Key Peninsula News | December 30, 2021 | By Grace Nesbit 

At the Holocaust Center for Humanity in Seattle there is a student leadership board for students from all over Washington who learn about the Holocaust and related issues, such as genocide, antisemitism and prejudice. I am proud to say that this is my second year on the board.

What I have learned there suggests our society is moving backward. 

One of the common themes in Holocaust education is preventing mass genocide from happening again. However, all around the world genocides have recently occurred or are occurring: Xinjiang, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Syria, Myanmar and in many other places. 

How many of those have you heard of? Maybe one or two?

We in America have tunnel vision, which filters out every problem that doesn’t affect us.

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Real Change | January 26, 2022 | By Dee Simon

International Holocaust Remembrance Day marks the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp on Jan. 27, 1945. It is a day that the United Nations set aside so that the world would never forget the tragedy that defined the word “genocide.”

The Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945. Six million Jewish men, women and children were murdered. Hundreds of thousands of others were targeted, including Roma, people with disabilities, Poles, gay men, Germans of African heritage, Jehovah’s Witnesses and political dissidents.

By observing this day of remembrance, we honor the survivors and victims of the Holocaust. We give ourselves the opportunity to reflect on the moral responsibilities of individuals, societies and governments. On this day, we challenge ourselves to actively fight hate in all its forms. 

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Friday, March 19, 2021
 

The Holocaust Center for Humanity is shocked and saddened by the recent murders in Atlanta that took the lives of eight people, including six Asian women. We grieve with the families and friends of the victims and the broader community.

While the motive for these murders is not yet known, they were committed at a time of increasing violent attacks on Asian American and Pacific Islanders and are rooted in racism and xenophobia. 

The Holocaust Center stands in unity with the Asian and Pacific Islander communities and all people who are target ed with identity based violence. We remain dedicated to empowering individuals to learn from the past, fight for human dignity, and take action.

As a member of the Jewish Community Relations Council, we stand in solidarity. 

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Powell Fellows

2024 Powell Advanced Summer Institute 

Applications and program information will be available in January 2024.

August 2024 (Exact dates will be announced) | At the Henry and Sandra Friedman Holocaust Center for Humanity, Seattle 

The Holocaust Center for Humanity offers an intensive 3-day advanced summer institute designed for teachers of grades 8-12 who have been actively teaching the Holocaust for more than three years. 

Accommodations will be provided. | Seminar is limited to 20 participants. | Teachers in the Pacific Northwest states are given first priority. | 24 Clock Hours

In a collaborative environment, participants will explore topics related to Holocaust history, identity, resistance, memory and memorials, and contemporary issues.

Each day will focus on selected themes and will include reference and discussion of today’s world and practical applications for the classroom. 

Questions? Please email Branda Anderson, Teaching and Learning Specialist, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

This program is made possible thank to the generous support of the Powell Family Foundation. 


Previous Cohorts

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2019 Powell Fellows at the Anne Frank Tree, Seattle Center. With sponsors Nancy Powell and Carol Heller. 

Powell Fellows 2019

Monica Bouten, Mead High School, Spokane | Christina Dahms, West Seattle High School, Seattle | Sandra Garcia, Theodore Roosevelt Middle School, Glendale, CA | Casie Greve, Coupeville Middle School, Coupeville | Brandon Hollen, On Track Academy, Spokane | Leslie Mickel, Inglewood Middle School, Sammamish | Jakub Niewinski, Hipolit Cegielski Middle School, Goslina, Poland | Andrew Olmsted, Libby Center, Spokane, WA | Michael Ready, Centralia High School, Centralia | Paul Regelbrugge, Meeker Middle School, Renton | Anita Rucioch-Golek, Arkady Fiedler Primary School, Zbaszyn, Poland | Renee Stern, Franklin High School, Seattle | Marie Stromberg-Wojcik, Portland Waldorf High School, Milwaukie, OR | Ana Talavera, Olympia High School, Olympia | Bridget Wallis, Einstein Middle School, Shoreline | Jana White, St. Joseph School, Issaquah

Powell Fellows 2018

Jeanine Bator, Toppenish Middle School, Toppenish | Jillian Cornock, Constable Neil Bruce Middle School, Kelowna, BC, Canada | Gerrie Cunningham, Assumption St. Bridget, Seattle | Emily Demmert, Blatchley Middle School, Sitka, AK | Mari Halley, St. John, Seattle | Jennifer Hampton, Mariner High School, Everett | Janet Hong, Stahl Jr. High, Puyallup | Erzsebet Jager, Visiting Teacher, Hungary | Jennie Kelly, A.G. West Black Hills High School, Tumwater | Randee Kissinger, Maywood Middle School, Renton | Emily Marsh, Foster High School, Tukwila |  Emily Mullin, St. Joseph, Seattle | Bogdan Paraschivoiu, Omni Middle School, Boca Raton, FL |  Paula Patterson, St. Louise Parish School, Bellevue | Heather Robison, Garfield High School, Seattle | Elaine Simons, Interagency High School, Seattle | Betsy Sims, St. Joseph School, Missoula, MT | Mariusz Sokolowski, Visiting Teacher, Poland | Heidi Thorley, Lighthouse Christian Center, Puyallup | Stella Toth, Visiting Teacher, Hungary | Jessica van Son, Cascade Middle School, Longview

Powell Fellows 2017

Andrea Bault, Naches Valley Middle School, Naches | Marianne Clarke, Tops K-8, Seattle | Jo Cripps, Licton Springs K-8, Seattle | Nikki Fast, Charles Wright Academy, Tacoma | Karen Floyd, Central Valley High School, Spokane | Kristin Gerhardt, Puyallup High School, Puyallup | Christina Hilderbrand, Northwest Christian, Colbert | Zsolt Homonnai, Thomas Mann, Debrecen, Hungary | Jamie Kahana, Seattle Hebrew Academy, Seattle | Erin Landvatter, Kingston High School, Kingston | Katarzyna Laziuk, Polska Macierz Szkolna High School, Minsk Mazowiecki, Poland | Adam MacDonald, Wenatchee High School, Wenatchee | Julia Machnowska, Forum for Dialogue, Poland | Alexandra McIntyre, Mulgrave Scool, Vancouver , BC, Canada | Andrea Soroko Naar, Garfield High School, Seattle | Kelsey Otto, Onalaska High School, Onalaska | Kim Pesik, Einstein Middle School, Shoreline | Bill Proser, Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho | Peter Sandor, Budapest, Hungary | Emily Schiessl, Mariner High School, Everett | Christine Sorenson, Lakeside Jr. Sr. High School, Plummer, Idaho | Melissa Tatum, Showalter Middle School, Tukwila

Powell Fellows 2016

Nance Adler, Jewish Day School, Bellevue | Branda Anderson, Kamiak High School, Mukilteo | Lauren Bear, Holy Family Parish School, Kirkland | Toni Canady, Snoqualmie Valley School District | Rosemary Conroy, St. Luke School, Shoreline | Megan Corbin, Showalter Middle School, Tukwila | Holly Cotton, Seattle World School, Seattle | Carolyn Hall, Roosevelt High School, Seattle | Alan Kahn, Garfield High School, Seattle | Kristy Koch, Reardan Edwall School District | Pia Longinotti, Freeman High School, Freeman | Wendy Muscat-Tyler, St. Andrew's High School, Victoria, BC, Canada | Heidi Pouley, Archdiocese of Seattle | Sarah Richard, Sherwood Charter School, Sherwood, Oregon | Debbie Robinson, Meridian Middle School, Kent | Jenai Sheffels, Tesla Stem High School, Redmond | Susan Sieg, Seattle Christian School, SeaTac | Graeme Stacey, Kelowna Secondary School, Kelowna, BC, Canada | Violetta Tarnowska, Warsaw, Poland | Sarah Thomas, Rochester High School, Rochester | Nickie Travis, Renton School District | Karla Tripoli, Seattle Christian School, SeaTac | Julie Wilson, Glacier View Jr. High, Puyallup


2023 Powell Advanced Summer Institute