Pam Bodnar school: Marsh Junior High School, Chico, CA

Pam Bodnar, who will also lead one of the Library’s 2011 Satellite Seminars, was the recipient of two mini-grants. In the spring of 2009 and 2010, Bodnar brought students in the Marsh Junior High School Peer Mediation Program, which is dedicated to promoting peace and respect on campus and in the community, to meet with Holocaust survivors Monique and Jay Frankston. The visits formed part of a larger curriculum aimed at establishing a historical perspective from which to understand social injustice, which in turn helps the mediators to transmit the message to “Speak Up” against injustice to their fellow students.

To find out more about Pam Bodnar’s 2011 Satellite Seminar Crossing Lines: Seeking Heroes, Finding Resilience, click here.