NEXT GENERATIONS

Next Generations is a nonprofit organization founded in 2004 by children of Holocaust Survivors, educators and others who care about social injustice with the vision of empowering future generations to be the messenger for all Survivors and keep their authentic voices alive.

NEXT GENERATIONS is excited to present their fall showcase of events – all on the digital Zoom platform.

All programs are being offered at no cost to you. However, you must register individually for each program. Space is limited, so please RSVP soon.

https://www.nextgenerations.org/events

Just a sample of their many upcoming offering:

Sun, Aug 16
Dr. Felsen Webinar Series
Unique Strengths of Children of Survivors
The psychological strengths and vulnerabilities of 2Gs. Knowing one’s strengths allows us to capitalize on these traits and integrate them more consistently into our daily lives.

Tue, Aug 25
Dr. Felsen Webinar Series
Intergenerational Transmission
How does the experiential knowledge of an event that took place before one was born take place? How does a perspective of “dual reality” come to be represented in the lived experience of children of survivors?

Tue, Sep 01
Dr. Felsen Webinar Series
The Legacy: What do we want to do to ensure the memory of the Holocaust?
What do we want to do to ensure the memory of the Holocaust? This presentation will focus on the differences among the generations and what is known at this point from research about the grandchildren of survivors.

Wed, Sep 09
Meet the Author Series
Join us to “meet the author” Keren Toledano
Keren Toledano is a writer and painter based in New York City. In Light of This & Other Things is her first long form piece. She is currently at work on a young adult novel based on her grandmother's story of survival.

Sun, Sep 13
Dr. Felsen Webinar Series
The Relationships Between Adult Siblings (2Gs) in Holocaust families: Resentments and cut-offs.
Absence of parental emotional availability and stress in the family can lead to increased support and closeness among siblings, or to the opposite, increased tension, rivalry and hostility.

Tue, Sep 22
Dr. Felsen Webinar Series
Art by the Second and Third Generation Holocaust Survivors
The creative expression of intergenerational transmission reflects the dialectic of knowing and not knowing about the trauma suffered by one’s (grand) parents during the Holocaust.

Tue, Oct 13
Dr. Felsen Webinar Series
Grandchildren of Survivors (3G)
Research is accumulating about the third generation and is starting to inform us about their experiences and about the relationships between them and their 2G parents.

Fri, Oct 23
Virtual Lesson
Defeating Hitler’s Final Solution: Preserving Yiddish Culture and Language Today with Riva Ginsburg
Keeping the Yiddish language alive is one of the most powerful ways to defeat Hitler’s goal of “The Final Solution”. Yiddish enables us to enter the doors of a magnificent literature and culture that helps us understand the soul of the Jewish people of pre-war Eastern Europe.

Sun, Oct 25
Dr. Felsen Webinar Series
Intergenerational Transmission
How does the experiential knowledge of an event that took place before one was born take place? How does a perspective of “dual reality” come to be represented in the lived experience of children of survivors?

Tue, Oct 27
Dr. Felsen Webinar Series
Midlife as an Opportunity
Age allows greater emotional and cognitive complexity, which in turn can enhance adaptive coping. Relationships represent a powerful system for mobilizing healing and sustaining us and are a particularly important resource as we grow older.

Sun, Nov 01
Dr. Felsen Webinar Series
The “Dual Reality” of Trauma Survivors and their Children
Coping with a current threat through the lens of 2Gs. The unprecedented Coronavirus pandemic has changed life on the individual and collective levels for everyone across the globe and for 2Gs. It has evoked reactions associated with the Holocaust.

Thu, Nov 12
Meet the Author Series
Join us to “meet the author” Roslyn Franken
Roslyn Franken is an internationally acclaimed author and inspirational speaker. She is best known for her book entitled, MEANT TO BE: A TRUE STORY OF MIGHT, MIRACLES AND TRIUMPH OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT, about how her parents, as two young Jewish teenagers, survived captivity.​​

The Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights

presents the 
TOLI International Art Exhibit 2020: Students View the Holocaust Through Art

Viewable online now:

https://www.toli.us/art-projects/

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​​​​Duke Center for Jewish Studies
www.jewishstudies.duke.edu

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​​​​​Duke Coalition for Preserving Memory 
8th Annual 24-hour Name Reading Ceremony

(VIRTUAL)​

Over 300 individuals from all over the world (both coasts of the US, the UK, Canada, India, and so many more locations) came together to raise their voices up against mass atrocity for this virtual name reading.

The 24 hours worth of pre-recorded videos is now available on the new Duke Coalition for Preserving Memory (CPM) YouTube channel. 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSafr2cLwQcX2ce8NjvOHOw

Also available, recording of CLOSING CEREMONY chat
​with Hayley Childress of The Apptivist: An App for Activism 

(program starts at 6:13) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F4yaGVGck7QaGlu3njVG6ScVuFIZRrSj/view?usp=sharing

Links to learn more about Hayley's project:
Website:https://www.theapptivist.com/
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/watch/theapptivist/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/apptivistapp
GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/apptivistapp​​

North Carolina Council on the Holocaust Educator Workshops

https://ncholocaustcouncil.org/

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Workshops listed here:   http://www.ncpublicschools.org/holocaust-council/workshops/​

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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Live Streamed Events. Available on demand at: ushmm.org/watch.