TOLERANCE WEEK

The Tolerance Alliance is the nonprofit organization that sponsors Tolerance Week and the new Holocaust Rails exhibit at the Sioux City Railroad Museum. We are dedicated to fostering tolerance and understanding among all the diverse peoples of the world. 

Tolerance Week started in 2005 with the idea of dedicating one week each year to the remembrance of the Holocaust in Sioux City. Many people in Sioux City were directly or indirectly affected by the Holocaust. We produce a variety of educational events and activities about this deplorable chapter in world history. Our mission is to educate, enlighten and inspire. Using speakers, including Holocaust Survivors, documentary films, live performances, and lectures, we educate and enlighten students, families, teachers, and community leaders in Sioux City and the surrounding area about the Holocaust and other injustices.

We inspire teachers and students to identify sources of discrimination and injustice within their communities and to work to eliminate them. We want young people to understand that “never again” is not just a slogan for their parents’ and grandparents’ generations. With “othering” and hate speech on the rise in this country, “never again” goes well beyond the Holocaust and must be a call to action for their generation as well.