Hove Park students probe Democrat Member of United States House of Representatives
Religious Studies GCSE students in Year 11 had a video link-up today with Graig Meyer, Democrat member of the House of Representatives (like an MP) for North Carolina In the USA. The video link-up -9am USA time- was part of their course in Human Rights and Social Justice. The opportunity was set up by the Politics Project who organise Digital Surgeries for schools with politicians- usually UK ones, but this was an exciting experiment we were able to take part in because of the US election.
The Year 11 class shared a Zoom call with three other schools and were able to ask personal questions as well as ones to do with the course, and the US election. Because North Carolina is a swing state it was fascinating to hear Graig’s view on the polls.
The event was chaired by the Politics Project. Tyla Shirley asked an excellent question for Hove Park about what Graig thought ‘equality‘ meant. Graig said he saw equality as the outcome, but equity- giving each person what they need (which may be different) as what is necessary to achieve that outcome.
We hope that many more students in Year 11 will have a Digital Surgery organised by the Politics Project this year as part of their studies in Social Values in PRE, (Philosophy, Religion and Ethics).
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