Kori Street, Director of Education, Presents at Association of Holocaust Organizations Conference in China
Testimony's Effect on Local Students Showcased at Ambassadors for Humanity Gala
Even though they were surrounded by members of Hollywood elite and New York society, a group of teenagers seemed to steal the spotlight at the Oct. 3 Ambassadors for Humanity gala.
Lyndell Higgins wanted to teach people about the Holocaust. So, she started to dance.
Higgins is the founding director of the Los Angeles-based Stretch Dance Company, which she created in 2010. The company recently debuted its first full-length dance production, I Have Lived A Thousand Years, based on the popular memoir of Holocaust survivor Dr. Livia Bitton-Jackson. Bitton-Jackson’s testimony is in USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive.
Ambassadors for Humanity Gala Honors George Clooney and the Importance of Testimony
George Clooney is well known as an actor, director, producer and writer. But it was his global humanitarian efforts that received the attention on Oct. 3 when he was honored with the Ambassador for Humanity Award by Steven Spielberg.