Memory Project Productions Inc

Programs: Exhibits and educationexhibit development- created paintings to add to core exhibit. These focus on the genocide against the tutsi in rwanda. Workshops and outreach- manhattan college, bronx, ny. - new york state art teachers association, binghamton, ny- workshops at various public schools and community centers throughout poland conducted by partners at the galicia jewish museum- workshops in and around budapest, hungary conducted by partners at the zachor foundation for social remembrance- launched partnership with usc shoah foundation with an online activity, "resilience through art. " as part of "100 days of respect" initiative. - promoted "face to face ambassador program" empowering teachers to become memory project ambassadors and initiate memory projects in their schools. The goal is to have teachers as multipliers conducting workshops without our direct involvement- disseminated materials at professional meetings including the council of american jewish museums and the association of holocaust organizations, new york state art teachers association - many middle school teachers in omaha, ne are using the project in partnership with the institute for holocaust education- wrote and published article in nysata news, summer edition in the section "making a difference: service through art. " the article title is "memory project productions: face-to-face, linking the past with the present to promote historical understanding and compassion" by laurie weisman with roz jacobs.

film and new mediafinding kalman documentary- broadcast on pbs stations nationwide every year since 2012. This year it aired in jacksonville and miami in florida, las vegas, nevada and iowa. - distributed through pearson education to teachers nationwide - available streaming on thirteen. Org, a pbs website. New media- engaged users with our program through various social media campaigns. One of the most successful campaigns has been portrait of the month. Each month we select a portrait to feature, adding quotes from the student who created it and our thoughts on the workshop or the subject. We post the portrait of the month, tagging the involved school and teacher, if applicable. We have also created new community pages in the last year, engaging with the schools and institutions by tagging them in our posts and photos. This, coupled with our recently-launched ambassador program, is part of our initiative to spread our reach by empowering teachers to run workshops on their own. These teachers can then send us their portraits and photos to add to our gallery and post across our social media accounts. - the redesigned memoryprojectproductions. Org education page, which requires sign up to download free materials, enables us to connect with educators who request free materials. Reach:- exhibits have reached more than 146,000 people across the globe. - workshops have engaged more than 5,400 people with 843 participants in the u. S. In 2017. (data not available for poland and hungary at this time. )- finding kalman film has been viewed by hundreds of thousands of people with at least 57 broadcasts. - we have 770 page followers on facebook and more than 430 twitter followers. Facebook has had more than 50,000 post views and there were 45,000 impressions of tweets in 2017.