California Collaborative - JFCS Holocaust Center

Empowering educators to eradicate hate.

The California Teachers Collaborative is the first of its kind in the nation.

Our statewide network unites California’s 14 leading institutions for Holocaust and genocide education as well as community leaders from diverse ethnic groups across the state.

Through standards-aligned lesson plans, expert-led trainings, and a wealth of educational resources, we empower and unify educators in teaching the lessons of history and about what happens when bias goes unchecked.

"The California Teachers Collaborative has delivered the most professional and meaningful curriculum that I have experienced in the last 15 years.”

“The experience I gained will be forever etched in my heart. This inspires me to teach my students about the Holocaust.”

“The most meaningful takeaway for me is how empathy is an important element to teaching the Holocaust. I also received excellent resources and strategies about discussing and examining the origins of antisemitism.”

“I do not serve a Jewish population, but the issues of Holocaust education would resonate with all. Everyone has a story.”

https://holocaustcenter.jfcs.org/california-expands-holocaust-and-genocide-education/

California Expands Holocaust and Genocide Education Amid Rising Antisemitism

California Empowers Teachers to Counter Antisemitism and Hate

JFCS Helps Teachers to Shape California’s Future

Coordinated by JFCS, California Teachers Collaborative is Awarded Major State Funding

California Teachers Learn How to Fight Hate at First-Ever Summer Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Education

JFCS Holocaust Center Leads First Statewide Symposium on Holocaust and Genocide Education

By 2029 the California Teachers Collaborative will:

Train 8,500 teachers through professional development workshops & institutes.
Serve all California school districts with students grades 6-12.
Educate 1,062,500 California students.

Members of the California Teachers Collaborative

Avenues for Change: Holocaust and Genocide Education
Cambodian Genocide Resource Center
Central Valley Holocaust Educators’ Network (CVHEN)
Echoes & Reflections
Facing History and Ourselves
The Genocide Education Project: Armenian History and Education
Holocaust Museum LA

Jewish Family and Children’s Services Holocaust Center
Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation
Museum of Tolerance
Redbud Resource Group: Indigenous History and Education
TWIGE Project: Teaching about the Genocides in Rwanda and Guatemala
USC Shoah Foundation for Visual History and Education
Uyghur Genocide Online Resource Center

The California Teachers Collaborative was established by the JFCS Holocaust Center, with support from the California Department of Education, Marin County Office of Education, and the State of California.

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