EYH 2015: From Berlin To Auschwitz

By in Holocaust, Human Rights

“It is the future which can restore the past and keep it from being forgotten”    Introduction:       Why I chose to study Holocaust? My curiosity and interest spurred from my love of reading. Since childhood, I have loved having my head in a book. I believe, “Words are the voice of the heart,” be it the author’s or the characters’. As an elementary student, I picked up “Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes,” it is a post WWII story of young Japanese girl named Sadako who bore the scars of war through her leukemia caused by the Atomic Bomb. Through her story I began to see Sadako as a real girl, like myself, and I developed a familiarity to her. She inspired me because despite her affliction, she refused to hate instead, she and her paper cranes showed the world the importance of peace, love, and life through her will to live and acceptance of everyone.It was hard for me to...

Eleanor Roosevelt: World’s Most Admired Woman

By in Leadership, Political Leaders

  “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience by which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.”-Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the 32nd United States President, writer, feminist, activist, mentor, and teacher.   Born into a family ravaged by the disease of alcoholism and self-destruction, Eleanor Roosevelt was faced with much adversity throughout her life. Through her mentor and teacher, Marie Souvestre, Eleanor acquired a determination to be active rather than idle. She grew to become a more assertive, independent, and bold woman, earning the title of the “World’s Most Admired Woman.” Her own quest for independence allowed her to develop a passion for empowering women.  A subject of occasional criticism and controversy, Eleanor an...