If you are empathetic, you are able to understand and share the feelings of others.
Empathy is important to understand how others feel, so we can respond and act appropriately to situations.
During the last few weeks, you may have seen and heard of ‘Black Lives Matter’ on social media and/or the news.
Black Lives Matter is an international activist group. They are working to end violence and racism towards black people and raising awareness on what we can do to help make society anti-racist.
How?
People are supporting the movement through taking part in peaceful protests, donating to fundraisers, signing petitions, reading up on anti-racism, and raising awareness on social media.
It is important that we all contribute to making the world we live and learn in to be anti-racist. There are a number of ways in which you can help to educate yourself and others on anti-racism and support black people.
Researching the positive influence black people have had on history is a great way to begin.
It is easy to be consumed by masses of information circulating on social media and on the news.
Therefore, it is important that you are able to practice self-care.
On the image to your right, there are ways in which you can do this.
We’ve designed our own #dontrecycleracism water bottles and tote bags which you can buy from our online shop! The money we are trying to raise will allow us to roll out our idea to a wider area and get our message out to as many children as we can.
