Mr. Gans is no longer able to travel to Sioux City.  If you would like him to contact him or send him a card, call 712-255-4346 for the address.

We are delighted to announce that Inge Auerbacher, Holocaust Survivor, Author and Inspirational Speaker will be joining us for the Wednesday March 2 performances of "I Never Saw Another Butterfly" at the Sioux City Orpheum Theatre. Inge is one of the 1% of children...

As the essay and poster portion of Tolerance Week, we are asking students to create in words or visually, a butterfly as a memory of the 1.5 million children that were killed in the holocaust. Students can download a template of a butterfly (there are many different...

In honor of Tolerance Week, all performances of I Never Saw Another Butterfly will be free and open to the public at the Sioux City Community Theatre March 3, 4, 5 and 6.

Rosenwald will be shown at 6:30pm on Monday, February 29 in the Cargill Audiotorium on the campus of Western Iowa Tech Community College. The Ciesla Foundation is dedicated to producing documentaries with an uplifting social and historical message about unsung Jewish...

Raise the Roof will be shown at the Art Center on Thursday, March 3 at 6:30pm with a discussion to follow. Artists Rick and Laura Brown are not Jewish and not Polish, and yet they set out to rebuild Gwoździec, a magnificent wooden eighteenth century synagogue in...

We are thrilled to announce a very special collaboration for Tolerance Week, 2016.  By special arrangement with the Sioux City Community Theatre, the main event at the Sioux City Orpheum Theatre will be opening night of the Children's Production of "I Never Saw...

Area 8th grade students will attend the Sioux City Community Theatre's Children's production of "I Never Saw Another Butterfly" at the Orpheum Theatre on Wednesday, March 2 at 9:30 in the morning. During World War II, 15,000 Jewish children were sent by the Nazi...

Monday, February 29 - 6:30  Western Iowa Tech Community College UPS Auditorium, screening of Rosenwald Wednesday, March 2 – 7:30, Sioux City Orpheum Theatre   We are thrilled to announce a very special collaboration for Tolerance Week, 2016.  By special arrangement...

North High's American Studies class, a combination of American Literature and American History, created an eMagazine that can be found at the following link: http://joom.ag/YBf It contains articles based around the issues of power and disenfranchisement.  The teachers...

As part of Tolerance Week, the Betty Strong Encounter Center will host a program for Worldwide Genocide Awareness Day on Sunday, April 26.  The program is an inter-faith project led by Rabbi Guy Greene of Congregation Beth Shalom in Sioux City.  The project aims to...

This year's art and essay contest entries need to convey in words, color, texture, symbols or imagery this message:   Fear & Ignorance = Hate   Acceptance, Friendship & Peace = Tolerance...

On Tuesday evening, April 21 at 6:00, the Sioux City Public Museum will host Odyssey of Acceptance: A look at coming to America from the perspective of immigrants and refugees.  Hosted by Erica Deleon, director, Mary Treglia Community House with guest speaker Sanford...

On Thursday evening, April 23 at 6:00 in the St. Francis Center at Briar Cliff University, the award winning documentary will be screened.  Private Violence is a feature-length documentary film and audience engagement campaign that explores a simple, but deeply...

Tolerance Week partner Morningside College will host a screening of The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life, an Academy Award-winning 2013 documentary-short film directed, written and produced by Malcolm Clarke. The Lady In Number 6: Music Saved My Life tells the...

Tolerance Week will be held April 20-24, 2015.  Mr. Phil Gans will be returning to Siouxland to speak to area students and area 8th graders will see "Nicky's Family" at the Orpheum Theatre on Wednesday morning April 22.  A special Encore presentation of "Rise:  A...

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We are ready schedule Mr. Gans for the week of April 28 - May 2, 2014.  Please call 712-255-4346 to arrange to have Mr. Gans visit your school. Monday, April 28, 10:00 Boyer Valley Schools, Dunlap Tuesday, April 29, 9:45 Akron-Westfield Middle School Tuesday PM...

Area 8th grade students will again be shown the film "Nicky's Family" at the Orpheum Theatre on Wednesday, April 30th at 9:30 in the morning. In 1939, Sir Nicholas Winton personally and by his own initiative saved the lives of 669 children from Nazi-occupied...

A documentary celebrating award-winning journalist Ruth Gruber, witness and participant in the Making of History will be shown on Monday, April 28 at 6 p.m. in the Cargill Auditorium Ruth Gruber didn't just report the news...she made it! AHEAD OF TIME, tells the...

The event is called Rise: A Journey of Spiritual Resistance RISE is a powerful journey of live music, art and motion pictures inspired by the Holocaust. The evening is presented by Sioux City Symphony Conductor, Ryan Haskins. As always, the event is free and open to...

Tolerance Week, 2014, will be held April 28 - May 2.  Mark your calendars!  

21 Art teachers attended a workshop given by Nan Wilson, Art Dept. Chair at Briar Cliff University on how to incorporate the theme of Tolerance into art lessons throughout the...

  Hiatt Holman is a 6th Grader at West Middle. Currently he is writing songs at The Sioux City Conservatory of Music under the direction of Ron  Emory. His song "It's Going to be Alright" and it's message is encouraging those  of us who have suffered loss. If...

About 300 heard Gov. Terry Branstad before the film on Wednesday, April 3. Just before the screening began, dozens of parachutes floated from the balcony delighting the...

Communitas  is a Latin word for people helping people for the benefit of their  community. The  Communitas Award program is an international effort to recognize exceptional  businesses, organizations and individuals that are unselfishly giving of  themselves and their...

KTIV's Kristen Johnson reads an essay by Jade Galles Mary Brown reads an essay by Tevor Clark Special guests read student essays with a soft drum accompaniment during the Tolerance Week Open House and spoken word event on Tuesday, April 2....

    Beverly Beckner's winning entryWinners of the 2013 Tolerance Week art contest were announced at the Orpheum Theatre on Wednesday, April 3.  The winners: Beverly Beckner, North Middle School, 8th grade, Jim Bravo - teacher Raksha Doddabele, Dakota Valley...

Winners of the Tolerance Week Art and Essays contests were announced Wednesday, April 3 at the Orpheum Theatre. Essay contest, two winners: Elyssa Ysquierdo, South Sioux City Middle School, and her teacher Lindsay Noteboom. Kelsey Maguire, Holy Cross–Blessed...

The Art Center was the perfect venue for a screening of the documentary "Bully" on April 4.  Sioux City School Superintendent Dr. Paul Gausman commented that changes have been made within the district, but sometimes results are slow to...

  Roberta Grossman was scheduled to speak at WIT and after the evening screening of "Blessed is the Match," however, she was unable to attend due to broken bones in her ankle requiring surgery.  As a stand in for Roberta, Christine McAvoy gave an encore...