{"id":11037,"date":"2022-09-02T15:51:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T15:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alst.org\/?p=11037"},"modified":"2025-05-03T14:57:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T14:57:04","slug":"school-events-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alst.org\/en\/news\/school-events\/school-events-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"School Events 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Somers, New York – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 20 students and Simone Liebster.
December 28<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Griffin, Georgia – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 16 students and Simone Liebster.
December 24<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elgin Community College, Elgin, Illinois – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 21 students and Simone Liebster.
November 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elgin Community College, Elgin, Illinois – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses: Faith Under Fire<\/em> is on exhibition from October 30, 2019 through November 27, 2019.
October 30
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Elgin Community College, Elgin, Illinois – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A program was held on October 30 at Seigle Auditorium in conjunction with the opening of the exhibition, Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses: Faith Under Fire. A presentation by Greg and Sandra Milakovich, US representatives for the Arnold-Liebster Foundation, gave an overview of the history of Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses in Nazi Germany and concluded with an interview of Simone Arnold Liebster from her home in France via Skype.
October 30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arizona Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Mesa, Arizona – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The conference theme was \u201cSetting the Standard\u201d and held at Mesa Community College. Exhibitors Kristin and Mike Walter shared historical and educator resources about the experience of Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses during the Nazi era.
October 26<\/p>\n\n\n\n

League City, Texas – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with students and Simone Liebster.
October 25<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Florida Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Educators gathered in Orlando for the 61st annual conference. Exhibitor Carol Confehr provided historical information and educator resources about the Nazi persecution of Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses. The Arnold-Liebster Foundation is on the Classroom Resource Links page of Florida Commissioner\u2019s Task Force on Holocaust Education.
October 18-20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wawasee Middle School, Syracuse, Indiana – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 189 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
October 15<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ross Montessori School, Carbondale, Colorado – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 42 7th and 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
September 24<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Holland, Massachusetts – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with students and Simone Liebster.
August 30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rockford, Illinois – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with students and Simone Liebster.
August 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest, Illinois – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 16 foreign exchange students and Simone Liebster. The students were from South Korea, China, Japan, and Ukraine.
July 30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies at Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The 2019 Symposium on \u201cEducation During and After the Holocaust\u201d took place on the Appalachian State University campus. The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed information and curriculum resources for educators about the Nazi persecution of Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses.
July 24<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wappingers Falls, New York – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with students and Simone Liebster.
July 11<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Petersburg, Florida – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.
June 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lakeview Fundamental Elementary School, St. Petersburg, Florida – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 65 5th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 16<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Breman Museum, Atlanta, Georgia – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Who Am I? Young Minds Forced to Choose is on exhibition from May 15 – August 1.
May 15
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Woodland Lake Homeschool, Lakeside, Arizona – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 13 students and Simone Liebster.
May 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Napoleon Elementary School, Napoleon, Ohio – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Two Skype conferences with 120 6th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Iberia, Louisiana – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 16 students and Simone Liebster.
May 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Union Intermediate School, Clinton, North Carolina – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 57 5th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 29<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Francis Granger Middle School, Aurora, Illinois – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 300 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 26<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leesburg Elementary School, Leesburg, Indiana – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 60 6th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 23<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Carolina Council on the Holocaust, Fayetteville, North Carolina USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed classroom resources for the Teacher Workshop: History of the Holocaust and the North Carolina Connection.
April 18<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plano Middle School, Plano, Illinois – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 150 5th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Carolina Council on the Holocaust, Marion, North Carolina – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Arnold-Liebster contributed classroom resources for the Teacher Workshop: State of Deception: Propaganda in the Third Reich.
April 9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Highland High School, Highland, Illinois – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 16 10th-12th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Chronicle of Hope\u2014Revisiting the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, Atlanta, Georgia – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A special event at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta marked the 25th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Dr. Tharcisse Seminega, a Tutsi professor at the University of Rwanda in Butare, and his family narrowly escaped the machetes. Charles Rutaganira, who lived in the capital Kigali, was left for dead in a heap of corpses but survived. These survivors told their stories and reflected on the genocide and the urgent message it conveys for citizens of the world today. Courtesy of the program sponsor, the Arnold-Liebster Foundation, attendees received gift copies of Dr. Seminega\u2019s newly published memoir \u201cNo Greater Love: How My Family Survived the Genocide in Rwanda.\u201d
April 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cramerton Middle School, Cramerton, North Carolina – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 150 7th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cramerton Middle School, Cramerton, North Carolina – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 180 7th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charlotte, North Carolina – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 28 students and Simone Liebster.
March 30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3rd Annual Rowan-Salisbury Schools Holocaust and World War ll Humanities Conference, Landis, North Carolina – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The conference was held at Corriher-Lipe Middle School. Simone Liebster spoke with 30 7th grade students.
March 27<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Somers, New York – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 19 students and Simone Liebster.
March 25<\/p>\n\n\n\n

West Central Middle School, Stronghurst, Illinois – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 25 7th and 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 21<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Carolina Council on the Holocaust, Wilkesboro, North Carolina – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed classroom resources for the Teacher Workshop: Anti-Semitism.
March 18<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tempe Prep Academy, Tempe, Arizona – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 128 11th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 18<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Carolina Council on the Holocaust, Cary, North Carolina – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed classroom resources for the Teacher Workshop: Oath and Opposition: Education Under the Third Reich.
March 15<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Murphy Junior High School, Oswego, Illinois – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Two Skype conferences with 150 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 15<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basalt Middle School, Basalt, Colorado – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 115 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 11<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rock Falls High School, Rock Falls, Illinois – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 90 10th-12th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chimacum Middle School, Chimacum, Washington – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 54 7th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Midway High School, Newton Grove, North Carolina – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 25 9th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allen, Texas – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.
February 26<\/p>\n\n\n\n

West Carroll Middle School, Mount Carroll, Illinois – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 80 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
February 22<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martin County Fair, Stuart, Florida – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Arnold-Liebster Foundation\u2019s exhibit booth presented the history of the Nazi persecution of Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses. Handouts and classroom resources were provided for educators and students.
February 8-16<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Illinois Council for the Social Studies, Bloomington, Illinois – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Illinois State University hosted the spring conference. A workshop by Marge Fulton and Gaye Flowers included first-person testimony by Simone Liebster, a child survivor of the Nazi era.
February 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skull Valley Elementary School, Skull Valley, Arizona – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 12 5th-8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
January 28<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Silver Spring, Maryland – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 24 students and Simone Liebster.
January 19<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Woodland Lake Homeschool, Lakeside, Arizona – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skype conference with 10 students and Simone Liebster.
January 15<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holocaust Memorial Center, Farmington Hills, Michigan – USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jehovah’s Witnesses: Faith Under Fire<\/em> is on exhibition from January 13, 2019 through April 15, 2019.
January 13
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