EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH

The Educational Outreach department conducts the following programs:

Student Awareness Days

Student Awareness Days are prejudice reduction symposia whereby 250 to 500 high school students at each program learn the dangers of racism, hatred, and bigotry through videos, lectures, and round-table discussions with Survivors of the Holocaust.

Speakers' Bureau

The Center fulfills requests for speakers in schools, community organizations, churches, and synagogues.

Teachers' Institute

Our institute provides in-service credits to teachers from Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties public schools. Three hours of university graduate credit toward recertification can also be obtained.

Student Act of Kindness Contest

We are asking students to share their "acts of kindness" with us and how they changed someone's life. We will award the top ten entries with a $100 United States Savings Bond, and each of the winners will have their names inscribed on our wall of "Students Making a Difference."

Student Visual Arts and Writing Contest

Our contest for 2009-2010 began September 1, 2009 and will end April 15, 2010. This year's theme is The Holocaust: What Has It Taught Me?

State of Florida Resource Manuals on Holocaust Education

The State of Florida Department of Education commissioned the Center to write the first statewide resource manuals on Holocaust studies for grades K-3, 4-6, and 9-12. These manuals, plus the manuals for grades 7-8, have been distributed to all private, public, and parochial schools in the state of Florida. They are available to teachers on CD and can also be downloaded here for educational use.

Volunteers

If you would like to volunteer in the educational outreach department, please call Merle Saferstein at (954) 929-5690 Ext. 206 or email merle@hdec.org