GCD Schedule

ALL DAY PROGRAMMING in Person and Online

Reading of Biographies at the start of each period

Dimensions in Testimony - This is an interactive experience in which you see and can interact with a hologram of a Holocaust survivor, asking questions and getting real-time responses. It is generously hosted by the IL Holocaust Museum and Education Center (created by the USC Shoah Foundation).

Wall of Names - These representations of victims from various genocides are displayed outside the DHS auditorium. #TogetherWeRemember

Holocaust Survivor Poster Series - At HPHS, there will be a traveling poster exhibit of Holocaust Survivors, provided by the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center.

Lest We Forget - Also displayed outside the DHS Auditorium and online. Includes profiles of victims, survivors, rescuers and upstanders with connections to District 113.

Indian Boarding Schools - Displayed in the DHS front hall and online, this is a set of resources related to our first speaker, including her books.

College Campus Hate - This is displayed at various places across DHS for effect and also online. This is a collection of recent DHS alumni experiences.

Take Action Options - Sign petitions to urge elected officials to take action on certain pending bills at our in-person displays or online. Also, learn upstander techniques through the ADL's Peer Influencer Training (DHS - sign up with your Social Studies teacher; HPHS - info coming soon).

SCHEDULED SPEAKERS AND OTHER SESSIONS in Person and Online

Students will be scheduled into these sessions based on their Social Studies class and their own interest in special sessions, such as the Peer Influencer Training and the Dimensions in Testimony experience.

Speaker Session 1: Dr. Brenda J. Child

Live-streamed 9:15–10:25 am to both the DHS and HPHS auditoriums
Click here to access the live-stream, and here to access the speaker bios

Exploration Session: Explore Displays, Peer Influencer Training, Dimensions in Testimony, and Take Action Options in Person & Online

10:30–11:10 am in front hall, auditorium corridor, and J108
Click here to sign up for Peer Influencer Training (limited space) in J109 and the library classroom
For Dimensions in Testimony in J108, there is no attendee limit, and you may come and go

Speaker Session 2: Dr. George Brent

11:15–12:25 pm in person at the DHS auditorium and live-streamed to the HPHS auditorium
This session will end with a special performance from "The Ballad of Mauthausen" by DHS students Sophia Ullman and Hannah Cohen.
Click here to access the live-stream, and here to access the speaker bios

Period 5-II: Lunch for People Who Saw Both Morning Speakers & Time to Explore

12:30–1:15 at various locations in DHS: front hall, auditorium corridor, and J108
There is no Peer Influencer training during this time

Speaker Session 3: Steen Metz

1:20–2:30 in the DHS auditorium and live-streamed
Click here to access the livestream, and here to access the speaker bios

Exploration Session: Explore Displays, Peer Influencer Training, Dimensions in Testimony, and Take Action Options in Person & Online

2:30–3:14 at various locations in DHS: front hall, auditorium corridor, and J108
Click here to sign up for Peer Influencer Training (limited space) in J109 and the library classroom
For Dimensions in Testimony in J108, there is no attendee limit, and you may come and go.