USC President C. L. Max Nikias speaking at the 2016 Ambassadors for Humanity gala honoring Mellody Hobson and George Lucas.

USC Shoah Foundation executive director Stephen Smith speaking at the 2016 Ambassadors for Humanity gala honoring Mellody Hobson and George Lucas. Also speaking are Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter and Chicago-area students Lynette Lucero and Joshua Stone who both participate in After School Matters

Steven Spielberg, founder of USC Shoah Foundation, introducing the 2016 Ambassador for Humanity award honorees Mellody Hobson and George Lucas.

George Lucas accepting his Ambassador for Humanity award at the 2016 gala held in Los Angeles.

Mellody Hobson's acceptance speech at the 2016 Ambassadors for Humanity gala, held in Los Angeles on December 8, 2016.

USC Shoah Foundation’s soon-to-launch IWitness initiative, called “100 Days to Inspire Respect,” provides teachers of civics, history, English and other subjects with 100 thought-provoking resources that tackle hate, racism, intolerance, xenophobia and more.
A lecture by Teresa Walch (University of California, San Diego)
2016-2017 Robert J. Katz Research Fellow in Genocide Studies

 

 

A lecture by Katja Schatte (University of Washington)
2016-2017 Margee and Douglas Greenberg Research Fellow

The conference for policy-makers, media representatives and NGOs will focus on refugee policies from 1933 to the present day.
A lecture by Lee Ann Fujii (University of Toronto / Institute for Advanced Study 2016-2017)