Facing History and Ourselves

Choosing To Participate

What can we learn from each other's stories? What is our responsibility to society? Facing History and Ourselves invites you to explore these questions and more at our CHOOSING TO PARTICIPATE exhibition.

CHOOSING TO PARTICIPATE was created by Facing History as a catalyst for conversation—in the workplace, home and school, among different races, generations, cultures, and faith traditions—about how we treat each other, and what our choices mean. The exhibition has won nationwide praise for encouraging more than 500,000 people to consider the consequences of their everyday choices and to inspire them to make a difference in their schools and communities.

Coming to the Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, August 27-November 11, 2012. The exhibition is open to the public during library hours, and there is no admission charge. Visitors to the exhibit will view a series of interactive multimedia installations about people and communities whose stories illustrate how courage, initiative, and compassion are necessary to protect democracy.

Choose Dialogue. Choose Engagement. Choose Respect.
Choose to Participate

To learn more visit facinghistory.org/youchoose.

Not in Chicago? Explore the stories featured in CHOOSING TO PARTICIPATE by visiting choosingtoparticipate.org.

Bullying - Be the Difference - Creating Safe Schools

Facing History and Ourselves, BULLY the movie, and The Bully Project are taking action to foster empathy and action and create safer schools. It's time to take action! www.facinghistory.org/safeschools

Meet Facing History and Ourselves

Get to know Facing History and Ourselves, a unique organization that combats racism and antisemitism by using history to teach tolerance in classrooms around the globe. For more than 30 years, Facing History and Ourselves has believed that education is the key to combating bigotry and nurturing democracy.

Student Voices Facing History and Ourselves

We believe that students are moral philosophers who are able and willing to think about tough moral and ethical dilemmas in surprisingly sophisticated ways. We believe that young people can, and should, be agents of change

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