Students Together Opposing Prejudice

Congregation B'nai Shalom is pleased to be a co-sponsor of the 3^rd annual STOP program (Students Together Opposing Prejudice).  CBS' Social Action Committee is working with the Al-Hamra Academy in Shrewsbury and Catholic, Congregational, Episcopal, Methodist and Orthodox Christian Churches in our area to reduce prejudice.  STOP is an interfaith initiative educating 7^th and 8^th graders in how to identify and confront stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination.

If you are in 7^th or 8^th grade and would like to participate with students of various backgrounds in a 7-session program taking place this winter, please contact , Congregation B'nai Shalom's adult advisor to the program, or contact the Temple office.  The program is free of charge.

The sessions will be held on the following Thursday evenings from 7:00pm-8:30pm – Jan 12, 26, Feb 9, 16, and March 1, 15 and 29.  Over the course of the program, students will see the inside of 7 different houses of worship located in the Shrewsbury/Westborough area, hear a brief introduction to each religion, and participate in games, activities, skits, videos and small group discussions led by the adult advisors from the participating congregations.  This is the same program that has been run in the Town of Sudbury, MA for over 20 years.

Christopher Senie

(508) 366-9845 (work)

Testimonial:

"Before I jointed STOP I didn't think I would learn anything I didn't already know.  For me, being open and respectful was already something I thought I did.  But when I tried the program it really opened my eyes to some pretty simple stuff that I had never realized and now that I know more about different groups I can be even more open-minded than before.  Plus I made a few friends in the process."  STOP 2011 participant