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Resilience in the Face of Hatred
What does it mean to live in a world where even our most sacred spaces are vulnerable to the most violent crimes? What are our responsibilities as individuals? What should our collective response be?
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Right and Just
On a visit to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Maud, the granddaughter of a survivor, learns more about an upstander with whom she has a personal connection.
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Speak Up
Scholarship winner Claire draws personal connections to the story of upstander Fred Korematsu, a civil rights activist who brought a lawsuit against the United States to object against the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
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Students in Northern Ireland Bridge Differences Through Facing History
Our work with Corrymeela Community's "Facing Our History, Shaping the Future" initiative inspired two schools to work together across the divisions that dictate so much of Northern Irish life.
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Talking with Water Balloons
Lechuan recalls an experience that caused her to overcome language and cultural barriers to find common ground with strangers.
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The Children's Job
Galvanized by the 1963 Birmingham Children’s March, Campbell’s experience at the Milwaukee March For Our Lives proves young people can effect change.
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To Be a Sky Tracer
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To Free a Mockingbird
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What Malala Taught Me
Student author Neha describes how activist and education advocate Malala Yousafzai made her rethink the opportunities in her own community to be an upstander and make a difference. Learn more in this scholarship-winning essay from Facing History's 2017 student essay contest.
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Why I No Longer Hide My Rainbow
Read a scholarship-winning essay from Facing History's 2017 "Making Choices in Today's World" student essay contest. Student author Charlie details how he drew inspiration from politician Harvey Milk to come out to his peers.
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Wrong in My Own Skin
Following the discover of anti-Muslim graffiti at her school, Eman is looked to as a leader to help foster a student dialogue about overcoming bias and stereotypes.
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