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“Compassion and Integrity are 21st Century Skills”: Principal Jose Navarro

Jose Navarro is the principal of Social Justice Humanitas Academy in San Fernando, California. He inspires others to become better teachers and explains how he uses lessons from the past to motivate his students to become “my brother’s...

“It Has Happened Here”: Student Jonathan Chernoguz Speaks about Taking Action

Inspired by his Facing History class at Lick-Wilmerding High School in San Francisco, California, Chernoguz and a group of his fellow students petitioned their state government to include a difficult local history in California public...

“Empathy Has Driven Me”: Emmett D. Carson

Emmett D. Carson, Ph.D., is CEO and President of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. His life’s work personifies Facing History’s notion of an upstander, a person who chooses to take positive action in the face of injustice in...

Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith: The Role of Community in Preventing Youth Violence

As part of Facing History and Ourselves’ Community Conversation series held in partnership with The Allstate Foundation, Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith addressed audiences...

Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith: Understanding Youth Violence as a Public Health Issue

As part of Facing History and Ourselves’ Community Conversation series held in partnership with The Allstate Foundation, Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith addressed audiences...

Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith: Dueling in the U.S., Youth Violence Today, and Our Responsibility to Create Change

As part of Facing History and Ourselves’ Community Conversation series held in partnership with The Allstate Foundation, Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith addressed audiences...

Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith: How School-Based Programs Reduce Instances of Violence

As part of Facing History and Ourselves’ Community Conversation series held in partnership with The Allstate Foundation, Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith addressed audiences...

See video Life Before the War: Rita Lurie

Rita Lurie, a Holocaust survivor, recalls happy moments from childhood in Poland and how she felt when tanks entered her Polish town at the beginning of World War II. Lurie went into hiding with her family at the age of five. She is...

See video Legacies: Rita Lurie and Leslie Gilbert-Lurie

Leslie Gilbert-Lurie and her mother Rita Lurie reflect on how Rita's experiences as a child survivor of the Holocaust resonate in her adult life and the lives of her children.

Students from the Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School (...

See video Life After the War: Rita Lurie

Rita Lurie, who survived the Holocaust in Poland hiding with her family in a farmer's attic, explains what it was like to leave hiding at the end of the war, move through Displaced Persons camps in several countries over five years,...