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SUMMARY:Youth Confronting History Keynote: Ellen Dubie
DESCRIPTION:Youth Confronting History engages middle and high school students in Western New York\, Northwestern Pennsylvania\, and the surrounding region in an in-depth exploration of justice\, moral courage\, and civic responsibility. Over three years\, students will examine the Holocaust and the Nuremberg Trials through the themes of voice\, justice\, and action. The goal is to connect historical events to the choices young people face today. \n\n\nThis program is generously funded by the Arnold and Jill Bellowe Family Foundation which means students and teachers have no cost to participate. \nMore information about the Youth Confronting History program and registration can be found here. \nTeachers please note:\nThe fall keynote is open to all middle and high school students and participation in the full Youth Confronting History program is not required to attend. However\, we strongly encourage teachers to register their students for the full program and participate in the workshops and spring Student Showcase. The keynote is designed to serve as the opening experience for the year\, with the winter workshops and spring showcase providing opportunities for students to explore the topic more deeply and put their learning into action. You are welcome to bring your students to the keynote on its own\, but we encourage you to take advantage of the full Youth Confronting History experience! \nAbout the Speaker:\n\nEllen Dubie is a second-generation Holocaust survivor\, born in Boston\, MA\, and moved to Buffalo 9 years ago and was a former HRC Board member. Her father\, Stephan H. Lewy (1925-2021)\, was a Holocaust Survivor\, who was an active speaker in Massachusetts\, New Hampshire\, and Western NY for several years. Ellen is the Program Administrator of the Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program at the University at Buffalo. \nAbout Her Father:\nStephan Lewy was born Heinz Stephan Lewy in Berlin in 1925. Stephan grew up in the Auerbach Orphanage where he lived through Kristallnacht hiding in the orphanage’s synagogue. Stephan was then sent on a Kindertransport to France in 1939\, living in both occupied and unoccupied zones. In 1942\, Stephan was able to get passage to the United States and in 1943 he was drafted into the U.S. Army. After the war Stephan returned to the U.S.. \n“I have hope that I can make a difference…I hope that the world has learned a lesson.” – Stephan Lewy
URL:https://www.roberthjackson.org/event/ych-keynote-ellendubie/
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SUMMARY:The Foundations of Modern International Humanitarian Law and the Outlook for Its Future
DESCRIPTION:The American Red Cross is pleased to host\, in conjunction with the Robert H. Jackson Center\,  an inaugural public discussion of the foundations of modern international humanitarian law and the outlook for its future with six expert panelists hosted at our National Headquarters in the Nancy Marriott Hall of Service at 430 17th Street NW\, Washington\, DC  20006.  This event is open to the public. \nThere will be two panels:\n1:00pm: Introductory Remarks by Thomas Harper\, International Humanitarian Law Senior Counsel at the American Red Cross\n1:15pm: The Foundations of Modern International Humanitarian Law and the Geneva Conventions\n\nAllida Black\, Director\, Hillary Rodham Clinton Oral History Project\, Georgetown Institute for Women\, Peace and Security\, Georgetown University\nDavid Luban\, Distinguished University Professor\, Georgetown University Law Center\nDouglas Irvin-Erickson\, George Mason University\, Center for Peace and Conflict\n\n2:45pm: International Humanitarian Law: Outlook for the Future\n\nSylvain Vité\, Head of Legal Department\, International Committee of the Red Cross\nSarah McIntosh\, Deputy Director of Civilians in Conflict\, Kobo\, a humanitarian NGO\nMichael McNerney\, Researcher\, Institute for Defense Analyses\n\n4:00pm: Closing Remarks by Kristan McMahon\, President at the Robert H. Jackson Center\n\nPlease let us know if you will be joining us in person by filling out the form below!\nYou can also sign up to watch on Zoom Webinar by clicking HERE.\n 
URL:https://www.roberthjackson.org/event/arc-ihl/
LOCATION:National Headquarters of the American Red Cross in the Nancy Marriott Hall of Service\, 430 17th Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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SUMMARY:25 Years of Asking Questions: Can We Stop Hate?
DESCRIPTION:Antisemitism\, racism\, and political violence raise difficult questions about how individuals and communities respond to hate. What are the conditions that allow hate to take hold? How can communities resist it without amplifying it? And what can history teach us about confronting mass harm? \nThis program explores the social and cultural roots of hate\, the choices individuals make in the face of violence and injustice\, and the ways communities can respond. Drawing on the history of the Nuremberg Trials and Robert H. Jackson’s work pursuing accountability after the Holocaust\, the conversation considers what the past can teach us about resisting hate and protecting the values of a democratic society today. \nAbout the Speaker\nAliza Luft is an Associate Professor of Sociology at UCLA whose research examines how ordinary people make decisions during war and genocide and mass violence.\, why some participate in violence\, why others resist\, and why many look away. Her work explores how identity\, social relationships\, cultural classifications\, and moral decision-making shape behavior under extreme conditions. \nLuft is the author of Sacred Betrayal: How the French Catholic Church Broke Its Pledge to Protect Jews during the Holocaust (Harvard University Press\, 2026)\, which examines how French Catholic bishops shifted from condemning Nazism to offering Jewish communities assurances of protection they ultimately failed to provide. Her research has appeared in leading academic journals and in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, and the Los Angeles Times. She serves as Interim Director of UCLA’s Bedari Kindness Institute and has previously worked with organizations including USAID\, the United Nations\, and Facing History & Ourselves.
URL:https://www.roberthjackson.org/event/25yaq-stop-hate/
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SUMMARY:The Al & Marge Brown WWII Lecture: The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück with Lynne Olson
DESCRIPTION:Join bestselling historian and author Lynne Olson for a conversation about her latest book\, The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück: How an Intrepid Band of Frenchwomen Resisted the Nazis in Hitler’s All-Female Concentration Camp. \nAbout the Book\nDuring World War II\, more than 100\,000 women from Nazi-occupied Europe\, many of them members of their countries’ resistance movements\, were sent to Ravensbrück\, the only German concentration camp designed specifically for women. Among them was an extraordinary group of French women that included Germaine Tillion\, a brilliant anthropologist; Jacqueline d’Alincourt\, an elegant young countess; Anise Girard\, an exuberant college student\, and Genevieve de Gaulle\, the quiet\, reserved niece of Gen. Charles de Gaulle. \nIn the midst of the camp’s terror and brutality\, these four\, along with dozens of their countrywomen\, refused to behave like victims. Instead\, they formed a sisterhood\, joining forces not only to keep each other alive but to continue their battle to resist the Nazis\, this time by defying their orders to work in the German war effort. “It was our way of taunting our captors\, to prove that we were not defeated\,” one of them later said. Knowing full well they risked death if they were discovered\, they went even further\, creating a satirical musical revue making fun of their SS tormentors. \nAfter the war\, when many in France wanted nothing more than to focus on the future and forget about those who’d resisted the enemy\, the surviving members of the sisterhood refused to allow their achievements\, needs\, and sacrifices to be erased. They banded together once more\, first to support one another in healing their bodies and minds\, and then to continue their crusade for freedom and justice—an effort that would have major repercussions for their country and the world into the twenty-first century. \nAbout the Author\nLynne Olson is a New York Times bestselling author of ten books of history\, most of which focus on World War II. Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has called her “our era’s foremost chronicler of World War II politics and diplomacy.” \nHer latest book\, The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück: How an Intrepid Band of Frenchwomen Resisted the Nazis in Hitler’s All-Female Concentration Camp\, will be published by Random House on June 3\, 2025. It follows Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Woman Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt’s Ancient Temples From Extinction\, which came out in 2023. \nThree of Lynne’s earlier books were immediate New York Times bestsellers\, among them Madame Fourcade’s Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France’s Largest Spy Network Against the Nazis and Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest\, Finest Hour. \nBorn in Hawaii\, Lynne graduated magna cum laude from the University of Arizona. Before becoming a full-time author\, she worked as a journalist for ten years\, first with the Associated Press as a national feature writer in New York\, a foreign correspondent in AP’s Moscow bureau\, and a political reporter in Washington. She left the AP to join the Washington bureau of the Baltimore Sun\, where she covered national politics and eventually the White House. \nLynne lives in Washington\, DC with her husband\, Stanley Cloud\, with whom she co-authored two books. \n  \n  \nThe Sisterhood of Ravensbrück is available now for purchase through The Robert H. Jackson Center's partnership with Good Neighbor Bookstore at this special link: Purchase your book here! \nThe Al & Marge Brown WWII Lecture Series explores the people\, events\, and enduring lessons of the Second World War through conversations with historians\, authors\, and scholars. \n  \n  \nThis is a Virtual Only event. Click here to register for the Zoom Webinar.
URL:https://www.roberthjackson.org/event/wwii-olson/
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Al & Marge Brown Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Educator Seminar: Teaching Students to Think When Democracy Gets Difficult
DESCRIPTION:Drawing on the work and legacy of Supreme Court Justice and Nuremberg prosecutor Robert H. Jackson\, participants will explore some of the most difficult questions facing citizens in a democracy: What are our rights? What can government do? Who is responsible? Who has the power to decide? What can citizens do when they disagree\, and what happens when they lose? \nRather than focusing solely on what students should know about government\, this program focuses on what students should be able to do. \nThrough realistic civic scenarios\, role-playing\, institutional mapping\, constitutional case studies\, and problem-solving exercises\, educators will practice helping students: \n\ndistinguish between a disagreement\, a legal claim\, and a constitutional question\nunderstand how responsibility operates within complex institutions\nidentify who has formal authority and who has influence without formal power\nevaluate different avenues for civic action\ndevelop strategies for working through disagreement\n\nParticipants will engage with Jackson's opinions in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette\, Korematsu v. United States\, Terminiello v. Chicago\, Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer\, and Brown v. Board of Education\, as well as Jackson's work as chief American prosecutor at Nuremberg. These cases and historical experiences serve not simply as content to be taught\, but as starting points for asking the kinds of questions students encounter in their own communities. \nThe program culminates in a Civic Action Toolkit that educators can bring directly into their classrooms. The goal is not to teach students how to win every civic disagreement. It is to teach them how to think\, participate\, and keep participating when democracy gets difficult. \n  \nCTLE Credits available! \n  \nClick Here to Register!
URL:https://www.roberthjackson.org/event/educator-seminar-difficult-democracy/
CATEGORIES:Seminar,Robert H. Jackson Center Hosted
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SUMMARY:Living Voices: The New American
DESCRIPTION:Discover the journey from steerage to Ellis Island to the sweatshops of New York City\, through the experiences of one young Irish immigrant forced to seek a new American life on her own. In the early 1900s\, Bridget leaves the turmoil and poverty of Ireland for the promise of work and better opportunity in the United States\, where she faces the challenges and discrimination of immigrant life on the road to citizenship. \nFree and open to the public\, but registration is required by emailing info@roberthjackson.org\, calling (716) 483-6646\, or you can fill out the form below. \n 
URL:https://www.roberthjackson.org/event/lv-new-american-2027/
CATEGORIES:Living Voices
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