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READ: Teenage Ruth Bader Ginsburg Essay on the Holocaust
Watch: Netflix Documentary ’13th’ explores Constitution, Slavery and Mass Incarceration
http://planetapaz.org/es/?option=com_users In the Netflix Documentary “13th,” director Ava DuVernay examines the issue of mass incarceration using footage and testimony from leading scholars and activists.
Read MoreMaine Public: Survey: Younger Mainers Lack Basic Knowledge About The Holocaust
generic Maxalt prices Shenna Bellows, the executive director of the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine, says that while she was glad to see that a large majority of people felt that it…
Read MoreThe Free Press: Who Will Claim This Sign?
samotne dziewczyny w uk Early last month someone spray-painted a red swastika on a hand-painted Black Lives Matter sign in front of Louisa Carl’s home on Poors Mill Road in Waldo. Carl’s two sons…
Read MoreStatement: New Survey Highlights Need for More Holocaust Education in Maine
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 16, 2020 CONTACT Shenna Bellows (207) 776-5404 shenna@hhrcmaine.org New Survey Highlights Need for More Holocaust Education in Maine AUGUSTA – A new survey released today by…
Read MoreNew Resources for Confronting White Nationalism
Educators can play a critical role in recognizing and addressing white nationalism. Two authors of Western States Center’s toolkit, ‘Confronting White Nationalism in Schools,’ explain how.
Read MoreRabbi Abraham Heschel on Racism
Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel About Rabbi Abraham Heschel By Erica Nadelhaft, HHRC Northern…
Read MoreKimberlé Crenshaw on Race
“We are a society that has been structured from top to bottom by race. You don’t get beyond that by deciding not to talk about it anymore. It will always…
Read MoreTisha B’Av, Walls, and the Work We Do
By Erica Nadelhaft, Northern Maine Educator Read at Maine Tisha B’Av Statewide Service on July 29, 2020, hosted by Center for Small Town Jewish Life, Jewish Community Alliance, and the…
Read MoreAnti-Racist Work in Schools: Are You in it for the Long Haul?
Without careful thought and planning, schools risk alienating Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) stakeholders, reinforcing white saviorism and derailing the possibility of future efforts. Standards and skills can always be retaught, but school culture is too important to get wrong. Your north star is always centering your most marginalized and under resourced students.
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