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  • Denver Student Speaker Andrew B. Talks About Becoming Upstanders
    Denver and Rocky Mountain State Benefit Dinner student speaker Andrew B., a junior at Castel View High School, spoke about the inspiring upstanders he learned about in his Facing History and Ourselves class and how he came to the conclusion “I could...
  • Denver Teacher Michael Schneider Explains Why ‘Little Things Are Big’
    After the audience at the Denver and Rocky Mountain States Benefit Dinner heard from English teacher Michael Schneider about Puerto Rican journalist Jesus Colon’s late night ride on a New York City subway during the 1950s, Michael explained the...
  • Fundamental Freedoms: Dr. Allida Black on Human Rights in Our Time
    “[T]he advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief, and freedom from fear and want, has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people.” – preamble to the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights,”...
  • Acclaimed Journalist Roxana Saberi to Speak with Facing History Audiences
    The year was 2009 and the headlines read like something out of a tabloid. A multiethnic, Midwestern former Miss America finalist was arrested while working in Iran as a journalist and was being held in the country’s worst prison.Evin prison - many...
  • “Shake the Dust When You Leave From Here”: Denver Student Poet Morgynne T.
    Morgynne T. is a fifteen year old high-school freshman in Denver. At our 2011 spring Denver/Rocky Mountain benefit dinner, she transformed lessons from history into a resonant spoken-word poem.Introducing her work, Morgynne told listeners:I have two...
  • Tom Thorpe – St. Anne's Episcopal School, Denver, CO
    “Students can learn more and herald new ways to choose to participate with digital media. Learning and discussions continue for many students beyond the class period through the use of digital media. …In this way, digital media complements the...
  • Michael Schneider – Castle View High School, Castle Rock, CO
    “Our students, while highly skilled in most academic areas, often lack an understanding and appreciation for those marginalized in their community and in the world. But they thrive when given the opportunity to explore these issues. As we move from...
  • R. Shane Atkinson – East High School in Cheyenne, WY
    “This year marked the introduction of Facing History and Ourselves to our school. We are offering a yearlong elective course based on the Facing History curriculum and specifically focusing on the Holocaust and Human Behaviorwork. The students in my...
  • Teaching Excellence Award Goes to Facing History Educator
    Stephanie Rossi, a social studies teacher at Wheat Ridge Senior High School and Denver/Rocky Mountain States Advisory Board member, traveled to Washington, D.C., where she was honored as one of five finalists for the National Education Association...
  • Genocide Survivor Inspires Students
    When Michael Schneider and Mark Miyashita from Castle View High School in Castle Rock, Colorado began teaching their Facing History unit after taking the online Holocaust and Human Behavior seminar, they said couldn't foresee the impact the program...