The 1 Reach 100 Campaign
Upon graduating the program, each BTLH ambassador is tasked with reaching 100 people over the following year in order to raise awareness of genocides past and present, to confront hate in any situation, and to address other community issues no matter the size. Although the program is primarily focused on remembering the accounts of the Holocaust, ambassadors are also made aware of the crimes in countries such as Armenia and Rwanda. It is not enough to just remember, so the program has created this campaign to encourage every ambassador to share the history of the Holocaust to at least 100 people.
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Curtis Williams
"My plan was to give several presentations on discrimination of gender, race, political and religious beliefs, physical attributes, and demographic backgrounds. I intended on giving this presentation several times to about 10 different classes at my school, the School Without Walls Senior High School." |
Anna Taylor
“I finally completed my 1 reach 100! The Girl Scout troops of People's Congregational Church have an annual Thinking Day where each troop completes a project about a country. My Troop's country was Pakistan. For my part, I wrote up a handout about gender discrimination, passed it out to all of the Girl Scouts, and spoke to some of them about the topic." |
Amanda Barnes
“I created a painting that deals with being involved in your community though different organizations; I called it 'Dawn Of A New Civic'. I entered it into the Reginald F. Lewis Museum High School Juried Art Show and won third place with the bonus of seventy-five dollars. My art was displayed in the museum from Jan 14 to Feb 26, then at the Maryland State Department of Education from Mar 5 to Apr 6, and lastly at the Maryland state Educators Association from Apr 16 to May 11. With all that combined I do believe my message of being involved in your community was well dispatched.” |
Gionni Crawford
“I believe it was in the summer of 2011 when I traveled with a group of six, including myself, to Washington D.C. for the BTLH program. During my training, I documented as much as I could and penned a few articles in which I dived into the history of slavery and media propaganda for a small blog and youth media project I was participating in back in Detroit." |
Every Ambassador volunteers to aid the National Park Services in their goal to beautify the surrounding areas of the memorials in the downtown district area. This not only builds a strong level of teamwork among the groups, but also works to develop good characters and morale. The ambassadors get down and dirty in the disposal of unneeded wild plants around the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.
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Several of our ambassadors have taken initiative to Bring the Lessons Home to their school community by establishing STAND chapters or other clubs. In Annandale High School, the STAND chapter was founded by past BTLH ambassadors to raise awareness of genocide, bullying and any other form of discrimination. Many current ambassadors cite this STAND chapter for their involvement with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Many ambassadors also take leadership roles in their clubs as a way to inform underclassmen about the Holocaust.
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