USC Shoah Foundation and Partners Attend Vienna Workshop on Testimony in Education
The foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future” (German acronym EVZ) is hosting an international workshop on the use of Holocaust survivor testimonies in education January 9-11.
Armenian Collection Translation Efforts Connect Family and Neighbors
While translating Armenian testimonies given in rare dialects, two families made surprise discoveries about their own family history.
First 10 Activities for "100 Days to Inspire Respect" Initiative
Learn about the 10 educational resources that USC Shoah Foundation will debut for the first 10 days of its "100 Days to Inspire Respect" program, launching January 20.
Kari Shagena
Kari Shagena is combining poetry and Holocaust survivor testimony to inspire empathy and action in her students following an IWitness seminar in Michigan last summer.
Shagena, a language arts and social studies teacher at Richmond Middle School, was one of over dozen Michigan educators who attended USC Shoah Foundation’s IWitness Summer Institute in Farmington Hills this past August, a three-day seminar that introduced educators to everything they need to know to incorporate testimonies and activities from IWitness into their classrooms.