“Chemistry is change and change is the core of your belief system. Which is good because that’s what we need more of – people who refuse to accept the status quo, who aren’t afraid to take on the unacceptable.” – Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry
In FAWCO, you’ll find people who are fearless in tackling unacceptable issues in...
In 2021, the brutal killing of a homeless person in Zürich caused horror throughout Switzerland (Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen [SRF], 2023). According to a recent Swiss study by Dittmann et al. (2022, p. 86), however, discrimination and derogatory treatment of homeless people (HP) in public space are no exception, as social workers from the...
As your Education Team wraps up its focus on Global Citizenship, schools are on break and the Northern Hemisphere has all summer in front of it. Check out a few quick takes from around the world AND close to home in education. We wish you a restful break and look forward to reconnecting...
As part of its special consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, FAWCO supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Of particular relevance to this op-ed, the FAWCO Education Committee focuses its efforts on SDG 4, to “[e]nsure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.”
At first...
Throughout history, books have been banned or burned when they challenge power, mores or social conventions. Ovid’s works were banned by Julius Caesar. Countless books were banned or burned during the Middle Ages by the powerful religious forces. In the last century, images of Nazi book burnings symbolize a past of authoritarian control. And...
When the first books were banned,
they didn’t disappear.
The words flew up into the sky and
twirled and swirled in the wind.
They landed in lumps and bumps.
Suddenly…
the words began to whisper their stories.
Soon…
the wonder and wander came together and
the pages regenerated and integrated.
They built...
