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Student Cynthia O. Speaks about Facing History at the 2004 San Francisco Benefit Dinner Cynthia O., a student in the FUTURE Academy of Arroyo High School in San Lorenzo, CA, discusses the influence Facing History and Ourselves has had on her life. Through Facing History, Cynthia and her classmates have new appreciation for others and work to change things they see are wrong. As an aspiring teacher, Cynthia looks forward to teaching Facing History in her own classroom some day. |
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Barbara Eason-Watkins Discusses Facing History and the Chicago Public Schools Barbara Eason-Watkins, Chief Education Officer at the Chicago Public Schools, discusses their ongoing partnership with Facing History and the positive impact Facing History has had in CPS classrooms. |
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Module 2: Seeking Peace and Seeking Justice: The ICC & Uganda The 16-minute film module Seeking Peace and Seeking Justice: The ICC and Uganda explores how the ICC’s involvement in Uganda has sparked conversation and action throughout Ugandan society. For example, in the bush, LRA leaders have used the arrest warrants as a bargaining chip in peace negotiations; in displaced persons’ camps, Ugandans are debating the merits of the ICC versus traditional justice mechanisms; at a national level, the government of Uganda is restructuring its own judicial system. |
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Module 1: Law or War: The Creation of the International Criminal Court The 15-minute film module Law or War: The Creation of the International Criminal Court explores the creation of the first permanent international court in history created to investigate and prosecute individual perpetrators, no matter how powerful, for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. |
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Module 3: International Law, Testing the Limits: The ICC & Darfur In recent years, charges of genocide have been leveled against the government of Sudan for violent attacks on Darfuris. In 2005, the United Nations Security Council asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate these charges. The 13-minute film module International Law, Testing the Limits: The ICC and Darfur tells the story of the ICC’s investigation in Darfur led by Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor for the ICC. |
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Gillian Smith Talks about the Facing History School Gillian Smith, Principal at the Facing History School in New York, talks about urban education as part of a panel that includes Rick Rizzio from Albany Park Multicultural Academy and Linda Becker from Little Village High School for Social Justice. The panel was part of the Facing History and Ourselves Board Retreat in Chicago in November 2009. |
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Choosing to Participate on WKYC, Cleveland WKYC's Kim Wheeler toured Facing History and Ourselves' nationally acclaimed multimedia exhibit Choosing to Participate with Facing History staff and local high school students at its launch in Cleveland. |
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Interview with Holocaust Survivor Rena Finder In 1994, a year after the release of the film "Schindler's List," Facing History and Ourselves' executive director, Margot Stern Strom, interviewed Schindler's List survivor Rena Finder. In this powerful interview, Finder discusses her life in Krakow before the war, how she came to be included on the list, the infamous Nazi commandant Amon Goeth, and the remarkable man who is credited with saving almost 1,200 Jews, Oskar Schindler. |
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Cleveland Upstanders: Portraits of Courage Each day our friends, neighbors and family members make decisions, large and small, that help create positive change in our world. See activists talk about what it means to be an upstander as part of Facing History and Ourselves' Choosing to Participate exhibition on display through February 2010 at the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland. |
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Teacher Phyllis Rosen Speaks at the Facing History 2009 Los Angeles Dinner Phyllis Rosen from L.A. Leadership Academy speaks at the 2009 Los Angeles Benefit Dinner. Rosen credits her experience in a Facing History seminar with inspiring her to remain in the teaching profession. |
