Who: Mike Myers, Dr. Stephen D. Smith, Pinchas Gutter, Akim Aliu, Dr. Claudia Wiedeman, Rachel Luke
What: Live panel discussion sponsored by the USC Shoah Foundation
Where: Zoom webinar
When: Monday, June 22, free with advance RSVP, 12:30
Why: In honor of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camps at the end of WWII, the USC Shoah Foundation is hosting a Zoom panel discussion on June 22 at 12:30 focusing on the personal story of Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter and others. Examining history with an eye toward how change can happen now, the talk features Gutter, Hockey Diversity Alliance cofounder Akim Aliu, USC Shoah Foundation director of education Dr. Claudia Wiedeman, high school educator Rachel Luke, producer, director, and actor Mike Myers, and USC Shoah Foundation executive director chair Dr. Stephen D. Smith. Founded by Steven Spielberg, the USC Shoah Foundation seeks “to develop empathy, understanding, and respect through testimony,” compiling audio and video testimonies for its Visual History Archive. “Stories Are Stronger Than Hate: A Call to Action” is geared to students but can be watched by anyone, as these personal narratives need to be shared around the world, particularly as fewer eyewitnesses are left to tell us the truth and guide us on how to prevent it from happening again.