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1. Tori Blackburn

   ... of Story . Students watch testimony clips to learn how stories have the power to strengthen human connection, then write their own ... students to be introduced to issues faced by survivors of genocide that don’t often affect them personally. “Especially with the ...

   robin.migdol - 02/03/2017 - 5:45pm

2. Anna Krisztina Berecz

   ... later, however, Berecz realized it was important to know the stories of the past in order to construct a better future, so she began ... of the Holocaust as real people and connect to their tragic stories. “The personal stories of people with the petty details of ...

   robin.migdol - 12/23/2014 - 11:37am

3. Call for Applications: DEFY Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowships for Summer 2017

   ... 2017 The USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research invites research proposals from USC undergraduate students ... DEFY’s members organize campus events to help raise awareness about the USC Shoah Foundation’s mission to overcome prejudice, ...

   martha.stroud - 07/06/2017 - 12:18pm

4. Roza Petrosyan

   ... director of USC Shoah Foundation’s Center for Advanced Genocide Research. Petrosyan, who received her B.A. in history, originally ... family about it, Petrosyan was able to connect with survivor stories through watching testimony through the Visual History Archive. “It ...

   robin.migdol - 06/03/2016 - 3:08pm

5. The Memory of a Hero: Aristides de Sousa Mendes' Legacy Preserved in Testimony

   ... Some read letters written by their grandparents, some told stories of parents or aunts, but most powerful were the reflections of the ... escaped persecution because of his visas. Without the stories of survivors, we may never have heard the story of Sousa Mendes, a man ...

   deanna.pitre - 01/10/2020 - 4:04pm

6. Tommy Curry

   ... Though the topic of sexual violence against women during genocide is notoriously under-researched, sexual violence against men is even ... it or simply say it was “shameful.” To Curry, these stories demonstrate that men, not just women, experience hyper-sexualization ...

   robin.migdol - 01/17/2017 - 5:25pm

7. Teachers Learn About IWitness at Rwanda Peace Education Training

   ... on using IWitness in peace education in Kigali this month, with another workshop scheduled for later this week. The workshops, ... and Dialogue for Peace (IRDP) or Aegis Trust at Kigali Genocide Memorial. The workshops were led by USC Shoah Foundation/Aegis ...

   robin.migdol - 11/24/2015 - 5:17pm

8. Texas A&M Teaching Fellow Tommy Curry Researches Sexual Violence in Visual History Archive

   ... Though the topic of sexual violence against women during genocide is notoriously under-researched, sexual violence against men is even ... it or simply say it was “shameful.” To Curry, these stories demonstrate that men, not just women, experience hyper-sexualization ...

   robin.migdol - 01/13/2017 - 5:59pm

9. Building Bridges Not Borders: Destroying the Trump Wall

   ... get really nervous when I’m reading about refugees. The stories are usually on page 32 and they all remind me of the past.” ...

   deanna.pitre - 01/10/2020 - 3:43pm

10. Impact in Profile

    ... in their work. Some have made films or written books about genocide, and drew on testimony in the Visual History Archive for their ... the Visual History Archive is not only a collection of life stories; as experts in their field, they appreciate how valuable a resource it ...

    deanna.pitre - 01/10/2020 - 3:19pm

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