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IWitness Spotlight: My Story Matters: The Power of Story


In this activity, students examine stories that have the power to strengthen our human connection or create deep divides leading to hate, intolerance and violence. Read More

Attention teachers: A new series of stories will spotlight education resources that develop empathy, understanding and respect


The Stronger Than Hate initiative will publish stories on a regular basis that will each highlight a separate learning activity in IWitness, tackling some of today’s toughest subjects for students in middle school, high school and universities. Read More

'The Girl and The Picture' nominated for International Documentary Association Award


"The Girl and The Picture," a film by USC Shoah Foundation that centers on a survivor of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre in China, has been nominated for a 2018 International Documentary Association Award, which is considered among the world’s most important recognitions of the documentary genre. Read More

Newly expanded Holocaust memorial plaza in Philadelphia features testimony via IWalk


The app by USC Shoah Foundation guides visitors as they move through the plaza, providing explanations about each interpretive element, as well as personal stories by survivors, maps, photos and other multimedia. Read More

USC Shoah Foundation staff share Institute resources on Armenian Genocide with L.A. educators


Education and Outreach Specialist Sedda Antekelian and Program Officer Manuk Avedikyan shared information about the educational use of testimony in the Institute’s Visual History Archive and on the Institute’s educational website, IWitness. Read More

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