The National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Downtown Atlanta will open a new interactive experience for children on Saturday, April 25.
“Change Agent Adventure: Children’s Gallery” is designed for children ages 12 and under, designed as a “secret headquarters” where they’ll discover how kids throughout history have challenged injustice and made a difference.
The immersive experience will offer hands-on activities, storytelling, and creative play that explore the ideas of empathy, fairness, and courage in age-appropriate ways. From designing their own change-agent identity to learning from real young advocates, every moment is designed to inspire action and imagination, according to center officials.
Visitors begin their journey in a “magic elevator,” where they discover how young people across generations have helped challenge unfairness and push for change.
Inside this interactive gallery, children explore activities that build civic and social skills, such as empathy, belonging, justice, and “upstandingness” – the courage to stand up for what’s right.
Children can also create a Change Agent Badge by answering a few questions to receive their own change agent name, password, and a badge to take home. Visitors can also design a Change Agent Hat, inspired by ones worn by Martin Luther King Jr. and Eleanor Roosevelt.
The Change Agent Challenges offers an opportunity to spin the challenge wheel and test new skills with interactive activities throughout the gallery.
The full experience lasts about 90 minutes and children under age 13 must be accompanied by an adult.
The April 25 grand opening will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For tickets and information, visit civilandhumanrights.org.
