2018 Fall Bearing Witness Magazine

Educator in Motion

Spanish Outreach and Latin Initiatives

EDUCATION

school year, our educators have enjoyed engaging students in powerful conversations on the dangers of prejudice, discrimination, hatred and apathy and the importance of using our voices to create positive change in our communities. This programming was funded by

We are thrilled to report that in the 2017-2018 school year, our Educator in Motion educators reached over 29,000 students across 20 school districts in the greater Houston region. This upcoming school year, we will continue to expand our outreach by building connections with new school districts and partnering with local organizations to increase our impact within the community. Throughout the

Last spring, upper elementary and high school students from East End Houston schools participated in two separate one-day outreach sessions focused on literacy, social justice activism, the arts and financial literacy. Fifth grade students from Bonner Elementary learned about the unsung heroes of social justice

Skype session with students in Louisiana

The 2018 Warren Fellowship took place May 21 – 26, 2018. This year, the May Fellows were joined by nine students from Syracuse University who were not able to attend the Spector/Warren Fellowship in January when it was cancelled due to severe weather in New York. Momentous. Riveting. Stimulating. Challenging. These were some of the words Fellows used to describe their experiences. The Warren Fellowship for Future Teachers and how they could be an upstander in their own communities through the use of picture books. These students received their own copy of The Whispering Town , a picture book based on being an Upstander during the Holocaust. Students from Austin High School learned about the importance of using their own voices in their communities through a poetry session lead by local poet Marlon Lizama. This programming was funded by

Alyssa Weinstein-Sears, Laurie Garcia, Wendy Warren, Dr. James Waller, Dr. Mary Lee Webeck, Michelle Tovar

Educator in Motion at Hearne Elementary

Educator in Motion at Horn Elementary

The Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute

In 2018, 34 Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute participants represented Texas, Wisconsin, Washington D.C. and Poland. This year’s Gerald Kaplan Endowed Lecture was presented by Dr. James Waller, who spoke about the Holocaust and genocide prevention. We were privileged to pre-screen the film, “Who Will Write Our History?” based on the book by the same title, written by Dr. Samuel Kassow about Oneg Shabbat, the Ringelblum Archive, kept in the Warsaw Ghetto. Using “Who Will Write Our History?”, several exciting and engaging projects have been created by educators in the Houston area for use in their classrooms.

Wendy Warren leads Booker T. Washington students on a tour

Wendy Warren, Paula Miller, Joan Wicks, Marcin Folta, Alicja Grochowska, Amy Frake, Dr. Mary Lee Webeck

Engines of Change student ambassadors prepare for a group discussion on media literacy

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GRATITUDE REPORT 2018