local students hope that the toolkit can be used to help young people tackle hard hitting issues such migration and discrimination and to support those who are facing isolation in their school community.
"One of the things that we've said before is that for many people seeking asylum, their home is worst case scenario. When people say 'go back to your own country' or 'go back to where you came from' they don't realise that if these people went back to their native country their health and lives would be in danger. We need to think more about how we would react or feel if we were in their shoes."
