Upcoming Events
Elementary and Middle School Leadership Conference
Friday, March 13, 2026, at 9:00am EST
Join the Council on Global Education and Citizenship for this year's Elementary and Middle School Leadership Conference. This event is for students in grades 4-8 and their chaperones.
For more information, please contact coykends@kean.edu
Virtual Guided Tour of the Former Death Camp in Sobibór
Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 9:00am EST via Zoom
Sobibór was one of the Nazi death camps established under Operation Reinhardt, where more than 180,000 Jews were murdered before the uprising of October 14, 1943. The virtual program (40 minutes) includes the permanent exhibition, the outdoor memorial site, and a Q&A session.
*New date!
For more information, please contact: hrc@kean.edu
ART CONTEST: Anne Frank and Children of the Holocaust
Submission deadline, Monday, March 30, 2026
The Holocaust Resource Center and Kean Galleries invite students in grades 6-12 to submit original physical artwork inspired by Anne Frank and Children of the Holocaust for our 2026 Art Contest. Artwork can include paintings, drawings, sculptures, mixed media, etc. No digital or virtual submissions available at this time. We will begin collecting submissions in March.
Please note all artwork must be delivered to the Holocaust Resource Center - Library Room 206, Kean University, 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083 during business hours, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm.
For more information, please contact: hrc@kean.edu
Kwibuka 32
Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 10:00am via Zoom
In commemoration of Kwibuka 32, we invite you to join us for a virtual conversation to reflect on the international responses to the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda. We recommend that attendees view the film Shake Hands with the Devil in advance of the program. This program is designed for students grades 9+. Co-hosted with the Mercer County Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights Education Center, the William Paterson University Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and the RCNJ Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
For more information, please contact: hrc@kean.edu
Yom HaShoah Community Commemoration - Educators Workshop
Monday, April 13, 2026, from 5:00pm - 8:30pm EST at the STEM Building Kean University
Please join us for dinner and thoughtful conversation, along with resources to support Holocaust education. Attendees will receive a complimentary book. The evening will continue with the 7:00pm Yom HaShoah Community Commemoration.
For more information, please contact: hrc@kean.edu
Yom HaShoah Community Commemoration
Monday, April 13, 2026, at 7:00pm EST at the STEM Auditorium, Kean University
Join us for an evening of remembrance at our Yom HaShoah Community Commemoration. The event will feature a performance by Anne Frank Center USA, Plenty of Courage, as well as student readings and a candle lighting ceremony in memory of the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
For more information, please contact: hrc@kean.edu
Letters from Anne and Martin
Friday, April 17, 2026, from 10:00am - 12:00pm EST at Kean University
The Holocaust Resource Center invites students to an upcoming performance of “Letters from Anne and Martin” presented by the Anne Frank Center USA. Drawing from Anne Frank’s diary and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letters from Birmingham Jail, this performance highlights the shared themes of hope, resistance, and justice between WWII and the Civil Rights Movement. This program is suitable grades 6+
This event is at no cost, and school districts can bring up to 30 people total.
For more information, please contact: hrc@kean.edu
Conversations With Anne
Tuesday, April 21, 2026, from 10:00am - 12:00pm EST at Kean University
The Holocaust Resource Center invites students to an upcoming performance of “Conversations with Anne” presented by the Anne Frank Center USA. This interactive performance brings Anne Frank’s diary to life, allowing students to ask questions to strengthen their understanding of her story and the Holocaust. Provides students new to Holocaust education with an experience of reflection and empathy. This program is suitable for grades 4+
This event is at no cost, and school districts can bring up to 30 people total.
For more information, please contact: hrc@kean.edu
General Assembly Meeting
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 4:30 PM EST via Zoom
Join the Council on Global Education and Citizenship at our upcoming April General Assembly Meeting. More details to come!
For more information, please contact: sarah.coykendall@kean.edu
Varian Fry: The Audacious American Journalist Who Saved Europe's Artists from the Nazis
Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 12:30pm EST at Kupferberg Holocaust Center, Queensborough Community College
In this presentation, novelist and professor Julie Orringer will take you on a virtual journey to wartime Marseille and show you how one daring American achieved the impossible: the saving of more than two thousand artists, including Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, André Breton, Hannah Arendt, and many others.
For more information, please contact: hrc@kean.edu
But I Live Conversation with Editor Charlotte Schallié
Monday, May 4th, 2026, at 7:00pm EST via Zoom
Join the Holocaust Resource Center for our upcoming conversation on But I Live, with editor Charlotte Schallié. But I Live shares the stories of three Holocaust survivors through illustrations. Co-sponsored with the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh and Alabama Holocaust Education Center.
For more information, please contact: hrc@kean.edu