As you remember the victims of the Holocaust today, please consider exploring the resources on the Houston Holocaust Museum’s website or visiting the museum itself. Click here to visit their website.
From the museum’s website: “Charged with educating students and the public about the dangers of prejudice and hatred in society, Holocaust Museum Houston opened its doors in March of 1996. Since that time, impassioned notes, poems, artwork, and other gifts, from school children and adults alike, attest to the life-changing thoughts generated by just one visit to this unique facility.”
Of particular relevance recently is a resurgence of comparisons between the Holocaust and COVID guidelines. Such comparisons have been denounced by the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum (DHHRM) and similar organizations. Please click here to view a statement from DHHRM on this topic.
Royal High School junior Maria Flores was selected for a second year to be a Houston Holocaust Museum Student Ambassador for Engines of Change. Maria is currently on the leadership council for this program. She was asked to assist with the 2021 Dia de los Muertos exhibit at the museum and to speak with the artist at the exhibit opening. Maria was asked by the artist to create the floral arrangements used on the ofrenda and to speak about what she learned about her culture and traditions at the community reveal of the ofrenda. Click here to read more!