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This beautiful art glass pendant is about 1 1/2 inches wide. The matching earrings are about 3/4 inches wide. They are made of art glass, also known as fused glass. The pendant comes on a 17 inch faux leather cord with a strong metal clasp. The earrings have surgical steel earwires. Each pendant and earring is handmade by COMPARTE and will vary slightly from the image.  

This beautiful art glass pendant is about 1 1/2 inches wide. The matching earrings are about 1 inch wide. They are made of art glass, also known as fused glass. The pendant comes on a 17 inch faux leather cord with a strong metal clasp. The earrings have surgical steel earwires. Each pendant and earring is handmade by COMPARTE and will vary slightly from the image.

At the Individual Level (These are mostly for white people, but not exclusively.) 1. Listen to, validate, and ally with people who report personal and systemic racism. Most people of color report that whites do not take claims of racism seriously. It’s time to stop defending the idea of a post-racial society, and recognize instead that we live in a racist one. Listen to and trust those who report racism, because anti-racism begins with basic respect for all people. 2. Have hard conversations with yourself about the racism that lives within you. When you find yourself making an assumption about...

Racism takes many forms and can happen in many places. It includes prejudice, discrimination or hatred directed at someone because of their colour, ethnicity or national origin. People often associate racism with acts of abuse or harassment. However, it doesn’t need to involve violent or intimidating behaviour. Take racial name-calling and jokes. Or consider situations when people may be excluded from groups or activities because of where they come from. Racism can be revealed through people’s actions as well as their attitudes. It can also be reflected in systems and institutions. But sometimes it may not be revealed at all....

Campaign Against Racism The annual anti-racism campaign of the Finnish Red Cross will again take place around the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 20 March. You are all invited to show your support, fight racism and participate in the campaign! The humanitarian values of the Red Cross include respect for the human being, non-discrimination, mutual understanding and friendship. The Red Cross aims to encourage attitudes supporting equality, pluralism and diversity as well as to bring people with different kinds of world-views and opinions together. With immigration on the rise this has proven to be one...