Justice and Democracy Student Seminar

Thursday 1- Friday 2 March

A Student's Perspective

On the 1st and 2nd of March we attended a Justice Seminar at Amberley retreat center for Kildare Ministries schools, as well as Brigidine College Randwick.  Over these two days we spent time in groups with students from other schools all around Australia, learning and sharing ideas. We had a number of amazing guest speakers including Dalal Smiley from Wellsprings for Women and Megan Bourke from Caritas.

 

We participated in workshops which allowed for discussion and sharing of ideas between students and teachers to better our knowledge on the justice and charity work that we carry out in our communities. During these two days we were given time for personal reflection which really helped us to gather our thoughts and think about the kind of messages we wanted to take back to our schools to help create change and assist the vulnerable people in our society so that they are able to make better lives for themselves.

We looked at a number of important concepts including human dignity, solidarity and hope. The sessions run by teachers looked at these concepts and the importance of them in the work that we do. At the end of the two days we were given time to plan with our school groups, which allowed us to draw upon everything we had learnt and to put it into action, to make a difference in other’s lives.

This justice seminar run by Kildare Ministries was very insightful and educational, it allowed us to add to our knowledge and awareness of a range of different justice issues and gave us skills that we could take back to school and implement in our justice groups so that the work we do is meaningful and helpful for those that need it. Throughout we had a great time and it was a wonderful and insightful experience that was really worthwhile.

Madison

Abdilla-Hill |

Year 12 student

Kilbreda College