what we do​

1

We unsilence hidden stories
◆ Transgender rights
◆ Roma, gay, disabled, and other victims of Nazism
◆ Rape, sexual violence, and torture
◆ Political asylum and refugee rights
◆ Mental health and suicide
​◆ Medical care access
◆ Mass incarceration, the death penalty, and systemic abuse
◆ Lesbian, gay, and bisexual rights
◆ Girls’ and women’s rights
◆ ​​Genocide denial, perpetratorship, and delayed justice
​   …and more

2

We design dynamic learning experiences
◆ Project-based learning
◆ Human rights fiction
◆ WebQuests and serious games
◆ Choose-your-own-pathway stories
◆ Online exhibitions
​◆ Creative writing, art, film, and performance
◆ ​Traveling and pop-up learning environments

3

We train young people and educators
◆ Middle schools and high schools
◆ Museums and cultural centers
◆ Communities of faith
◆ Universities and colleges
◆ Health care centers and hospitals
◆ Community and youth centers
◆ ​Online communities

our reach
(so far)​​

over 2,250 educators trained

◆ Action Reconciliation Service for Peace
◆ Adler University, IL
◆ Chicago Public Schools, IL
◆ Colorado Council International Reading Association (CCIRA)
◆ Carl Wilkens Fellowship and i-Act
◆ The Center for Holocaust & Humanity Education, OH
◆ Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
◆ Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, IL
◆ Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts (OCTELA)
◆ Echoes & Reflections: Anti-Defamation League,
​    USC Shoah Foundation, & Yad Vashem
​    …and more

over 2,300 teens engaged through direct workshops

◆ Arkansas Holocaust Conference
◆ Barrington High School, IL
◆ Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School, IL
​◆ Chiaravalle Montessori School, IL
◆ Deer Path Middle School, IL
◆ Dummerston Middle School, VT
◆ Greeley West High School, CO
◆ The Summit Country Day School, OH
◆ Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center, IL
   ​…and more

over 1,000 college students & over 2,500 adults reached 

◆ United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
◆ The Voices & Faces Project
◆ Northwestern University, IL
◆ University of Northern Colorado
◆ Casper College, WY
◆ John Brown University, AR
◆ University of Arkansas
◆ The Evanston Storytelling Festival, IL
◆ Holocaust Community Services, IL
◆ Center On Halsted, Chicago IL
◆ Equality Illinois
◆ The Standard Club, Chicago IL
◆ ColorBox Theatre, IL
◆ Oakton Community College, IL
◆ The Simon Wiesenthal Center
◆ Continuum Theater, IL
   ​…and more