Human Rights Violations

Lessons in Resilience from the Holocaust and Genocide Stories of Resilience: Learning from Survivors of the Holocaust and the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda

By Ellen Resnek / Friday, September 20, 2024 / Comments Off on Lessons in Resilience from the Holocaust and Genocide Stories of Resilience: Learning from Survivors of the Holocaust and the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda

“Stories of Resilience: Learning from Survivors of the Holocaust and the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda”. Dr. Brown will focus on testimony excerpts of survivors who describe life after their traumatic […]

Algorithms & Extremism Presented by Dr. Anna Floerke Scheid

By Ellen Resnek / Thursday, September 12, 2024 / Comments Off on Algorithms & Extremism Presented by Dr. Anna Floerke Scheid

How do social media algorithms contribute to online radicalization and extremism? How do search algorithms contribute to political violence, like the January 6 riot at the U.S. capitol? In our first […]

Poland Personally 2025

By Ellen Resnek / Tuesday, August 20, 2024 / Comments Off on Poland Personally 2025

Lessons in Resilience from the Holocaust and Genocide with Tali Nates and Asya Darbinyan

By Ellen Resnek / Tuesday, August 13, 2024 / Comments Off on Lessons in Resilience from the Holocaust and Genocide with Tali Nates and Asya Darbinyan

Join us on this transformative journey; let this series serve as your source of empowerment, inspiring our community to find their own light within the encompassing shadows. Asya Darbinyan: Executive […]

Reflection by Sarah Gordin

By Ellen Resnek / Tuesday, August 6, 2024 / Comments Off on Reflection by Sarah Gordin

I am currently sitting in a park on the grass in Berlin. It is the last day of the Germany Close Up program. The sun is shining and I hear […]

Final Thoughts by Fred Akman

By Ellen Resnek / Tuesday, August 6, 2024 / Comments Off on Final Thoughts by Fred Akman

As a PhD in the Holocaust field and a teacher, it was only natural when presented with the opportunity to take this trip that I jumped on it. The previous […]

Destroy. Rename. Or remove. By Josh Leib 

By Ellen Resnek / Friday, August 2, 2024 / Comments Off on Destroy. Rename. Or remove. By Josh Leib 

Destroy. Rename. Or remove. In America, memorializing difficult parts of our past falls into three categories. Three categories fail to represent the intricacies that the memorial likely represents. A major […]

For the Child: The Story of the Kindertransport

By Ellen Resnek / Thursday, July 25, 2024 / Comments Off on For the Child: The Story of the Kindertransport

This special exhibition showcases stories of the Kindertransport, in collaboration with the Austrian Embassy, Classrooms Without Borders, and the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh. PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR OPENING RECEPTION […]

Pittsburghers gain insights on Civil Rights Movement during Deep South tour

By Ellen Resnek / Thursday, July 11, 2024 / Comments Off on Pittsburghers gain insights on Civil Rights Movement during Deep South tour

Pittsburgh-area educators and students extended their classrooms by traveling 700 miles to explore the Civil Rights Movement in depth. From June 16-24, the learning cohort journeyed through Atlanta, Montgomery, Selma, […]

FOUNDATIONS OF RESISTANCE

By Ellen Resnek / Wednesday, July 10, 2024 / Comments Off on FOUNDATIONS OF RESISTANCE

A Curriculum to Counter Antisemitism for Grades 6-12 featuring four interactive WebQuest’s Teach students why they should and how they can resist antisemitism. LEARN MORE Foundations of Resistance utilizes the history and life lessons of the […]

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