The Connecticut Holocaust and Genocide Education Advisory Committee is an autonomous voluntary body operating under its own policies and positions. It provides guidance, including suggested curriculum materials and resources, to the Connecticut Department of Education to assist schools with implementing the Connecticut Holocaust and Genocide Education and Awareness Act (Public Act 18-24 of 2018).
The Advisory Committee offers webinars, workshops and other professional development throughout the year. If you would like to know more, please contact Voices of Hope at info@ctvoicesofhope.org. You can also see past webinars, workshops and other online recommendations here. We also recommend CT teachers to go to the Holocaust and Genocide Education page at the Connecticut Department of Education.
Members of the Advisory Committee as of November 9, 2020:
Stuart Abrams, Voices of Hope Board Member and Teacher at Avon High School
Stephen Armstrong, Connecticut State Department of Education Social Studies Consultant
Kimberly Ballaro, Director, Holocaust Education Resource and Outreach (HERO) Center, Voices of Hope
Alan Berkowitz
Gail Blanc
Michael Bloom, Executive Director, JFACT
Daniel Einsiedel, Department of Education Intern
Kate Field, Connecticut Education Association
Mari Firkatian, Professor, University of Hartford
Bob Fishman, Connecticut Immigrant and Refugee Coalition (CIRC)
Kathy Fishman, Executive Director, Voices of Hope
Peter Fishman, President, Voices of Hope
Andy Fleischmann, Former Chairman of the Education Committee, State of Connecticut
Steve Ginsburg, Anti-Defamation League, Director, Connecticut Regional Office
Melissa Hickey, Director of Literacy, Connecticut Department of Education
Adele Jacobs, Vice-President, Voices of Hope
Sam Kassow, Professor, Trinity College
Robin Landau, Director of Programs and Development, Voices of Hope
Alan Lazowski, Chairman, Voices of Hope and Chairman, CEO and Founder of LAZ Parking
Rabbi Philip Lazowski, Holocaust survivor
Peter Lilienthal, United Jewish Federation of Stamford
Marji Lipshez-Shapiro, Anti-Defamation League, Senior Associate Director, Connecticut Regional Office
Jason Mancini, Akomawt Educational Initiative
Alan Marcus, Head of Secondary Social Studies Education, University of Connecticut
Armen Marsoobian, Profess, Southern Connecticut State University
Glenn Mitoma, Director, Dodd Impact, University of Connecticut
Chris Newell, Executive Director and Senior Partner to Wabanaki Nations at the Abbe Museum
Allison Norrie, Teacher at Warde High School
Joe Olzacki, Superintendent, Region 14 Schools
Jessica Palliardi, Teacher at Hall High School
Avinoam Patt, Director, Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life, University of Connecticut
Sydney Perry, President, JFACT
David Pettigrew, Professor, Southern Connecticut State University
Ray Rossomondo, Connecticut Education Association
Jane Schreiber, Temple B’nai Israel Human Rights
Colleen Simon, Humanities Teacher, Solomon Schechter Day School
David Simon, Yale University, Director of Graduate Studies, Center for African Studies; Co-Director, Genocide Studies Program; Director of Undergraduate Studies
Endawnis Spears, Director of Programming and Outreach, Akomawt Educational Initiative
Laura Stefon, Connecticut Department of Education Chief of Staff to Commissioner
Marge Swaye
Ann Tucci, Social Studies Department Head, Danbury High School
Dan Weiner,
Ruth Weiner, Holocaust survivor