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Tolerance Week Holocaust Educator and Auschwitz Survivor Phil Gans Dies at 91
Our hearts are broken. We have learned of the passing of our friend and Auschwitz Survivor and Holocaust Educator Philip Gans. He spoke to tens of thousands of Siouxland young people during the 10+ years he visited Sioux...
Four Teachers have attended the Paper Clips Teacher’s Workshop, thanks to the Dr. Mike Rogers Scholarship for Tolerance Education
Gabriel Bauman, Kristi Kleene, Sonja Grimsley and Denise Broermann have attended the Paper Clips workshop over the last two summers. The trip is made possible by the Tolerance Week Dr. Mike Rogers Scholarship for Toleran...
2019 Tolerance Week Art Contest Winner
Middle School Art Winner, Idella Edwards, North Middle School, 8th Grade. Honorable Mentions: Alissa Papenhausen and Jackson Wagner, North Middle School.
2019 Tolerance Week Essay Contest Winners
High School Winner Isabel Martinez, Bishop Heelan High School 9th Grade I Am A Witness “What’s the point of being a hero when everyone thinks you’re a villain?”-Ellen Hopkins Who am I? Am I a hero? A villain? A victim? A...
A Thousand Kisses, an Animated Short Film
Wednesday, April 10, Noon Sioux City Public Museum Midwest Premiere of the Animated Short Film, A Thousand Kisses Lunch will be served, attendance is limited to the first 80 RSVPs to the Museum at 279-6174 A Thousand Kis...
The 2019 Tolerance Week Art and Essay Contest
This years theme is “I am the Witness” Most of the area’s middle and high school students have met a Holocaust Survivor and heard their stories. Some of you have met Auschwitz Survivor Philip Gans and some of you have me...
Who Will Write Our History Documentary Screening
Monday, April 8, 2019, 6:30 pm WITCC Lifelong Learning, Cargill Auditorium Documentary Screening “Who Will Write Our History” In November 1940, days after the Nazis sealed 450,000 Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, a secret band...
Paper Clips Principal Linda Hooper to Headline Main Event
It was the film “Paper Clips” that inspired the first Tolerance Week events in 2005. The Weiners saw the film and were so moved by its message that they felt it was essential viewing, but as it was a small documentary, t...
Area 8th Graders to Attend I am a Star: The Songs and Poems of Inge Auerbacher
Area 8th grade students will attend a performance of I am a Star: The Songs and Poems of Inge Auerbacher featuring members of the Sioux City Community Youth Theatre singing original music and the poetry of Terezin Surviv...
Joachim Prinz – I Shall Not Be Silent Documentary Screening at WITCC
Monday, April 9 – 6:30 – WITCC Lifelong Learning in the Cargill Auditorium Screening of the documentary Joachim Prinz – I Shall Not Be Silent In Berlin in the 1930’s, the civil rights of Jews were systematically stripped...
Main Event: I am a Star: The Songs and Poems of Inge Auerbacher
We are delighted to welcome Inge Auerbacher back to Sioux City for opening night of I am a Star: The Songs and Poems of Inge Auerbacher featuring members of the Sioux City Community Youth Theatre singing original music a...
The Sioux Tolerance Week Exhibit opening at the Museum
Tuesday, April 10 – 12 Noon – Sioux City Public Museum The opening of The Sioux City Tolerance Week exhibit. A light lunch will be served, RSVP to the Sioux City Museum at 279-6174. Admission is limited to the first 90 R...