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The Northwest Center for Holocaust, Genocide and Ethnocide Education is located
in the Secondary Education Department at Western Washington University.
The NWCHGEE provides high school and middle school teachers with information
and expertise on the Holocaust as well as on other acts of genocide and
ethnocide in
ancient and modern history. Ongoing projects include:
- Co-facilitating educational presentations and art shows about the
Holocaust and genocide.
- Assisting preservice teachers in research and training in Holocaust
education.
- Assisting teachers in educational programs commemorating
Kristallnacht and Yom Ha Shoah.
- Creating a database of teachers, scholars and speakers interested in
these subjects, and providing a list serve to share knowledge and ideas on
Holocaust-Genocide education.
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NWCHGEE is Dr.
Ray Wolpow, Associate Professor of Secondary Education, WWU. |
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Dr. Ray
Wolpow, Rabbi Cindy Enger,
Mrs. Noémi Ban, and Rev. Chris Berry
at the Shalom Center on November 7, 2006 |
The following individuals make up our advisory board,
and guide the work of this center:
- Mrs. Noémi Ban - Retired Teacher, Golden Apple Award
Winner, and survivor of Auschwitz- Birkenau
- Mr. David Dickson - Social Studies Teacher, Squalicum
High School, Bellingham, WA
- Ms. Alisa Sachs - Core Teacher, Whatcom Middle School,
Bellingham, WA
- Mr. Evan Ritchie - Social Studies Teacher, Ferndale
High School, Ferndale, WA
- Dr. Joseph Trimble - Professor of
Psychology; Professor, Woodring College of Education; Director, Office
of Institutional Assessment, Research, and Testing, Western Washington
University.
- Dr. Kathleen Young - Associate Professor of
Anthropology, Western Washington University
- Rev. Christopher Berry - Director, The Shalom
Center, Lutheran Campus Ministry, Bellingham, WA
- Ms. Janice Brendible - Northwest Indian College, Lummi
Reservation, Bellingham, WA
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Web site manager is
AJ Barse - contact him
regarding questions or comments about the website.
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