In mid-June, Charlotte took centerstage as 115 Holocaust leaders and scholars representing national and international Holocaust centers, university programs, museums and councils gathered for the 35th annual Association of Holocaust …
Create a North Carolina Jewish Heritage Tour – We Did it, You Can Too! Virtual Program, Sunday, January 23rd from 4 to 5 pm
Jewish Heritage North Carolina along with the Stan Greenspon Holocaust and Social Justice Education Center presents “Understanding our Past. Celebrating our Present. Visioning our Future: Jacobs-Jaffa Charlotte Jewish Heritage Tours” …
Wine & Wisdom: A Low Stakes Way To Get Connected
By Hannah Eccleston The summer months are often thought of as a break, especially from education. Students are out of school for the summer, and often religious classes are paused …
Looking Back: 100 Years Since Tulsa
By Hannah Eccleston The events of Tulsa, Oklahoma, which occurred 100 years ago on June 1st, 1921, are seen historically as one of the single worst incidents of racial violence …
Refugee Admissions: Lessons Learned in the Wake of the Holocaust Brought to Life Last Month by Amy Lefkof
This July 28th will mark the 70th Anniversary of the signing of the 1951 International Refugee Convention, which is the key legal document (along with its 1967 Protocol) that defines …
A Tale of Two Cities: The Crescent and The Wedge – A Symposium
On Wednesday, April 14th we hosted a dynamic symposium focused on the environmental justice implications of the crescent and wedge dynamic in Charlotte, with guest speakers Queens student Caitlin Roper, …
House Bill 69 – Supporting NC’s Education on the Holocaust and Genocide Bill
These words were delivered by Rabbi Judy Schindler to the North Carolina House Education K-12 Standing Committee on March 23, 2021 In the five years since our inception, the Stan …
Restorative Justice and Tuesday Teach-Ins
Next Restorative Justice Teach-In, June 30, 2020, Noon to 1:30 pm Join us for our upcoming community conversation around decolonizing wealth and dismantling racism. Please RSVP through eventbrite click …
Charlotte Interfaith Clergy Die-In
By Emily Orland, Greenspon Center Summer Intern In the week following George Floyd’s death, Charlotteans were angry. They protested, contacted city officials to demand reform of CMPD, and mourned the …
Listen to our Peaceful Pause Program on Theopoetics with Reverend de’Angelo Dia
Reverend de’Angelo Dia is a poet, theologian, and doctoral student at Union Presbyterian Seminary. Reverend Dia joined the Greenspon Center on Sunday, May 17th, for a Peaceful Pause program on …