Thank you to our sponsors!

Thank to our many sponsors for supporting Holocaust education!

Thank you Red Lion Hotels!

A giant thank you to Red Lion Hotels for their incredible support of Holocaust and genocide education and teacher training in the state of Washington!

Special thanks to:
Todd Thoreson, Regional Vice President of Hotel Operations, Red Lion Hotels Corporation
Jan Simon Aridj, President and CEO, Washington State Hotel & Lodging Association
Ian Napier, General Manager, Red Lion Hotels, Kennewick and Richland

Madonna Booed in Bucharest for Defending Gypsies

August 27, 2009
By ALINA WOLFE MURRAY, Associated Press Writer Alina Wolfe Murray, Associated Press Writer

BUCHAREST, Romania – At first, fans politely applauded the Roma performers sharing a stage with Madonna. Then the pop star condemned widespread discrimination against Roma, or Gypsies — and the cheers gave way to jeers.

The sharp mood change that swept the crowd of 60,000, who had packed a park for Wednesday night's concert, underscores how prejudice against Gypsies remains deeply entrenched across Eastern Europe.

Despite long-standing efforts to stamp out rampant bias, read more...

Bellevue Sunrise Rotary

In 2006, the Bellevue Sunrise Rotary Club underwrote a Holocaust Teaching Trunk. Since that time, their trunk, a middle school trunk, has been used by over 2000 students!

Today, I had the opporutunity to tell the Bellevue Sunrise Rotarians about the difference their contribution has made.

Thank you Bellevue Sunrise Rotary for your support!

-Ilana Cone Kennedy, Director of Education

Picture: Bellevue Sunrise Rotarians (and Ilana Cone Kennedy, Director of Education) with a Holocaust Teaching Trunk.