Choosing to Participate Video
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Choosing to Participate on WKYC, Cleveland WKYC's Kim Wheeler toured Facing History and Ourselves' nationally acclaimed multimedia exhibit Choosing to Participate with Facing History staff and local high school students at its launch in Cleveland. |
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Cleveland Upstanders: Portraits of Courage Each day our friends, neighbors and family members make decisions, large and small, that help create positive change in our world. See activists talk about what it means to be an upstander as part of Facing History and Ourselves' Choosing to Participate exhibition on display through February 2010 at the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland. |
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Interview with Matt Damon Matt Damon recalls when a Holocaust survivor spoke to his Facing History and Ourselves class in middle school. The experience of hearing the survivor's personal story changed his attitude about school. It was the first time that he felt history was human and relevant to his life. (5 minute version) |
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Javier N. Speaks at 2009 Chicago Benefit Dinner Javier N, a member of the Facing History and Ourselves Chicago Student Leadership Team, speaks about the impact of the team's work on his ability to relate to students from diverse backgrounds and understand that we all share a common label: the label of being human. |
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Dr. Terrence Roberts Speaks at the Facing History and Ourselves 2009 Los Angeles Benefit Dinner Dr. Terrence Roberts of the Little Rock Nine speaks at the 2009 Los Angeles Benefit Dinner about his experience integrating Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957 and reflects about the election of an African American president. |
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Upstanders: Portraits of Courage Activitists talk about what it means to be an upstander, as part of the Choosing to Participate exhibition held at the Boston Public Library in 2008.
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Civil Rights Field Trip Mahal speaks of her experiences on a Facing History Civil Rights field trip that culminated at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis. |
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David Burstein on Getting Young People Involved Facing History alumnus and founder of 18 in 08 David Burstein on getting young people involved in the political process. |
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Lynda Lowery Describes "Bloody Sunday" Lynda Lowery turned fifteen years old during the Selma to Montgomery march. She was arrested fifteen times over the years in which she participated in the civil rights movement. Lynda describes "Bloody Sunday" and the resolve that carried her through to the final march two weeks later.
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Congressman John Lewis on the Civil Rights Movement Forty years ago Congressman John Lewis could never have imagined that he could become a member of the House of Representatives. He speaks of the lessons of the civil rights movement: how Americans must come together "to create one house, one family" because "history teaches us we are all in the same boat."
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