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Annual IMPACT Report 2014 10089_USC_SHOAH_Brochure.r2.indd 3 11/14/14 2:00 PM Thank You When I began interning with USC Shoah Foundation nearly “ four years ago, I had no idea that I would become so passionate — so engrossed with the power and potential of archival preservation. Had it not been for the Institute, I would not be embarking on a life-long journey as a writer and researcher in genocide studies, an aspiring academic who now seeks to create and develop my own visual history archive. Thank you to every donor for all of your support, and I hope you will continue to support the mission of the Institute and continue to instill in my peers and colleagues this profound humanitarian spirit I carry with me today. ORLI ROBIN ” USC Senior, Creative Writing Major Double Minor in Resistance to Genocide and Judaic Studies Co-Founder and Former President of USC Shoah Foundation Student Association 10089_USC_SHOAH_Brochure.r2.indd 4 11/14/14 2:00 PM MESSAGE FROM OUR LEADERSHIP November 2014 Dear Friends, Our 20th anniversary year continues to be one of remarkable growth and achievement, thanks to you, the community of supporters who propel us forward. In the pages of this update, we gratefully share some highlights from the past year: expanding the influence of our values-based education programs; establishing a new Center for Advanced Genocide Research; studying the role of testimony in building social cohesion in Rwanda; combating anti- Semitism in France; and many more activities that have been fueled by donors with a purpose that dovetailed with ours. Testimony reached twice as many people during the past year compared to the prior year. Thank you for helping give the witnesses a voice in the world. Our task remains as urgent as ever: Incidents of violent hatred are rising globally. Headlines continue to spotlight racial, ethnic and sectarian conflicts. There are tremendous challenges ahead that we will rise to meet with the continued leadership of our supportive community. We hope you share our pride in the accomplishments of the past year, and our passion for the work ahead as we strive toward changing the world through testimony. Sincerely, STEPHEN D. SMITH ROBERT J. KATZ STEPHEN A. COZEN Andrew J. and Erna Finci Viterbi Chair, USC Shoah Foundation Chair, USC Shoah Foundation Initiative Executive Director Chair, Board of Councilors Member, Board of Councilors USC Shoah Foundation UNESCO Chair on Genocide Education 10089_USC_SHOAH_Brochure.r2.indd 1 11/14/14 2:00 PM USC SHOAH FOUNDATION Changing the World Through Testimony 107,723 62,000 1.3 million hours of video testimony indexed and searchable to the minute keywords names 53,583 testimonies 61 countries 39 languages 3.4 million 39,000 educators PEOPLE WHO VIEW TESTIMONIES PER YEAR NUMBER OF EDUCATORS WORLDWIDE FACTS INCORPORATING TESTIMONY INTO CLASSROOM LESSONS 445 courses based on the Visual History Archive (VHA) 2 have been taught at universities on four continents hours More than 200 educators have participated in advanced training and the Teaching with Testimony in the 21st Century programs in the U.S., Ukraine, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. TESTIMONIES AVERAGE OVER TWO HOURS IN LENGTH, INCLUDING PERSONAL HISTORY BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE WITH GENOCIDE. 2 Annual IMPACT Report 10089_USC_SHOAH_Brochure.r2.indd 2 11/14/14 2:00 PM THE INSTITUTE FOR VISUAL HISTORY AND EDUCATION The Visual History Archive 50 921,014 partner institutions with access to the entire VHA students reached worldwide Smaller collections of testimony from the VHA are available at 199 sites in 33 countries, and online, including the full data for the complete collection at vhaonline.usc.edu 279,867 students 400 testimonies NUMBER OF STUDENTS REACHED FROM SURVIVORS AND WITNESSES OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BEING INDEXED VIA EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH AND WILL BEGIN TO BE INTEGRATED INTO THE VISUAL HISTORY ARCHIVE BY THE PER YEAR 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN APRIL 2015 12 testimonies from witnesses of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre 66 testimonies from witnesses of the Rwandan Genocide Against the Tutsi FALL 2014 3 10089_USC_SHOAH_Brochure.r2.indd 3 11/14/14 2:00 PM USC SHOAH FOUNDATION Milestones Education Academic Community Advancement 06/17/2013 10/14-21/2013 01/27/2014 03/06/2014 Swedish International Mission to Hungary Steven Spielberg Hungary: ITeach Development Agency and Poland addresses UN Educator Seminar Funds $6.8 Million for International Launches 11/01/2013 Peace-building Program Holocaust Memorial in Rwanda Rwanda Hosts Its Ceremony 03/19/2014 First-Ever IWitness 02/12/2014 Associated Press 10/03/2013 Teacher Training “Big Story” Published Rwandan President George Clooney covering 20th Paul Kagame Visits the Anniversary of USC Honored at New York Institute Ambassadors for Shoah Foundation Humanity Gala 03/24/2014 Memories of the 12/03/2013 Forgotten Holocaust Lecture by Institute Pennsylvania: IWitness Fellow Douglas Community Event Greenberg at Main Line Reform Temple 04/01/2014 Ukrainian Human Rights Teacher’s Guide Posts Online 2013 2014 10/03/2013 02/20/2014 04/01/2014 Stephen D. Smith Rape as a Weapon USC Genocide Named UNESCO of War: Conversation Awareness Month Chair on Genocide with Zainab Hawa launched by USC Education Bangura, UN Special Shoah Foundation Representative on 11/07/2013 Student Association 09/05/2013 Sexual Violence in Scholars Yehuda Bauer Conflict 03/25/2014 Rwandan Testimonies and Xu Xin Lecture Testimony: The Legacy Added to IWitness at USC 01/29/2014 of Schindler’s List and UNESCO Paris USC Shoah Foundation 07/16-17/2013 Headquarters exhibits Book Release Board of Councilors 10/09/2013 Journeys Through the Retreat China: USC Shoah Holocaust 03/06/2014 Foundation Presents Student Voices Film 05/16/2013 at Association of 01/06/2014 Contest 4th Annual Next Generation Holocaust Organizations IWitness Goes Live on Screening and Award Council Established Conference iPads and Tablets Ceremony 4 Annual IMPACT Report 10089_USC_SHOAH_Brochure.r2.indd 4 11/14/14 2:00 PM THE INSTITUTE FOR VISUAL HISTORY AND EDUCATION 04/01-08/2014 04/24/2014 05/09/2014 08/21/2014 Mission to Rwanda Armenian Genocide Mohammed Dajani Yom IWitness Commemoration HaShoah Scholar- completes beta at USC: Keynote by in-Residence Lecture with enhanced Stephen Smith 06/07/2014 functionality Crimean Teachers Attend USC Shoah 04/08-05/25/2014 Foundation Oral History and Human Rights Days of Seminar in Kyiv Remembrance: PastFORWARD 06/25/2014 Broadcast via Comcast $5 Million Gift From 05/07/2014 Corporation Andrew and Erna Viterbi President Barack Obama Endows USC Shoah 04/21/2014 Honored at Los Angeles Foundation Executive Armenian Film Ambassadors for Director Chair Foundation Delivers Humanity Gala Digitized Testimony 05/09/2014 Collection Steven Spielberg Dedicates Founder’s Circle Plaque 04/24/2014 06/26/2014 Blavatnik Archive 05/05/2014 Echoes and Exhibit Opens at USC: 08/27/2014 Today Show airs Reflections Debuts Lives of the Great Steven Spielberg New Website and New Dimensions Patriotic War interview by Teacher’s Guide in Testimony 04/14/2014 Maria Shriver 06/11/2014 Pilot Filming Completed Philadelphia High End Sexual Violence 05/02/2014 School Student in Conflict UK Global Ruth Hernandez USA WEEKEND Summit Wins IWitness Video Cover Story on 20th Challenge Anniversary of USC 06/01-07/2014 Shoah Foundation Guatamala Research Trip 04/04/2014 on 1981-1983 Genocide Czech Republic: 04/25/2014 IWalks Educational Center for Advanced 05/21/2014 Walking Tour With Genocide Research UNESCO Publishes Testimony Launches Announcement and Article on IWitness’s in Prague Launch Effect on Students FALL 2014 5 10089_USC_SHOAH_Brochure.r2.indd 5 11/14/14 2:00 PM EDUCATION Improving International Understanding San Diego Friends Testimony-based Education million people who were murdered in France. The Teaching with for no other reason than the Nazis Through the work of Testimony programs are used didn’t like them.” USC Shoah Foundation throughout Europe to train The Wohls are confident that San Diego Friends and educators in fully utilizing the USC Shoah Foundation can make leadership of co-chairs Erna Visual History Archive in their a difference at home and abroad. Viterbi and Phyllis Epstein, classrooms, including testimonies “This work is vitally important. a dynamic and vibrant from the students’ own regions and The Institute knows how to speak to committee has been in their own languages. people through education,” she says. recruited. The purpose of The couple also remains actively the group is to introduce Diane Wohl and her husband, involved as leaders and supporters “The testimonies can educational resources Howard, have supported USC of numerous Jewish nonprofits. chip away at misconceptions developed by the Institute Shoah Foundation since before Diane Wohl first learned about and anti-Semitism and really to schools, educators and it became part of the university. the Holocaust when she was 10 make a difference in people’s students throughout San They appreciate how the Institute years old and her mother told her thinking. The Institute can Diego County. In particular, brings people together and, as about Anne Frank. also be an important advocate the committee members Diane puts it, “can slice out all “It was only later in life that I for justice, for all people, are introducing IWitness, the propaganda and hate with its really felt more connected to the for anybody who fights for the educational website visual testimonies.” Holocaust,” she says. “I wanted to religious freedom and freedom developed by USC Shoah Their gifts through the Diane help educate people, to help them of any sort, to be able to live Foundation which brings and Howard Wohl Family understand that the Holocaust was a fulfilling life.” over 1,300 testimonies Foundation include recent funding a horrific act that happened to the DIANE WOHL to secondary school for Teaching with Testimony: Jews, but that it also affected 11 teachers and students via multimedia learning activities.