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STAND UP. SPEAK OUT. LEND A HAND!

Please join us for this exciting program-----aimed toward promoting tolerance, anti-violence and social activism. MAGPI is pleased to offer this program to any interested high school or higher education institution that has Internet2 connectivity and the ability to do H.323 videoconferencing. MAGPI is pleased to partner with The Gerda and Kurt Klein Foundation to offer this special opportunity!

Program Dates (participation in all programs is required):

Kick-off Videoconference Event with Gerda Weissmann Klein:
Thursday, November 16th (International Day of Tolerance)
10:30 a.m. ET - 11:45 a.m. ET

Service Learning Projects/Mentor Meetings:
November 17th - January 17, 2007

Wrap-Up Videoconference/Project Collage Event:
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
10:30 a.m. ET-11:45 a.m. ET

Target Grade Levels
9-12; Higher Education

Requirements for Participation
All participating sites must have H.323 videoconferencing capabilities and have connectivity to the Internet2 network.

Description
In the winter of 1945, on the day of her liberation from six years of Nazi rule, Gerda Weissmann clung to life at the end of a 350-mile death march. She weighed 68 pounds, her hair had turned white, and she had not had a bath in three years. She survived with courage, grace and dignity.

Gerda Weissmann Klein, renowned motivational speaker and Holocaust survivor, teaches each one of us about tolerance, understanding and making a difference. Gerda Klein's spirit helped her survive six years under Nazi rule; through her story, and her unique perspective, she continues to help each one of us to understand the dangers of hate and extremism.

Students involved in **STAND UP. SPEAK OUT. LEND A HAND! ** will hear from Gerda during a special interactive videoconference event and then embark upon their own service learning projects. **Each participating school will be tasked with designing and implementing a service learning project that combats social issues in their community**. Schools will have access to an online service-learning curriculum and a special volunteer mentor from The Gerda and Kurt Klein Foundation.

In celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday, students will then reconvene via videoconference to share their service learning projects with Gerda and the Klein Foundation mentors during a celebratory "Project Collaboration Videoconference" in January.

**It's a 60 day service learning challenge. Are your students ready to STAND UP, SPEAK OUT, and LEND A HAND! against extremism and hunger?**

Registration
Registration for this event closes on Friday, November 3, 2006./ For more information/registration, please visit: http://www.magpi.net/programs/klein.html.

Testing
All sites that would like to participate in this project will be required to successfully complete a videoconference connectivity test prior to November 15, 2006.

Contact information
Heather Weisse
MAGPI, Applications Coordinator
3401 Walnut Street, Suite 233A
Philadelphia, PA 19104
email: hweisse@magpi.net
phone: 215-573-6417
www.magpi.net

Beth G. Reisboard
Executive Director, Gerda and Kurt Klein Foundation
P.O. Box 314
Narberth, PA 19072
Ph. 610-668-2314
F. 610-668-2313
_breisboard@aol.com_
www.kleinfoundation.org