We interviewed 5 upstanders about what it means to be an Upstander as part of the Choosing to Participate exhibition held at the Boston Public Library in 2008.
Last spring Jonathan wrote a poem called "Perception" about how prejudice influences our decisions about helping others. It won a regional poetry contest sponsored by the Cleveland Playhouse. Jonathan then went on to participate in a national contest and placed 12th. http://www.facinghis tory.org
Author and Harvard professor Samantha Power spoke with Facing History students at the March 2008 Los Angeles Benefit. In this clip, Dora, a student at the California Academy of Math and Science, talks about starting a human rights club in her school and asks Power about how to help people develop a sense of moral obligation.
Author and Harvard professor Samantha Power spoke with Facing History students at the March 2008 Los Angeles Benefit. In this clip, Luis, a student from Garfield High School in L.A., describes how Facing History has helped him think about his choices. He asks Power about how people can find the courage to do what they think is right.
Mary Ann Glendon, U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See and author of A World Made New: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, talks about how the Universal Declaration of Human Rights came to be and the meaning and role it plays in our world today.
Matt Damon recalls when a Holocaust survivor spoke to his Facing History and Ourselves class when he was in middle school. The experience of hearing the survivor's personal story changed his attitude about school. It was the first time that he felt history was human and relevant to his life.
This public service announcement highlights the mission of Facing History and Ourselves, and provides statistics about our reach to educators and students worldwide.
Student Ibtesam A., a native of Pakistan, spoke at the 24th Annual New England Dinner about the major impact that Facing History has had on his outlook and way of thinking. He describes how, in the course of making a video to explore the moral dilemma of whether his universe of obligation includes Pakistan, he discovers that his universe of obligation extends to the whole world.
Taner Akçam, author of A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility, discusses the importance of learning about the history of the Armenian Genocide today. Visit http://www.facinghis tory.org for more information.
Dahana, a student originally from Haiti, speaks at the 2004 Facing History and Ourselves New York benefit dinner about her experience living in two cultures. Learning from immigrant groups who have come before her, she understands that she too can become American.
Adrianne B. describes how Facing History has helped her students grapple with the difficult questions involving their relationship to the world and what they can do to make a difference. She describes a trip to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda where her students were faced with more difficult questions of blame and forgiveness.
Lynda Lowery turned fifteen years old during the Selma to Montgomery march. She was arrested fifteen times over the years in which she participated in the civil rights movement. Lynda describes "Bloody Sunday" and the resolve that carried her through to the final march two weeks later.
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