b'EXECUTIVE MESSAGEDear Friends, Testimony Collection. New stories are being saved each Thanks to you, our supporters and friends, the Institutemonthevery one of them is a race against time.was able to provide educational, research and communityAnd each month we continue to welcome survivors, programming to more people than ever before in ourcommunity members, experts and a world of learners historythis during a devastating global pandemic whento compelling online event opportunities where our our audiences needed us most.community continues to connect and grow. Our community has risen together, as you will see in theIt is urgent to build pathways to provide online resources stories of this Annual Report. More benefactors than everfor remote learning to counter the hate we see and gave to the Institute, enabling a rapid pivot to all-virtual,experience, and to limit its influence and impact in the next remote programming. generation. With your help, we will continue to accelerate In March 2020, as remote access to resources becamethe impact of testimony.critical, the Institute delivered its first direct-to-studentWith Gratitude, learning opportunities in support of learners and their families, as well as educators. IWitness Mindful Explorations and other new activities have engaged hundreds of educators and thousands of students this year. Lee LibermanStephen D. SmithThe Institute built remote recording technologiesChair, Board of CouncilorsFinci-Viterbi to add one-of-a-kind Holocaust witness interviewsExecutive Directorfor Dimensions in Testimony and The Last Chance 2020 ANNUAL REPORT1'