2026 Powell Advanced Summer Fellowship: Women's Voices and Local Histories: Reframing the Holocaust
August 4-7, 2026 | At the Henry and Sandra Friedman Holocaust Center for Humanity, Seattle
The Holocaust Center for Humanity offers an intensive 4-day advanced summer fellowship designed for teachers of grades 6-12 who have been actively teaching the Holocaust and/or other genocides and human rights for more than three years.
Accommodations will be provided. | The Fellowship is limited to 20 participants. | Teachers in the Pacific Northwest states are given first priority. | 30 Washington State Clock Hours available
The 2026 Powell Summer Fellowship will offer educators the opportunity to engage with the history of the Holocaust from a female perspective as well as consider the intersection between the history of the Holocaust and local histories.
The seminar will focus on providing Washington state Holocaust educators with advanced scholarship, the most current teacher resources, and an opportunity for collaboration and discussion.
Requirements:
- Eligible teachers will currently be teaching grades 6-12 in a classroom.
- Eligible teachers must have at least three years of experience teaching the Holocaust and/or other genocides and human rights.
- Beyond the four-day in-person sessions at the Holocaust Center for Humanity, participants will join a year-long cohort, meeting three times via Zoom to share how they have applied their learning in the classroom.
Application Deadline: May 1, 2026
Questions? Please email Branda Anderson, Teaching and Learning Specialist,
This program is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Powell Family Foundation.
Topics for Teaching about the Holocaust and Genocide Professional Development Webinar Series
This year-long series offers educators the chance to deepen their understanding of the Holocaust and genocide while exploring approaches to teaching these complex histories in the secondary classroom. Through conversations with leading scholars and practitioners, participants will leave with practical strategies and ready-to-use lesson ideas that connect directly to their teaching. Educators may choose to register for the full series or select the sessions that best fit their needs.
Washington state educators will be eligible for one clock per session attended.
Schedule of Sessions
April 21, 2026 4:00-5:00 pm (PST): Understanding the Risk Factors for Genocide
- Presenter: James Waller
- This session will explore the risk factors that create the conditions in which mass atrocities are possible in a given society. Featuring James Waller, Ph.D., the inaugural Christopher J. Dodd Chair in Human Rights Practice and acting director of the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute at the University of Connecticut, the session will also include an introduction to classroom lesson plans for exploring risk factors in historical case studies and ongoing conflicts. Washington State educators who are seeking to earn 1 clock hour, please make sure to register with PdEnroller: https://www.pdenroller.org/ospi/catalog/event/202837
2026 Virtual Day of Learning: Teaching and Learning About Genocide
June 22, 2026
11:00-11:55 am: Hatred Has a Final Destination: From the Bosnian Genocide to a Prevention Roadmap for American Educators
1:00-1:55 pm: An Introduction to Transitional Justice for the Secondary Classroom