 video this week's featured program and yeah we hope that you've already seen that featured program it is called 10 ways to fight hate join forces and so we have a classic version of that program in a slower speaking speed and we also have an advanced version of that program with a little bit more of a natural speaking speed but also just in simple English so check those out they're in the program this one is discussion but they're a program description below and also you can find a link to them up here on the top of this video so check those out and then pop back here and listen to our discussion join in by writing in the comments you can find that program like I said in those links but you can also find it on our website www.spotlightenglish.com and we hope you'll join the discussion with me I am Liz Wade and I have on the other side of the screen are you here Adam? I am here Adam Navin. Exactly hi wait Liz Liz Liz Liz Liz are you saying that here at spotlight we do not like hate that there's a whole series of programs encouraging people to fight against hate okay okay there is yeah isn't that incredible no um I actually I love this series this is only the second of ten programs of all of these methods of fighting hate because of course you know you well at least I do you see a lot of hate in the world honestly you see the news you see yeah mostly the news right they're just reporting on things that are happening maybe you see it in your community maybe you even experience hate yourself a hate crime or just that sort of yeah social injustice and you might see that and you just feel like what can I possibly do and that's what I feel like a lot of times you know I feel like my voice can't be heard I can't do anything about it but what I love about this series is that it really breaks it down into ten different things completely different things that any person can do right and it gives it gives really big ideas like like this one join forces but also really small ideas so in the in the end of the program after we kind of tell the story like it gives really concrete examples of things that you can actually go out in your community and do right well and I the the the fun thing but also the really sad thing about these programs is that they're not they have been relevant for a long time and sadly probably will be very relevant for a long time to come right these are things that when when I look out at the world I think what's going on you know whether it's around me in my own community or on the other side of the world there are individuals there are groups of people who are I'm trying to think of how to explain the word marginalized yeah maybe like minority groups or people who's skin color or faith or just another thing about them maybe sets them apart in their community and so then they're yeah they're not treated the same as maybe the majority group in the community or other people in the community yeah there's a lot of power dynamics who controls the government who controls resources which allow historical things impact that right yeah if you grow up in an environment where you're told again and again that you're you're not able you're not worthy and you're not loved then you're gonna start to believe those messages and allow certain things to happen and that's one of the things that I like about this program and about this series particularly this one this idea of joining together with people is that you don't have to change the world all by yourself right you there are other people right there right so our first the first program in this series was ten ways to fight hate act and so in that program really it just encouraged people to to act right if you see something wrong say something about it or you know do something in your community to fix say hateful graffiti or yeah things like that just get that get that impulse that that reason to act and so this one gives a little bit more of that so join forces okay so this program begins with a story a real story that happened a couple years ago in England which you know you might think oh you know England solved all their problems they don't have any problems with hate surprise everywhere has problems with hate somebody sent out a letter that was that called for a day a hate hate Muslims day and it it had a list of things that you could do against Muslims and you would earn points right so you know smash a window I think was one of them are like you know kick somebody or something like that they were all crazy terrible things yeah you should never do to any other person no right and you would you would earn points with that and this this letter was sent to communities over a wide area of England a couple cities and of course people got these letters and some of them felt threatened right because they might be they might be Muslims and they might feel like oh this is what's gonna happen to me right or you know you might be yeah so so you some people felt threatened some people felt like they had to do something and so then what do you do if you want to act and you don't know what to do so we tell about two people in this program who didn't join forces with each other but did join forces in their communities and they were able to address this this letter okay so the letter did actually go out on Twitter and there was there was wide what's the word but people widely did not like it right right you know nobody liked this letter on Twitter it's and people were speaking against it but so one of these people was a shop owner like a bakery owner in Manchester who had gotten the letter in that community and he decided that he would actually have an event where he would he was a Muslim and he would show love to anybody who came in by his store right so you know joining with the community like he gave away free free baked goods and free coffee that day and there's actually a great quote in the in the program that I want to find oh yeah his was called banished hate day and he said we will not let small-minded people set us to set us against each other instead our arms and doors are open even to those minds that incite hate get to know us and our community join in our community work off this is gonna make me cry use that negative energy to do good and I just think as someone who would be attacked how do you have that sort of reaction yeah yeah to be able to take that that you know someone is going is threatening you that there is at least one person out there who wants to do you harm just because of who you are just because of who you are and to be able to say you know what in every way it would be understandable to close your door to lock it to hide to you know you know everyone you know close so that they're not harmed yeah oh oh totally and to be able to say I'm not gonna do that I'm gonna do the exact opposite of that I'm gonna stand up and say come in and I you know I'm I'm gonna take take your hate and turn it into love yeah that's an amazing I can't I can't think of much more that that I would call brave yeah even to call those people out right to say you have this negative energy why don't you use it to do something good yeah use that so there was another person who excuse me who also joined forces in their community saw these letters and in so basically he took this idea of the letter and he made it into a love a Muslim day so copied the letter but made instead of saying doing horrible things for points people could do great things for points okay my you might take your Muslim friend out for coffee you might you know shop at a Muslim owned store like a store owned by someone who is Muslim right and so and then you would get points that way okay I like that right it's invisible points yeah but but but yeah so he basically turned it on its head and he got a lot of people to you know distribute that letter instead on Twitter and I think I think he did that as well by sending it out or just spreading the message that way but that was another way that somebody's like took that hateful message and then like kind of turned it on its head yeah you to do that yeah I think that's that's another way of when you see something like and you know the program one is act do something about it but I really like that way of saying you know we're not just gonna crush this thing we're going to flip it and use it in a in a creative way to say you know what let's let's do this differently because I I believe that we all have some we all we know what's right we know how people need to be treated I know that there are differences of language of religion of culture and sometimes those are hard to understand sometimes we we like to be around people family and friends who speak the same language it makes us feel comfortable and at home right but when we can connect with people across that and I think we all know that people are people and I think we just need we there is a we need to listen to that that voice inside us that says you know what these are these are people like that's what whenever I encounter that I'm like but that's a person and I don't I don't understand how you could treat someone so poorly yeah there was another quote from well there was a quote from this guy who made the letter that I also think was really great he said in the face of extreme hatred it's important to stay positive and show some creativity we must rise above it we must be active there's that act right and show compassion and love to our fellow citizens so yeah just what you're saying right being creative and yeah and showing love instead of instead of you know being yourself of course that's a very easy well thing for me to say I have not experienced a lot of a lot of hate against me in my life and I think that that is a that's a powerful thing for me to realize that even though I may not be receiving hate it is still my responsibility to join forces to stop that hate right yeah so in that situation maybe I could participate in that love a Muslim day you know in some way whether it's visiting a store or you know extending love in some way or spreading that message I think it's a really good call to action as well yeah well in love love is an amazing thing and I think it starts relationships it builds bonds it builds bridges to people in ways that change both the person doing the love and the person being loved and it sounds silly it sounds simple it sounds childish even but love really is a powerful force in the world and yeah it really requires bravery and courage and some vulnerability which I think we need we all need a little more of well and speaking of like like power right this program as this as well whole idea behind joining forces is that you have more power when there are more people right so you're going to have you're going to have more power when more people join together yes yes and finding people who can you can whenever whenever I felt alone and then I I raised my hand just a little bit I have always found people you know so maybe so I would love for people who are watching this to say have you ever raised your hand and found found a force have you ever joined forces in your community or are there things that you would like to fight against in that you see in the world you it doesn't have to be your community it could be though anywhere in the world where you say you know what I want to take a stand for this I don't think this is right put it in the comments below we'll try to respond to to any of those comments and yeah you know there's a great story I was just thinking of there's like okay I don't I don't really know this story maybe you know it of like you know when you have more things that go together oh you know yeah yeah yeah so there's a yeah I know this story so there's a there's a father with many sons I don't know we'll change it to daughters yeah okay sure yeah that's good there's a mother with many daughters and he he hands each of her or she hands each of her daughters a matchstick a wooden matchstick about that long and says okay break it and they all snap the matchstick it's it's small it's wooden and they break it and so then take some more of these small wooden matchsticks takes all seven of them and says okay group them together and then try to break them and of course then the one you know they go down from the oldest to the second oldest all the way down to the youngest and they can't break them and the you know the the the stories told many different ways but it is yeah that when you stand alone you can be easily broken but when you stand together you have solidarity and you have strength and in in reality and physical in the physical world that is true but it's also true when we as people stand together we have more strength than we do as individuals I'm sorry that is just such a I like when I hear that story I kind of silly but I start to like think oh that's so like that's so great right well another thing image that you that you can break like just one but you can't break a whole group and it's just so true another thing that I think is interesting and I haven't gone on the internet because I don't want to find out this isn't true so this is the thing but one horse you don't know where I'm going with this I don't know where you're going one horse can produce one horsepower right you know we talk about car engines they have horsepower I don't know why we use horses as a measurement yeah okay horsepower it's a specific range then yeah and there's a whole measure but two horses working together can produce 11 horsepower oh yeah that is crazy yeah that's a really good let's that's a really good image as well right one person is one person's one person power two people maybe a person power and two horses 11 persons worth of work yeah that's a great image yeah and and we're gonna leave you with that um and I yeah let us know if there are other like sayings or stories like that that you have heard of in your culture I imagine that's got to be a sort of worldwide culture thing right yeah or if you have ever like Adam said if you've ever like raised your hand real small and found that there's a whole community with you willing to work willing to go or if you have ever joined forces to stop hate in your community like this but really love to hear some personal stories of your experiences and you can share those below in the comments you can write them on our website www.spotlightenglish.com where you can also hear this program and follow along with the script at your own pace and also you can find us here on YouTube you can find us on Twitter and Facebook oh and I forgot to say on YouTube please like this video subscribe hit the little bell so that you always get a notification when we have a new video come by and you won't miss anything we have really enjoyed having this conversation I've enjoyed having it with you Adam and as always that same same right back at you yeah and I hope that you have enjoyed listening to this conversation thinking more about this concept of fighting hate and I hope you're looking forward to the next eight programs where we unbelievably have tons more to say about this so yeah that's great thank you so much for listening thank you for watching and we'll see you next time