Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County (HMTC) Join Nassau and Suffolk County Police Departments to Seek Those Who Make a Difference
(GLEN COVE, NY) – In conjunction with the Nassau and Suffolk County Police Departments, the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County (HMTC) seeks nominations for the 2013 Friedlander Upstander Award. The $2,500 education scholarships will be awarded to one student each from Nassau and Suffolk Counties, who has shown her/himself to be an Upstander against intolerance in any of its forms.
“The Nassau County Police Department is proud to support the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center’s Friedlander Upstander Awards. Young people are our future and acknowledging and celebrating those who stand up to make a difference is an important part of our work in the community,” said Nassau County Police Commissioner Thomas V. Dale.
The student’s action as an Upstander could be one of intervention or prevention. “In law enforcement, it is our job to fight against intolerance, but for students, it can sometimes be difficult to stand up to their peers and promote acceptance and respect. The Suffolk County Police Department is proud to be part of the committee that selects and rewards students for fighting intolerance and bullying,” said Suffolk County Police Commissioner Edward Webber. “Long Island is naturally diverse and tolerance in our young people is a critical step in acceptance.”
Selected for their actions on behalf of other students as agents of change and tolerance, the Friedlander Upstander Awards are generously sponsored by the Claire Friedlander Family Foundation. “The Claire Friedlander Family Foundation is proud to support, with the professional guidance of our partner, the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center, young Upstanders who make the often difficult decision to extinguish the flames of intolerance wherever they may burn,” said Peter Klein, Claire Friedlander Family Foundation President.
“The centerpiece of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center is to teach youth how the lessons of the Holocaust can be applied today and to their own lives,” according to Steven Markowitz, HMTC Chairman. “The Friedlander Upstander Awards reiterates our underlying message that every day, each of us can make a difference in our community.”
Deadline for nominations is March 22, 2013. Representatives of the Claire Friedlander Family Foundation, the HMTC, and the Police Departments will present the award to both recipients at a special ceremony during HMTC’s Tolerance Benefit and Auction on May 1, 2013. To nominate a student or for additional information, visit: www.holocaust-nassau.org/education/students
About the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County
The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County is the pre-eminent Holocaust resource on Long Island, with a contemporary museum and is one of the largest and most comprehensive education program providers in the region. Since 2007, nearly 210,000 students, educators, employers and law enforcement personnel have participated in the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center’s education programs.
Under construction and scheduled to open in late 2013, the Claire Friedlander Education Institute will accommodate four classrooms with state-of-the-art audio-visual aids and cutting edge technical equipment for specialized Holocaust video-conferencing programs and a wide variety of workshops for youth and adults.
With the Louis Posner Memorial Library, the Center offers over 7,000 volumes of Holocaust, genocide, multicultural, anti-bias and anti-bullying material for youth and adults, from Kindergarten through post-graduate researchers. It is the largest such collection on Long Island.
Additional information is available online at: www.holocaust-nassau.org
