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To honor the 20th anniversary of the Los Angeles Race Riots, Facing History and Ourselves in partnership with The Allstate Foundation hosted “Twilight: Los Angeles,” a free and open event featuring the actress, playwright, and social critic Anna...
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History classes have come a long way since poet, writer, and academic Peter Balakian was in middle school in 1960s New Jersey.The grandson of survivors of the Armenian Genocide, Balakian, a member of the Facing History and Ourselves Board of...
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This month, Facing History and Ourselves will present $40,000 to educators around the world as part of its annual Margot Stern Strom Teaching Awards. Facing History board members David and Nina Fialkow founded the awards in 2006. “The crux of it for...
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A member of the Los Angeles Advisory Board, Florence Sloan was honored at the Los Angeles Benefit Dinner last night, November 7, 2011 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. She recalled her childhood in Malaysia where she grew up as a Chinese minority, and...
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Jose Navarro is the principal of Social Justice Humanitas Academy in San Fernando, CA. He inspired audiences last night, November 7, 2011, at the Facing History Benefit Dinner in Los Angeles at The Beverly Hills Hotel. He explains how he takes the...
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Geraldine Mande, a Facing History alumna, spoke to audiences in Los Angeles during the Benefit Dinner at the Beverly Hills Hotel on November 7, 2011. She draws connections between growing up in the Congo, taking Facing History classes in high school...
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Fall is a busy time, often filled with new beginnings as well as the return to old routines: back to school, back to work, back home for the holidays. At Facing History and Ourselves, fall marks the return of teachers and students to classrooms, and...
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“After working with resources from Facing History and working with my students I have realized that family history is vital to the story of a person. Some of the most important stories we have read in the program are personal stories of individuals...
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“My students have begun to see history not just as something that happened in the past that didn’t involve them, but rather something that is happening now and involves them. I have seen students become more tolerant of the “other.” I have seen an...
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“When I was a first year teacher and I wanted to do a Darfur unit, my first stop was the Facing History and Ourselves website where I found great material to create lesson plans. My students’ final project was to create a "Toolbox of Change." ...
