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Dallas Holocaust Museum outlines K–12 "Upstander" program, seeks larger endowment
Summary
The Dallas Holocaust Museum presented its permanent and education programs to the Arts and Culture Advisory Commission, reporting steady school outreach, plans to expand the K–12 Upstander Partnership and an endowment campaign to steady operating revenue.
Mary Pat, a representative of the Dallas Holocaust Museum, told the Arts and Culture Advisory Commission on March 20 that the museum’s mission is to teach the history of the Holocaust and advance human rights by encouraging “upstander” behavior among visitors.
The museum, founded in 1984 and with a museum facility that opened in September 2019, uses a three-wing permanent exhibition and local survivor testimony to educate students and families, Mary Pat said. The museum reported about 60,000 student visits on site each year and described a K–12 initiative it calls the Upstander Partnership that provides classroom-ready lessons and in-person visits by museum educators.
The Upstan…
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