Gert expresses his gratitude toward Chinese people and explains that Shanghai served his family as a place of refuge during the war.

100 Days to Inspire Respect

Elena explains how her experience being caught between two cultures inspired her to become a human rights activist.

Gert describes the community established by Jewish refugees from Germany upon their arrival in China on the eve of World War II. He remembers the living conditions in Shanghai and mentions the Hongkew Ghetto formed in the city by the occupying Japanese authorities in 1943.

100 Days to Inspire Respect

Rosalina was a cooperative activist (activista cooperatista) in Guatemala. She joined women’s collectives and worked weaving textiles and raising rabbits. The women were enthusiastic about life and dedicated to economic growth.

100 Days to Inspire Respect

Anthony reflects on a trip he took with Amnesty International, in which he examined the malpractices of a general in Paraguay.

Peg LeVine, Ph.D., E.D., is currently an Associate Professor in Global and Population Health at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

100 Days to Inspire Respect

Norbert remembers the day he was excluded from attending a non-Jewish German school in Berlin, Germany, shortly after Kristallnacht.

I recently was an expert witness from October 11-13, 2016, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in Phnom Penh, the so-called Khmer Rouge Tribunal that was established in 2001. When I mention this to colleagues, a typical response is, “That’s still going on?”  Indeed. Many forget the train that runs direct from USC to Long Beach takes you to the largest concentration of Cambodian survivors in the United States, where elders make daily offerings to ancestors in their homes or Buddhist temples.

Eva reflects on the living conditions she had as a child living in Shanghai, China, during the war and discusses her daily activities.