“It’s not hard for students to relate to the idea of coordinated, creative resistance.” — April Slabosheski, Education Director, Oregon Jewish Museum
Vedem Foundation’s multimedia workshops are designed to provide both the catalyst and the tools for students to become creative activists in their own communities.
The Foundation’s workshops examine the historic, cultural and artistic legacy of Vedem, a teen-authored magazine that was the longest-running underground publication to be regularly produced by Nazi concentration camp prisoners. By examining how young activists inside the Terezin Ghetto fearlessly fought anti-Semitism with creative expression, the workshops teach secondary-school and college students an invaluable lesson that transcends religion, age and eras.
Vedem Foundation’s innovative and interdisciplinary creative activism workshops combine a history lesson on Vedem with a tutorial in both journalism and art.
These workshops provide an invaluable forum to explore personal identity through socially-engaged creativity. Participants leave with a broader range of tools to express themselves while deepening their social engagement in their community and beyond.
