Intervention
We support educators with...
Training and certification programs
to become “LIGHT Coordinators” - official ambassadors of the LIGHT Education Initiative.
Culminating curricular anchor points
that center the Holocaust, genocide, and human rights violations (PA Act 70 of 2014).
Toolkits and best practices
to help students understand their rights and responsibilities as human beings, grounded in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Opportunities
to increase students’ knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors surrounding humanitarianism and active citizenship.
Project management services
and hands-on assistance from our team of acclaimed educators and artists.
A network
of vetted, purposeful educational partners.
As-needed subsidies
for in-school programs, after-school community events, and out-of-school field trips.
We support school districts by...
Helping them to meet their own inherent capacity
to counter all forms of identity-based hate.
Creating and supporting opportunities
to promote the three principles of EIB - Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging - for all students and staff.
Helping create safe schools
by taking concrete and measurable steps toward the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s effort to create “safe schools.”
Offering a variety of on-site and regional teacher in-service training
and professional development sessions in partnership with numerous partner organizations and institutions.
Connecting students and staff to a regional network
of individuals and organizations committed to humanitarianism and remembrance.
We support communities by...
Helping to communicate
school district efforts, programs, and opportunities throughout the broader community.
Connecting
community leaders, local organizations, and small businesses to school district points-of-contact, i.e. LIGHT Coordinators, to improve multigenerational collaboration.
We support partners with...
Access to a trained network of educators
ready and willing to bring transformative and profound educational experiences to their students.
1-on-1 consulting and project management services
to help plan successful school and community educational programs.
Access to our network
of mission-aligned individuals, organizations, institutions, and foundations, all committed to the LIGHT philosophy of inspiring, preparing, and empowering the next generation of humanitarians.
Healing-centered educational programs
for individuals with lived experiences to share their stories with others, e.g. survivors of genocide or human rights violations or victim’s family members.
Access to individual and organizational professional development opportunities
to share best practices in school-based storytelling and healing-centered learning.
