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Student Leadership Day 2012
For 7th & 8th Grade Students
Thursday, March 22, 2012
9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
LEARNING FROM THE PAST: BUILDING For THE FUTURE
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
9603 Woods Drive
Skokie, IL 60077
Featured Keynote Speaker
Nadja Halilbegovich
Nadja was twelve years old when the war began in her country Bosnia. Throughout the war she wrote her diary and published it at the age of 14. She was wounded by a bombshell and still carries seven pieces of shrapnel in her legs. She escaped the war at the age of 16 and became an active speaker for peace and tolerance.
In 2006, she published a book entitled My Childhood Under Fire in the U.S. and Canada. Her book has been awarded the “2006 Best Book Award” under Social Studies by the Society of School Librarians International as well as nominated for the Norma Fleck Award and the Golden Oak Award. It has also been translated into French in 2007 and Indonesian in 2009.
The goal of Student Leadership Day is to increase awareness and knowledge of the Holocaust and genocide and to challenge participants to think about lessons that can be learned from the past. Your students will learn strategies for raising awareness of genocide, engaging in activities that promote global understanding. Students will learn to use their voices to take a stand against prejudice and indifference. Their participation will underscore the important role we must all play in combating indifference, bullying and genocide throughout our world today.
Participants will engage in a number of activities, including working with Holocaust survivors and viewing the museum.
A light breakfast and lunch will be provided. Because of the day’s full schedule and all we have to offer your students, it is essential that all participants arrive on time and stay until the conclusion of the program.
learn more about nomination guidelines
Student nominations will be reviewed by an internal committee. Notification of selection will occur on a rolling basis and will be via email.
Program generously supported by
Skokie, IL