Island celebrates Human Rights Day
Created: Dec 11, 2010 10:00 AM
Joanne Burgess Ball, the education officer at The Bermuda National Gallery, speaks to students during a 'Human Writes' workshop creative writing exercise responding to questions surrounding what human rights looks and feels like acknowledging Human Rights Day yesterday.
Bermuda yesterday joined the rest of the world in celebrating Human Rights Day.This year, the Human rights Commission joined with the Bermuda National Gallery (BNG) in hosting a ‘Human Writes’ workshop.Around 40 students took part in a creative writing exercise responding to what human rights look and feel like to them.
Bermuda yesterday joined the rest of the world in celebrating Human Rights Day.
This year, the Human rights Commission joined with the Bermuda National Gallery (BNG) in hosting a ‘Human Writes’ workshop.
Around 40 students took part in a creative writing exercise responding to what human rights look and feel like to them.
Joanne Ball-Burgess, an Education officer at BNG, said: “We hope that this workshop is the beginning of allowing our children to realize that as artists/ writers, they have the power to convey new ideas to change our community to the better.”
