Welcome to the Hartman House Alums Blog. Here, former Hartman House interns can blog about their experiences at the HH and what they're up to now. This blog is also for those of you interested in learning more about the Hartman House, the opportunities we provide, and how a Hartman House internship can prepare you for a variety of careers. Read on!
Hello past, present and future Hartman House members!
My refection one year and three months after graduate:
A discussion of the service continuum was common occurrence during my time at the Hartman House. Jessie Weasner and I infused the community outreach programs with this idea hoping to build programs and events to include a range civic engagement from direct service, activism to education and direct action. This effort was an attempt to offer DePauw University community members with a variety of entry levels to global civic engagement. I can not speak to the longer term impact of this mission on anyone but myself.
The abstract concept of the service continuum was applied in a tangible way when I searched for my first position post graduation. I struggled to match my interests and skills with job opportunities; a fairly normally struggle but frustrating even still. I essentially wanted to marry event planning and project management with the desire to participate in positive change. Unfortunately these are not helpful key words for career search engines and so I turned to the service continuum realizing my affinity with service through education. By reflecting on my experiences at The Hartman House I was guided to Facing History and Ourselves for my first job opportunity.
Since 1976, Facing History and Ourselves has offered an interdisciplinary approach to citizenship education that connects the history of the Holocaust and other examples of genocide to the moral questions young people face in their own lives. We provide middle and high school educators with tools for teaching history and ethics, and for helping their students learn to combat prejudice with compassion, indifference with participation, and myth and misinformation with knowledge. The program engages students in an education that encourages the skills, promotes the values, and fosters the ideals needed to sustain a democratic society.
Facing History and Ourselves has grown from a single office in Brookline, Massachusetts, to an international organization with over 160 staff members in Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, London, Los Angeles, Memphis, New England, New York, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Toronto. We have educational partnerships in a growing number of countries, including Northern Ireland, Israel, Rwanda, and South Africa. We engage more than 1.8 million students annually through our global network of 25,000 educators and reach the public through community events and extensive online resources.
I work for our Los Angeles office as the Development Coordinator. Since the Los Angeles office opened in July 1994, more than 1,600 local educators have participated in Facing History’s professional development programs. These teachers annually reach over 160,000 middle and high school students in over 150 public, religious and independent schools throughout Southern California. Many schools and small learning communities (SLCs) are implementing Facing History across the curriculum as a way to engage students in learning and develop civic skills and awareness.
Not only did the focus of civic engagement inform my career choice but my experiences as Make A Difference Day Coordinator and Head Community Outreach Intern helped to foster the essential skills of communication, project management and team work. I look to the Hartman House a key piece of my DePauw University experience.
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Hello past, present and future Hartman House members!
My refection one year and three months after graduate:
A discussion of the service continuum was common occurrence during my time at the Hartman House. Jessie Weasner and I infused the community outreach programs with this idea hoping to build programs and events to include a range civic engagement from direct service, activism to education and direct action. This effort was an attempt to offer DePauw University community members with a variety of entry levels to global civic engagement. I can not speak to the longer term impact of this mission on anyone but myself.
The abstract concept of the service continuum was applied in a tangible way when I searched for my first position post graduation. I struggled to match my interests and skills with job opportunities; a fairly normally struggle but frustrating even still. I essentially wanted to marry event planning and project management with the desire to participate in positive change. Unfortunately these are not helpful key words for career search engines and so I turned to the service continuum realizing my affinity with service through education. By reflecting on my experiences at The Hartman House I was guided to Facing History and Ourselves for my first job opportunity.
Since 1976, Facing History and Ourselves has offered an interdisciplinary approach to citizenship education that connects the history of the Holocaust and other examples of genocide to the moral questions young people face in their own lives. We provide middle and high school educators with tools for teaching history and ethics, and for helping their students learn to combat prejudice with compassion, indifference with participation, and myth and misinformation with knowledge. The program engages students in an education that encourages the skills, promotes the values, and fosters the ideals needed to sustain a democratic society.
Facing History and Ourselves has grown from a single office in Brookline, Massachusetts, to an international organization with over 160 staff members in Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, London, Los Angeles, Memphis, New England, New York, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Toronto. We have educational partnerships in a growing number of countries, including Northern Ireland, Israel, Rwanda, and South Africa. We engage more than 1.8 million students annually through our global network of 25,000 educators and reach the public through community events and extensive online resources.
I work for our Los Angeles office as the Development Coordinator. Since the Los Angeles office opened in July 1994, more than 1,600 local educators have participated in Facing History’s professional development programs. These teachers annually reach over 160,000 middle and high school students in over 150 public, religious and independent schools throughout Southern California. Many schools and small learning communities (SLCs) are implementing Facing History across the curriculum as a way to engage students in learning and develop civic skills and awareness.
Not only did the focus of civic engagement inform my career choice but my experiences as Make A Difference Day Coordinator and Head Community Outreach Intern helped to foster the essential skills of communication, project management and team work. I look to the Hartman House a key piece of my DePauw University experience.
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