Loess organized by. students for. » students. “Part of the: problem. is) : that we put people into - “. groups. ee ‘ Wednesday,” “June 2, 19 2, “1999 Laurel Baker News Review contributor Students at Parkland Sec- ondary School got past their differences when they came together for five tolerance : forums last week. The forums came partly in response to the recent - outbreaks of violence in Col- orado and in Taber, Alberta. “Jt was a chance for kids ‘to share some of. the emo- ° tions they’ve been feeling,” said Parkland yicepresident - Sally Hansen... ~ “The intent was not te to fo- cus on ‘the violence, but to. He look at the root causes.” We. say, ‘those ‘geeks, those losers, those . skids,’ We have to learn to. look at people as individu- als,” said grade 10 student Tara Townshend, one of the nine students. who. orga- nized the forums. Grade nine, 10 and 1 11. ‘classes watched slide pre- “sentations newspaper headlines: and . * media coverage given to the - Colorado and Alberta shoot: : ings. Afterwards, the. stu-. ‘dents watched" the? “Oprahi: #6 ‘Winfrey show dedicated to a - the'victims: - : The forums, which took We can ... “wake people realize that - they have the . “power to stop _ things like this — from happening at _ our school.” Tara Townshend | showing: ‘the --“One of: the main mes- : sages from the students was’ that we don’t need more glo- rification of the people who. did it. We need recognition _ of the victims,” said Hansen. ~ Townshend agreed. “The media really sensa- tionalized the killers. We chose to also show the “Oprah tapes ‘because it © she showed the victims,” Grade 12 student Mike Harrison taiks to grade 11's about toierance at a forum at Parkland Sec- | ondary School last Fri- day. Harrison, along with Ryan Price (left), Ripple Dhariwal, Sunny Burke, and other Parkland’s stu- dents, organized five fo- rums last week to dis- cuss causes and solu- tions to violence in schools. The forums come as a result of stu- dent killings in Colorado and Taber, Alberta. iolence ~ogaid. Reflecting on the tragic. death of Andre Castet — a Parkland student who was beaten to death by peers in 1994 — also served as a re- minder that Sidney is not immune to teen violence: “This - has happened here,” power to stop things like - this from happening at our . “school.” ied | » After the assemblies, the aed: students.went to Career and Personal Planning sessions - to answer questions about ‘tolerance, and about vio-. Jence.in' schools. 3 ; Based on the; suggestions wih from the CAPP sessions, - » the student organizers are. considering. starting .up_ are permanent tolerance com-, ff mittee to visit other sec- ff ondary and middle schools. “The big hope is that stu- ” dents will find a way to em- power themselves to stand up and change things,” said - Hansen. “There are things: you can do, it's not okay to just stand back.” Speaking of Angels .. Rachel Goldsworthy Review contributor _ Susan Scott travels the world: speaking of angels. The Sidney grandmother has worked for the past 19 years as a lecturer for the Inner Peace Movement, an: international . organization that aims to help people put more trust in themselves and find inner freedom, "People want to under: stand more," she says. “They want (0. know. how. we're. here, why we're here.” : ; She became involved ; with: the organization al most 30 years ago in Van- COUVET, after the death of a. young son left her search ing for answers, The group helped her realize that her: invisible childhood friends Susan Scott Is on home ground next wook to tall. about guardian angels, trusting yourself, and _finding Innor peace. .. and ‘lifelong inspirations. : “another were guar dian anels: and gave her practical (ools to conniunie ate with them, In her talks, Scott passes along that knowledge, and teaches people how to read auras as well, “It teaches. people. to learn lo: trust: what: they sense," says Scott, It was the practical aspect of accepting what she had seen and felt all her life that appealed to her when. she first learned about TPM, Tt let me be relaxed, find inner: freedom and, inner: joy,” Scott says." 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