A NEW anti-sectarian awareness campaign has been launched in Scotland that promotes humour over hatred to get the message across.
Nil by Mouth, a leading anti- sectarian group, has teamed up with students from the City of Glasgow College to launch their Don’t be a Clown when it comes to bigotry campaign aimed at encouraging people to think about their language and the line between banter and bigotry.
Students Jane Scott, Mia Henderson, James Wan and Ilda Csonka scripted and produced a cartoon showing two men morphing into clowns as they continue to use sectarian language in a pub. Along with supporting artwork the animation will become part of Nil by Mouth’s nationwide Beyond Religion & Belief workplace training programme Dave Scott, Nil by Mouth campaign director, said: “We have always found that our most effective campaigns are those which harness the creativity and imagination of young people and the quality of the artwork and the clarity of the message produced by the students was exceptional.
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