Ideas This Week
Ideas This Week is your hub for updates on all things Facing History—from announcements and featured press to expert interviews, impact stories, and essays on the ideas driving our work.
LA Upstander: Senior Memory Committee
This year, Esperanza College Prep graduates its first ever senior class! The Senior Memory Committee — Evi A., Gianella C., Esbeydi G., Brianna C., Mail G., Allison C., Maria G. —stepped up to plan, coordinate, and execute activities to mark this historical graduation.
LA Upstander: Ms. Jessica Guillaume
Ms. Guillaume has been an Upstander in the Valor Academy High School school community by volunteering to lead in-person small groups this Spring 2020.
LA Upstander: Abraham F.
Throughout distance learning, Abraham has sought to make learning more accessible to his peers. He has taken it upon himself to organize study groups, focusing on students who he knows are struggling and looking for additional support.
LA Upstander: SJLAM Teen Court
The SJLAM Teen Court Club participated in three court cases this year via Zoom. The impact on the defendant is sometimes quite evident at the trial itself. The impact on the families involved will be apparent over time. There is also impact for the Teen Court jurors - helping someone get on the right path is a feeling that is immeasurable.
LA Upstander: Mr. Joseph Richards
As the African American Student Achievement (AASA) Lead Teacher, Mr. Richards. has founded numerous AASA support groups, events, interventions and celebrations for African American students this year.
We Are Being Called to Account
Hate crimes targeting Asian American and Pacific Islander (API) communities have deep roots in US history. We decry the violence in Atlanta and mourn with the victims' families.
Young Poll Workers as Upstanders
Learn about organizations run by young upstanders who advocate for young poll worker participation.
Facing History & Ourselves Receives Historic Grant
Facing History & Ourselves announces the organization received an historic contribution from novelist and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.
What it Takes to Be an Upstander
Marti Tippens Murphy, Executive Director of Facing History & Ourselves Memphis, recently reflected upon the nature of upstanding and what it demands of us in these times in The Daily Memphian.
How to Be an Upstander: Acting against Indifference
A student describes the impact of her “Dangers of Indifference” course on her worldview and how it connects with the tenets of her faith.
How One Student Is Removing His School's Ties to the Eugenics Movement
A Facing History student takes action to change the name of his middle school from a former leader of the Eugenics movement to something more inclusive.