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BTLH Ambassadors - scholarship opportunity.

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Yesterday, @abcnews reporter @gehlenabc interviewed @holocaustmuseum survivor volunteer Esther Starobin on her thoughts about working with young people @BTLHambassadors in preserving Holocaust memory through art. https://t.co/DKYI3BJphj

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Yesterday, @nbcwashington reporter @derrickward4 covered @holocaustmuseum Art and Memory project by interviewing @btlhambassadors and a Holocaust survivor. https://t.co/V2adfj4jJf

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#trashchallenge #whatidomatters

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Huge thanks to the awesome @BTLHambassadors for helping clean up Anacostia Park after this week’s heavy rains. #trashfreedc @AnacostiaNPS

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#BTLH2019 Stephen Tyrone Johns Summer Youth Ambassadors were hosted by @vaholocaust . Ambassadors were given tours and explored how a different museum exhibits and displays this history. https://t.co/w64SEFDYpm

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#BTLH2019 Squad suit up. Day 2 of the Stephen Tyrone Johns Summer Youth Leadership Program had our newest Ambassadors touring the incoming freshman class for School Without Walls. #WhatIDoMatters https://t.co/oaRNtdbuTx

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We learn about “enemies of the state” on the 4th floor. During #gaypride the Museum will be digging deeper into persecution of homosexuals.
While he was imprisoned in a concentration camp, Pierre Seel’s mother made this small memento. Its centerpiece is… https://t.co/6EiXTLgh7a

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#AnneFrank would have been 90 years old today. Her photo and signature appear in childhood friend Eva Goldberg's autograph book, which was kindly donated to #USHMM a few years ago #Anne90

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Ten years ago today, hate came to our doors.
As we reflect on the memory of Officer Johns, and all he embodied as a guardian of this sacred place of memory, we know that his legacy will be forever secured in the program that bears his name. We remember … https://t.co/zgh6zlsVYi

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This Saturday we will celebrate the hard work 45 students have invested over 14 weeks as it culminates with their first tour! From putting events in chronological and exhibition order to guiding family and friends through the Museums Permanent Exhibit.… https://t.co/arbHIfBfVP

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Examining victim groups of Nazi persecution allows us to dismantle the catch all phrase “other victims”. In doing so we allow for genuine exploration into the groups experience and deepen our understanding of how hate is used to target different groups. … https://t.co/d5FMHk4lM8

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We are nearing graduation for #BTLH Ambassador Class of 2019, and all of the students are putting in time and effort.
Here, Cassie & Mar work on their 2nd Floor narratives while looking like the next best duo from the 80’s.
See them in action when they… https://t.co/BE1VkMh6nP

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New exhibit in the museum: One Thousand Seventy Eight Blue Skies. This installation is a visualization of the Nazi camp system featuring 1,078 individual Polaroid-sized images taken between 2012 and 2017 above every known concentration camp site by Belgi… https://t.co/I2o6AvZGlh

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Seen at the museum today - someone laid flowers at “Loss and Regeneration” https://t.co/kB2hRTrwe1

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One day you come on tour with your school, where you learn about #BTLH. Inspired from the tour you apply and get in. Now you spend your spring break at the museum perfecting your tour. That’s family. Bringing the Lessons Homes has always been more than j… https://t.co/trAEeHYsSx

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Narrative work is intense! However, narratives are the backbone of our docent tours. This #btlh class is finishing up the 4th and 3rd Floor over spring break. #whatidomatters
Pictured: Jadyn https://t.co/eCnjX0QFSW

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These #BTLH Ambassador trainees came to the museum during their spring break and spent 7 hours working in the exhibition, classroom and library to build the best narrative they can.
L-R Tender, Mar, Reinna, Annalise

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#tbt 2018 graduation. We are half way through 2019 class and we have approximately 50 students who will be standing where these 9 ambassadors stood.
From top left: Sifan, Anika, Nevaeh, Vanessa, Solomon, Deborah, Heyabe, Stephanie, Zachary https://t.co/PivsDSxxk2

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Half way through the #BTLH classes and each week the trainees are showing us their understanding of this history, creativity and coming together as a family.
This program introduces young people who may not have crossed paths otherwise. At this 1 table … https://t.co/ecUFMiTRhW

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This year's Bringing the Lessons Home ambassador class hard at work training to become #USHMM docents