A Photo Essay: Ambassadors for Humanity 2011 Gala
On Monday, May 9, Steven Spielberg, Founder of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, presented Comcast Chairman and CEO Brian L. Roberts with its highest honor, the Ambassador for Humanity award. Roberts was recognized for his visionary leadership and philanthropic work in education and technology. Jon Bon Jovi was special musical guest. This is a photo essay of the event, which took place in Roberts' hometown of Philadelphia.
Photos by Jeremy Messler Photography LLC
Brian L. Roberts Receives Ambassador for Humanity Award
On Monday, May 9, 2011, the USC Shoah Foundation Institute presented Comcast Chairman and CEO Brian L. Roberts with its highest honor, the Ambassador for Humanity award. Roberts was recognized for his visionary leadership and philanthropic work in education and technology.
13,000th Educator Trained on Echoes and Reflections
More than 13,000 pre-service and in-service educators and community leaders have been trained on Echoes and Reflections, a multimedia curriculum on the Holocaust created by the the Anti-Defamation League, the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, and Yad Vashem.
USC Shoah Foundation Institute's Executive Director to address CA State Assembly
More than 40 survivors, veterans and their guests from throughout California are expected to attend to share stories of survival and memorialize those who lost their lives. Smith will discuss the importance of the preservation of the testimonies of those whose lives were touched by the Holocaust.
Comcast and the Institute Launch “Days of Remembrance” Series Featuring Award-Winning Documentary Films
The ten documentary films feature firsthand accounts from individual survivors and witnesses of their personal experiences during the Holocaust, and are all presented by the USC Shoah Foundation Institute. This is the first time these films will be offered as a complete package to a U.S. television audience.
USC Shoah Foundation Institute’s Short-Film Competition Recognizes Students from across the University
The awards ceremony, screening, and panel discussion, made possible by Visions and Voices and HBO, were the culmination of the Student Voices short film competition which invited all USC students to use the Institute’s archive in order to shape the conversation about violence and genocide.
Student Voices Short Film Competition
On April 7, the USC Shoah Foundation Institute honored students from across the University who made short films using footage from the Institute’s archive of nearly 52,000 videotaped testimonies of Holocaust survivors and other witnesses. The awards ceremony, screening, and panel discussion, made possible by Visions and Voices and HBO, were the culmination of the Student Voices short film competition, which invited all USC students to use the Institute’s archive in order to shape the conversation about violence and genocide. Among the competition jury and on the panel was Academ
Jewish Family and Children’s Services Manovill Holocaust History Fellowship Program–Student Video Presentations
On April 4, 2011, the Institute hosted high school students from San Francisco, who are studying the Holocaust as part of an after school program through the Jewish Family and Children's Services Holocaust Center (JFCS). Led by JFCS Director of Education Morgan Blum, five students who received the JFCS Manovill Holocaust History Fellowship developed video projects using testimonies in the Institute's archive of Bay Area Holocaust survivors. The students presented their video projects on topics such as surviving Westerbork concentration camp, partisans, choices, bold instincts, a
Steven Spielberg and USC Shoah Foundation Institute to Honor Brian L. Roberts, Chairman & Ceo Of Comcast, For His Visionary Leadership and Longtime Philanthropy
Steven Spielberg, Founder of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, will present Brian L. Roberts, Chairman and CEO of Comcast Corporation, with the USC Shoah Foundation Institute’s highest honor—the Ambassadors for Humanity award. Roberts will be recognized for his visionary leadership and philanthropic works in the areas of education and technology. Spielberg will present the award at the Institute’s annual gala, taking place this year in Roberts’ hometown of Philadelphia on May 9.