WHAT
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will host What You Do Matters: A Leadership Summit on Propaganda, Hate Speech, and Civic Engagement, exploring critical issues such as:
- State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda / What Makes us Vulnerable Today
- The challenges and power of the First Amendment
- Media literacy in today's age of information overload
- Overcoming indifference and empowering citizen response
- Working together for change
WHY
The summit will include opportunities to:
- Experience the Museum's rich collection, powerful exhibitions, and platform for meaningful dialogue
- Build a relationship with the Museum and gain support from our institution
- Meet and learn from noteworthy speakers, scholars, and educators
- Hear perspective from student leaders who have taken creative steps to respond to hate in their communities
- Participate in breakout sessions with other student leaders from across the nation
- Connect with peers and build coalitions to take action on issues you care about
WHO YOU WILL HEAR FROM (among others):
- Bob Behr, Holocaust survivor and Museum volunteer
- Martha Heinemann Bixby, Co-Founder, STAND
- Eric Brinkert, Certified Conflict Arbitrator
- Mary Giardina, President, Holocaust Awareness Council, The Ohio State University, Class of 2013
- Renee Hobbs, Professor and Founding Director, Harrington School of Communication and Media, University of Rhode Island
- Louis Jacobson, Senior Writer, PolitiFact
- Eboo Patel, Founder and President of the Interfaith Youth Core
- Hudson Taylor, Founder and Executive Director of Athlete Ally
- Carl Wilkens, the sole American aid worker remaining in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide
- A panel of student leaders and recent alumni who have worked with others to respond to contemporary issues
We invite you to apply to attend, make your voice heard, engage with your peers, and build a network to overcome indifference, build bridges, and move to meaningful action.
We will accept 50-100 students to participate, based on the following criteria:
- Demonstrated leadership experience on your university campus or in your community
- Interest and ability to take action in the next year
- Passion and interest for the topics of the summit (hate speech, propaganda, and civic engagement)
- Current undergraduate university student
APPLICATION PROCESS:
Please fill out the application by Sunday, June 10.
FOR MORE INFORMATION or QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT:
JoAnna Wasserman, jwasserman@ushmm.org or 202.314.0304.
This summit has been planned in cooperation with the Media Education Lab at the Univerisity of Rhode Island and NASPA.
This summit has been made possible by the generous support of The Marcus Foundation.
