Courageous Advocacy

A Caring Christian Family Where We Grow Together
Let Your Light Shine ~ Matthew 5:16

We at Warmingham believe that courageous advocacy is a long-term legacy, an endowment to future generations; it is about releasing the possibility of the pupils in our school to serve the common good.

Together we are exploring the concept of courageous advocacy and what that means to us as Christians:

‘What does the Lord require of us? - To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God’ (Micah 6:8)

When using the term ‘courageous advocacy’ we are referring to the act of speaking out against an issue of injustice, often on behalf of those whose voice is not heard. Speaking out, at whatever level this takes place, requires an element (and sometimes a great deal) of courage! Becoming a courageous advocate for change, therefore, must involve being informed about an issue and it must move beyond simply knowing, to saying and doing. Educating for courageous advocacy must embody an ethos of action-taking, challenging injustice and becoming agents of change in the transformation of ourselves, our relationships and our communities from the local level to the global. We at Warmingham endeavour to nurture and grow courageous advocates.

‘There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.’ Desmond Tutu