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Memorial Day Holiday (Office Closed)
Memorial Day Holiday (Office Closed)
All Day
General
May 29, 2023 (All Day) The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission office will be closed. Click for more info |
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THGAAC May 2023 Quarterly Meeting
THGAAC May 2023 Quarterly Meeting
8:30am - 1:30pm
(5h)
Commission Meetings
Starts May 31, 2023 at 8:30am Ends May 31, 2023 at 1:30pm The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission (THGAAC) is holding its quarterly meeting on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 beginning at 8:30AM at the Barbara Jordan State Office Building Room 2.006 (1601 Congress Avenue Austin, TX). Click for more info
Teaching About the Holocaust Using Student Centered Approaches
Teaching About the Holocaust Using Student Centered Approaches
8:30am - 3:30pm
(7h)
Workshops
Starts May 31, 2023 at 8:30am Ends May 31, 2023 at 3:30pm Join educators from the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum (DHHRM) for a day of learning about the Holocaust, lesson resources, and upstander skills. Click for more info |
Pride Month: Defying the Nazi Campaign to Control Sexuality
Pride Month: Defying the Nazi Campaign to Control Sexuality
8:30am - 9:00am
(30m)
Workshops
Starts Jun 1, 2023 at 8:30am Ends Jun 1, 2023 at 9:00am Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) as they commemorate Pride Month with their legacies of resilience and rebellion during Nazi rule. Click for more info
Teaching About the Holocaust Using Student Centered Approaches
Teaching About the Holocaust Using Student Centered Approaches
9:00am - 4:00pm
(7h)
Workshops
Starts Jun 1, 2023 at 9:00am Ends Jun 1, 2023 at 4:00pm Join educators from the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a day of learning about the Holocaust, lesson resources, and upstander skills. Click for more info
Holocaust Denial and Distortion
Holocaust Denial and Distortion
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Jun 1, 2023 at 2:00pm Ends Jun 1, 2023 at 3:00pm In this webinar, Dr. Efraim Zuroff, known as “The Last of the Nazi Hunters,” discusses how to debunk Holocaust denial and speaks on Holocaust distortion, a new and growing threat that seeks to rewrite the narrative of the Holocaust. Click for more info
The White House and ADL Take You Inside the New Antisemitism Strategy
The White House and ADL Take You Inside the New Antisemitism Strategy
2:30pm - 4:00pm
(1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 1, 2023 at 2:30pm Ends Jun 1, 2023 at 4:00pm Join ADL and Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, the U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism on Thursday, 6/1 at 3:30 PM ET to discuss the impact that this first-ever national strategy will have in fighting antisemitism. Click for more info |
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From the Vilna Ghetto to Nuremberg
From the Vilna Ghetto to Nuremberg
12:00pm - 1:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 4, 2023 at 12:00pm Ends Jun 4, 2023 at 1:00pm Translator and editor of Abraham Sutzkever’s "From the Vilna Ghetto to Nuremberg," Dr. Justin Cammy will discuss interwar Vilna, Sutzkever’s Holocaust experience, and the complexity of the Yiddish translation of this groundbreaking work. Click for more info
"We Speak Up Because They Cannot"
"We Speak Up Because They Cannot"
2:00pm - 4:30pm
(2h 30m)
Commemorations
Starts Jun 4, 2023 at 2:00pm Ends Jun 4, 2023 at 4:30pm Join Providence Nkurunziza and fellow survivors as they commemorate the families completely wiped out during the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Click for more info
Preserving Holocaust History through Artifacts and Research
Preserving Holocaust History through Artifacts and Research
4:00pm - 5:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 4, 2023 at 4:00pm Ends Jun 4, 2023 at 5:00pm Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for a live, virtual program about the its research services and ongoing efforts to preserve, safeguard, and expand its unparalleled collection of Holocaust evidence. Click for more info |
Teaching the Holocaust with the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
Teaching the Holocaust with the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
9:00am - 4:00pm
(7h)
Workshops
Starts Jun 5, 2023 at 9:00am Ends Jun 5, 2023 at 4:00pm Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum educators in a professional development session geared to social studies and ELAR educators, counselors, and librarians in grades 6-12. Click for more info
Why Didn't the Allies Bomb Auschwitz
Why Didn't the Allies Bomb Auschwitz
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Jun 5, 2023 at 2:00pm Ends Jun 5, 2023 at 3:00pm The question of what the Allies could have or should have done has been widely discussed and debated. Dr. David Silberklang, Senior Historian at the International Institute for Holocaust Research and Editor-in-Chief of Yad Vashem Studies, offers an insightful look into this question. Click for more info |
When Extremist Ideas Are No Longer Considered “Extreme”
When Extremist Ideas Are No Longer Considered “Extreme”
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 6, 2023 at 6:00pm Ends Jun 6, 2023 at 7:00pm Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in person or virtually as they discuss the dangers posed when extremist ideas are normalized and what is being done to challenge them. Click for more info |
Pink Triangle Legacies: Coming Out in the Shadow of the Holocaust
Pink Triangle Legacies: Coming Out in the Shadow of the Holocaust
6:30pm - 8:30pm
(2h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 7, 2023 at 6:30pm Ends Jun 7, 2023 at 8:30pm Join Holocaust Museum Houston as historian Dr. Jake Newsome tells the dynamic and inspiring history of the LGBTQ+ community's original pride symbol by tracing the transformation of the pink triangle from a Nazi concentration camp badge into a widespread emblem of queer liberation, pride, and community. Click for more info |
Inspire Upstanders: Elementary Professional Development
Inspire Upstanders: Elementary Professional Development
9:00am - 3:00pm
(6h)
Workshops
Starts Jun 8, 2023 at 9:00am Ends Jun 8, 2023 at 3:00pm Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum in their annual professional development for K-5 educators, counselors, and librarians. Click for more info |
Summer Survivor Speaker Series 2023
Summer Survivor Speaker Series 2023
1:00pm - 2:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 9, 2023 at 1:00pm Ends Jun 9, 2023 at 2:00pm Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum (DHHRM) select Fridays this summer to hear the testimonies of Holocaust survivors, refugees, and hidden children, as well as second generation survivors. Click for more info |
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Preserving Holocaust History through Oral Histories and Films
Preserving Holocaust History through Oral Histories and Films
4:00pm - 5:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 11, 2023 at 4:00pm Ends Jun 11, 2023 at 5:00pm Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for a live, virtual program about its research services and ongoing efforts to preserve, safeguard, and expand its unparalleled collection of Holocaust evidence. Click for more info |
A Jewish Boy Survives in Hiding: Blocks from Anne Frank's Annex
A Jewish Boy Survives in Hiding: Blocks from Anne Frank's Annex
12:30pm - 1:00pm
(30m)
Workshops
Starts Jun 12, 2023 at 12:30pm Ends Jun 12, 2023 at 1:00pm Leo Ullman survived the Holocaust in hiding with strangers as a toddler—in Amsterdam, the same city where Anne Frank hid and was later discovered. His parents were told nothing about his caretakers or his location in order to help keep him safe. Click for more info |
The Primary Source: Region 7 ESC Social Studies Conference 2023
The Primary Source: Region 7 ESC Social Studies Conference 2023
9:00am - 4:00pm
(7h)
Workshops
Starts Jun 15, 2023 at 9:00am Ends Jun 15, 2023 at 4:00pm Region 7 specialists from TEKS Resource System, Digital Learning, and DMAC will be joined by speakers from Law Related Education, Studies Weekly, The Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, The 6th Floor Museum, Social Studies School Service, SMU Cox Business School, and MORE. Click for more info
Teaching with Dimension in Testimony: Meet Nuremberg Prosecutor Ben Ferencz
Teaching with Dimension in Testimony: Meet Nuremberg Prosecutor Ben Ferencz
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Jun 15, 2023 at 3:00pm Ends Jun 15, 2023 at 4:00pm Join this webinar to access Mr. Ferencz’s Dimensions in Testimony interactive biography and learn how to use his testimony and corresponding multimedia resources to complement your history and civics curriculum. Click for more info |
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Emancipation Day (Juneteenth) (Office Closed)
Emancipation Day (Juneteenth) (Office Closed)
All Day
General
Jun 19, 2023 (All Day) The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission office will be closed. Click for more info |
Introduction to Teaching the Holocaust: Lessons and Resources for Educators
Introduction to Teaching the Holocaust: Lessons and Resources for Educators
9:00am - 4:00pm
(7h)
Workshops
Starts Jun 20, 2023 at 9:00am Ends Jun 20, 2023 at 4:00pm Join Holocaust Museum Houston for a one-day educator workshop on teaching the Holocaust. Click for more info
2023 Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Series: Teaching Ethnic Studies
2023 Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Series: Teaching Ethnic Studies
9:00am - 8:00pm
(11h)
Workshops
Starts Jun 20, 2023 at 9:00am Ends Jun 20, 2023 at 8:00pm This Educator Series has evolved from the annual 4-day conference. The new series allows educators, librarians, and counselors to connect with the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum on 5 different dates throughout the year on different topics related to the museum's educational mission. Click for more info |
Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators
Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators
All Day
(3 days)
Workshops
Starts Jun 21, 2023 Ends Jun 23, 2023 The Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators at Holocaust Museum Houston is a three-day program that moves beyond the general history of the Holocaust to explore the various dimensions and implications of the Holocaust, genocide, and human rights. Click for more info
2023 First Person Series: Henry Weil
2023 First Person Series: Henry Weil
12:00pm - 1:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 21, 2023 at 12:00pm Ends Jun 21, 2023 at 1:00pm Learn how Henry and his parents managed to outrun the danger in Europe and evade German U-boats while crossing the Atlantic. Click for more info |
Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators
All Day
(3 days)
Workshops
Starts Jun 21, 2023 Ends Jun 23, 2023 The Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators at Holocaust Museum Houston is a three-day program that moves beyond the general history of the Holocaust to explore the various dimensions and implications of the Holocaust, genocide, and human rights. Click for more info
Summer Teachers' Institute: Antisemitism and the Homefront
Summer Teachers' Institute: Antisemitism and the Homefront
9:00am - 5:00pm
(8h)
Workshops
Starts Jun 22, 2023 at 9:00am Ends Jun 22, 2023 at 5:00pm The Teachers' Institute is provided free of charge to area teachers, and continuing education credit will be awarded upon completion. Click for more info
Metroplex Social Studies Conference (Uniting All Voices)
Metroplex Social Studies Conference (Uniting All Voices)
9:00am - 4:00pm
(7h)
Workshops
Starts Jun 22, 2023 at 9:00am Ends Jun 22, 2023 at 4:00pm This Social Studies professional learning opportunity will provide support with implementing the Social Studies TEKS, research-based instructional strategies focused on inquiry, historical thinking and future-ready learning and access to quality resources targeted to provide support for all grade levels. Click for more info
Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America’s Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe
Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America’s Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe
6:30pm - 8:00pm
(1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 22, 2023 at 6:30pm Ends Jun 22, 2023 at 8:00pm In this lecture, historian Dr. Rebecca Erbelding pieces together years of research and newly uncovered archival materials to tell the dramatic story of America’s little-known efforts to save the Jews of Europe. Click for more info |
Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators
All Day
(3 days)
Workshops
Starts Jun 21, 2023 Ends Jun 23, 2023 The Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators at Holocaust Museum Houston is a three-day program that moves beyond the general history of the Holocaust to explore the various dimensions and implications of the Holocaust, genocide, and human rights. Click for more info
Summer Survivor Speaker Series 2023
Summer Survivor Speaker Series 2023
1:00pm - 2:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 23, 2023 at 1:00pm Ends Jun 23, 2023 at 2:00pm Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum (DHHRM) select Fridays this summer to hear the testimonies of Holocaust survivors, refugees, and hidden children, as well as second generation survivors. Click for more info |
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Addressing Antisemitism Without Fear
Addressing Antisemitism Without Fear
1:00pm - 3:00pm
(2h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 25, 2023 at 1:00pm Ends Jun 25, 2023 at 3:00pm Hadassah El Paso Chapter invites you to join them for a hybrid informative and educational panel discussion on June 25, 2023 from 1PM-3PM (Central). Click for more info |
Nazi Persecution of the LGBTQ Community
Nazi Persecution of the LGBTQ Community
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Jun 26, 2023 at 2:00pm Ends Jun 26, 2023 at 3:00pm This webinar will be presented by Mr. Yossi Gilad, a frequent lecturer at Yad Vashem, and will focus on Nazi texts, movies, and propaganda posters that demonstrate the radicalization of theory and conduct against Germans who were or were suspected of being LGBTQ during WWII. Click for more info |
Antisemitism and What Can We Do Today
Antisemitism and What Can We Do Today
12:00pm - 1:30pm
(1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 27, 2023 at 12:00pm Ends Jun 27, 2023 at 1:30pm The Dallas Bar Association will be hosting a Zoom Panel Discussion on June 27, 2023, from 12PM-1:30PM. Click for more info |
Life After Death: Exploring the Aftermath of the Holocaust
Life After Death: Exploring the Aftermath of the Holocaust
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Jun 28, 2023 at 2:00pm Ends Jun 28, 2023 at 3:00pm This webinar seeks to answer the question of what happens after a genocide has taken place, from the plight of individual survivors to the rebuilding of communities and civil society. Click for more info |
Teaching About the Holocaust Using Student Centered Approaches
Teaching About the Holocaust Using Student Centered Approaches
9:00am - 4:00pm
(7h)
Workshops
Starts Jun 29, 2023 at 9:00am Ends Jun 29, 2023 at 4:00pm Join educators from the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a day of learning about the Holocaust, lesson resources, and upstander skills. Click for more info |
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