Speakers+and+Organizations

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You might want to have one of these speakers come to your classes. These are speakers and organizations with whom we have a connection; **please contact our office** if you are interested in getting in touch with one of them:

Mano is the Associate Director of CWRU’s faculty teaching center (UCITE). He has done researched and conducted seminars and workshops in the area of teaching and learning, including workshops on active learning methods for science teachers. His book, //The Achievement Gap in U.S. Education: Canaries in the Mine//, discusses the political, economic, and social consequences of the achievement gap in the United States.
 * Local Speakers and Organizations**
 * Mano Singham**:

Linda is a favorite speaker at our Race and Membership Seminar. She is a biological anthropologist and Director of Human Health at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Linda is able to explain genetics, natural selection, and apparent biological diversity among human beings in a way that is easy for a high school student to understand.
 * Linda Spurlock**:

Toby is from the Collaborative Initiative to End Human Trafficking. According to the group's website, "To raise awareness of human trafficking, the Collaborative has and continues to create educational programs for diverse audiences, including high school and university students and teachers, social service agencies, hospitals and other health care providers, parish groups, professional organizations and the public. Speakers from the Collaborative have travelled throughout northern Ohio in response to program requests." More information can be found at []
 * Toby Lardie**

Dr. Kelly is Professor of History of Christianity in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at John Carroll University. He lectures on the Christian roots of anti-Semitism.
 * Dr. Joseph F. Kelly**

National Speakers and Organizations -- still willing to come to Cleveland

Ji Li Jiang, Author of Red Scarf Girl link to resource and study guide

Carl Wilkens, link to his [|website] and book

Thabi Moyo, Associate Producer of the documentary film, //Prom Night in Mississippi//. link to library

**Holocaust Survivors** **Joseph Klein, Betty Gold, Stanley Bernath,** and **Max Edelman** have spoken at seminars and to school groups on behalf of Facing History

**Face to Face:** This is a 3-hour Holocaust education program based at Congregation Shaarey Tikvah in Pepper Pike. You can contact Louise Freilich directly at 216-765-8300 ext. 140 or check out their website at [] for more information.

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