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Genocides are never over; the trauma echoes across generations. This webinar explores the little-known French Kindertransports, or children’s transports, which allowed Jewish children in France to escape to safety in the US. Author Lilly Maier’s story begins when she was 11 years old.  A Kindertransport participant, now 75 years old, knocked on the door of …

April 21 webinar: Whose Stories? The Holocaust Survivor, The Girl, and The Legacy

[PDF – 3-14-2024 Write to Political Prisoners in Russia at G-AI title graphic PDF] Over 20,000 political dissidents are imprisoned in Russia for protesting the war in Ukraine. Join us to write letters to these prisoners. Prisoners getting letters receive better treatment because guards know that the prisoners aren’t alone. Letters are sent electronically to …

March 14: Write to Political Prisoners in Russia at the Germanic-American Institute

[PDF – 3-27-24 Bodily Autonomy – From Reproduction to End-of-Life Options title graphic PDF] The UN states that bodily autonomy is a fundamental right about individual choice, dignity, power, and agency. This webinar examines strategies to guarantee and support this human right throughout the life course. Betty Folliard, Founder of ERA Minnesota and former member …

March 27: Bodily Autonomy – From Reproduction to End-of-Life Options