A cohort of local high school students recently traveled to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in Washington, D.C., as part of the Together We Remember program.
One of the program’s stated goals is, “We teach our children to ‘never forget,’ but we must also teach them what it is that they are supposed to remember.”
The Together We Remember program was founded by community member Sam Devinki and is facilitated by the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education (MCHE). Founded in 2007, this program has taken over 200 Jewish high school students from the Kansas City area to Washington, D.C., for a visit to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Devinki serves on the United States Holocaust Memorial Council and received the Wings of Memory Leadership Award for the Midwest Region by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
This year’s group of 10 students recently completed this experience. Prior to travel, students selected for the program engaged in educational sessions led by MCHE. These classes, combined with their visit to USHMM, are designed to help students recognize and combat hatred, bigotry and antisemitism.
