Interested in applying for one of our Community Stories grants? Information about the grants program, new application materials and guidelines, sample grant proposals, and descriptions of past funded projects are now available HERE on our website. The deadline to apply is August 1, 2013 at 5pm. But wait! There’s more! …

BELFER NATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR EDUCATORS: SOCIAL STUDIES The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum invites applications for the 2013 Arthur and Rochelle Belfer National Conference for Educators: Social Studies. Middle and high school educators and community college faculty are encouraged to attend. The conference is designed for educators with less than …

by California Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera Joanna Ramos was a 5th-grade, eleven-year-old girl who got caught up in a fight and died as a result of a hit to the head last year. When I saw her photo on TV, smiling and full of joy, I knew we’d lost …