Headshot Photo of Amanda Haworth
2007 Award Recipient

AmandaHaworth

Project High School Holocaust Curriculum

Location La Jolla, CA

Issue Area Antisemitism | Education

Amanda observed that students at her high school were not educated about the Holocaust and also demonstrated intolerance toward individuals and groups of people different from themselves. Unwilling to accept the status quo, Amanda began a program for Holocaust education/tolerance training at the school. She fundraised over $12,000 to cover a trip to the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles for the entire junior class (410 students plus adults) through letter writing, phone calls, and face-to-face meetings with potential donors during the summer between her freshman and sophomore years of high school.

The educational experience Amanda made possible had a lasting impact on participating students. Based on its initial success and a recognition that this type of education should take place earlier in the developmental process, the trip to the Museum of Tolerance was incorporated into the local middle school curriculum.

Each student wrote an essay on what they saw and learned and it was amazing to think how much their eyes had been opened and how much this experience affected them.

Amanda Haworth
“It is never too late, too early, or too often TO GIVE BACK AND MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE”
Helen Diller