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Featured
Guests
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Rose Beal—An
active docent at the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights
Memorial, Rose Beal is a
Holocaust survivor who generously tells her
remarkable story to visitors and student
groups as often as she is asked. |
Rose grew up
in Frankfurt, Germany, and attended school until it was closed by the
Nazis when Rose was in her early teens. She was one of 200
of 17,000 Jews to survive a grueling deportation to Poland
just before the outbreak of the war. Rose survived
harassment, raids and the infamous 1938
Krystallnacht
or "Night of Broken Glass." Rose, her mother and younger
brothers narrowly escaped death several times. She describes
her time in Nazi Germany with crystalline detail and
attributes her survival to luck. She also shares themes of
of Holocaust remembrance and
the American immigrant experience.
A frequent keynote speaker and
honored guest for education institutions, civic
organizations and lawmakers, Rose is also the focus of a
recent OfficeMax
Boise Community Fund
grant award to
the Center to develop a video
and oral history profiling her story. The project will include a documentary
film and educational lesson for classroom use in Idaho's
schools.
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Linda
Ricketts—Dr.
Linda Ricketts is an international human rights
education leader with a unique approach to
enlightening and empowering audiences Also an accomplished
humanitarian, Dr. Ricketts has served both the domestic and
the global community since 1997. |
Linda has been actively involved in literary
projects in the Oakland Public Schools, career development
for adolescents in the foster-care system, international
projects that provide medical supplies, facilities and clean
drinking water to impoverished and underserved communities
in Africa, Mexico, Central America, and a micro-banking
women’s project in Vietnam. In keeping with her
commitment to achieving peace and understanding through
education, Dr. Ricketts chairs the International World Peace
Fellows program and the Ambassadorial Scholars Program for Rotary International. Previously
a Fellow with the U.S. Department of State, Linda studied at the National University in
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.
Between her professional pursuits
and humanitarian service, Linda performs and
records the music of her cultural experience stylizing jazz,
blues and gospel vocals.
Originally from Indianapolis, Indiana, Dr.
Ricketts holds a B.S. and a MPA from Indiana University, and
a Doctorate in International and Multicultural Education
from the University of San Francisco. She works on a project basis for Stanford
University and the University of California Berkeley.
Live jazz by the New Trio—Rod
Wray, bass; Chuck Smith, piano; and Sandon Mayhew,
saxophone.
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Asiago's Rose Beal Berryhill & Company Boise Contemporary Theater
Boise Little Theater Boise Hawks
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Idaho Human Rights Education Center Board Idaho Shakespeare Festival
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Annual Event Planning Committee Members
Melissa Christenson Jessica Galloway Monica Hopkins Pauline Harf Sandi Mesenhimer Sarah Miller Konnie Nelson Lisa Uhlmann
Food by Metro Gourmet Catering. |
