Chicago Teachers at Illinois Holocaust Museum
Photo by Abbey Romanek
(July 2nd, 2013) Skokie, IL - Twenty-two teachers, members of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), took a special group tour today of the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center in Skokie. Eli Fishman (right), Director of the Chicago Region of the Jewish Labor Committee, organizes these trips, working with the CTU Quest Center, which is looking forward to bringing even more teachers to such programs in the future. A number of teachers expressed their appreciation for the 'bullying' exhibit in the museum, part of the Museum's Anti-Bullying Initiative: the Museum has expanded its anti-bullying programming to include new resources and training for students, teachers, administrators and community organizations, such as its "Steps to Respect Bullying Prevention Program," which teaches elementary students to recognize, refuse, and report bullying; to be assertive; and to build friendships.