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See video Gizelle C. Talks About Facing History's Immigration Project

Gizelle C. from Carson High School speaks at the 2009 Los Angeles Benefit Dinner about participating in Facing History's student leadership project and about creating the photography exhibit "The Way We See It: L.A. Teens on Immigration."
See video The Way We See It

At a Community Conversation presented in partnership with the Allstate Foundation, Facing History and Ourselves students discussed their photography exhibit on immigration that was on display at the Skirball Cultural Center from December 2008-January 2009.
See video Heschel School Students Interview Holocaust Survivors
8th graders at Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School in Northridge, CA, create a lasting legacy by keeping alive the stories of Holocaust survivors.
See video Dr. Terrence Roberts Speaks at the Facing History and Ourselves 2009 Los Angeles Benefit Dinner

Dr. Terrence Roberts of the Little Rock Nine speaks at the 2009 Los Angeles Benefit Dinner about his experience integrating Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957 and reflects about the election of an African American president.
See video Student Stevie G. speaks at the 2009 Los Angeles Benefit Dinner
Stevie G., an 8th Grade student at Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School, speaks at the 2009 Facing History Los Angeles Benefit Dinner.
See video Facing History Student Yasameen Talks About her Heritage
Yasameen, whose parents are Persian and Argentinian, speaks at the 2006 Los Angeles benefit dinner about her multiple heritages. Facing History and Ourselves helped her and her classmates feel free to discuss their own identities and to respect each other's differences.
See video Facing History Student Photography Exhibit Featured on KNBC
KNBC's Cary Berglund visited Carson High School where Facing History students prepared for their photography exhibition "The Way We See It: L.A. Teens on Immigration" at the Skirball Cultural Center.
See video Carson High School Students Recite Poems About "Becoming American"

In 2005, students from Carson High School discussed their ancestral identities and what "Becoming American" means to them.
See video Student Yasameen R. asks Paul Rusesabagina about his Courage
Yasameen describes her experience with Facing History and Ourselves, learning about the Holocaust, genocide, and racism and the importance of standing up to injustice.  She asks Paul Rusesabagina how he got past his own fear when he saved people at his hotel in Rwanda during the genocide.  He did not have time to think about being afraid.
See video Student Yasameen R. Becomes an Upstander through Facing History

Student Yasameen R., with Persian and Argentinian parents, became self-conscious about her Middle Eastern heritage after 9/11.  Facing History helped her and her classmates understand how everyone is different in a different way, and how our identity shapes how we view the world and how we make choices.  She was inspired by the idea of being an upstander--one who chooses to stand up and speak up in the face of injustice--and created a club in her school in which students have the opportunity to be upstanders.