At Facing History Schools' first graduation on June 26, 2009, Facing History and Ourselves' Chief Program Officer, Marc Skvirsky, reminisces about when starting the school was just an idea, one that's now been realized.

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At the Facing History Schools' first graduation on June 26, 2009, valedictorian Zanetta King talks about how Facing History School changed her outlook and inspired her to get involved in her community. She will be attending Smith College in the fall.

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Salutatorian Jose Torres talks about his Facing History journey at Facing History School's first graduation on June 26, 2009.

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Greg D., a Facing History teacher, speaks about the organization's challenge to its teachers and students: to take seriously one's choices, actions and attitudes.

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Mahal speaks of her experiences on a Facing History Civil Rights field trip that culminated at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis.

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From "Not In Our School" week at Gunn High School in April 2008. Students in Roni Habib's "Facing History and Ourselves" class talk about what it means when students say "That's so gay."

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Screamersmovie.com New Documentary about recognizing the Armenian Genocide as Caral Garapedian follows System of a Down's 2005 World Tour and thier campaign for the genocide recogniztion. Director weaves footage of recent genocides and political uproar to try and stop/prevent genocides acrpss our civilized world

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Samantha Power, JFK School of Government, Harvard University; John Prendergast, International Crisis Group /// Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Author, "What Went Wrong in Iraq" from Foreign Affairs.

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Geoffrey Canada, President / CEO Harlem Children's Zone; 1 clip from a previous Charlie Rose show with Joel Klein /// Elie Wiesel, Boston University, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Founder & President, The Elie Wiesel Foundation; Abraham Foxman, National Director, Anti- Defamation League; Edward Mortimer, Advisor to U.N. Secretary General; Swami Adiswaranda, Minister and Spiritual Leader, Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center of New York /// Jerome Groopman, The New Yorker, Author, "The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness" [Random House].

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Screamersmovie.com New Documentary about recognizing the Armenian Genocide as Caral Garapedian follows System of a Down's 2005 World Tour and thier campaign for the genocide recogniztion. Director weaves footage of recent genocides and political uproar to try and stop/prevent genocides acrpss our civilized world

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Samantha Power, JFK School of Government, Harvard University; John Prendergast, International Crisis Group /// Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Author, "What Went Wrong in Iraq" from Foreign Affairs.

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Geoffrey Canada, President / CEO Harlem Children's Zone; 1 clip from a previous Charlie Rose show with Joel Klein /// Elie Wiesel, Boston University, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Founder & President, The Elie Wiesel Foundation; Abraham Foxman, National Director, Anti- Defamation League; Edward Mortimer, Advisor to U.N. Secretary General; Swami Adiswaranda, Minister and Spiritual Leader, Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center of New York /// Jerome Groopman, The New Yorker, Author, "The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness" [Random House].

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