top of page

Scholarship Contest

Each year, Nevada Center for Humanity invites 1-2 schools to participate in the Scholarship Contest with the goal that students better learn about themselves and their own sense of agency through the lessons of the Holocaust.

The 2024 writing contest awarded 6 winners with $1,000 scholarships. Valley High School International Baccalaureate students were invited to write about the dangers of propaganda that polluted society in Nazi Germany and how we might combat that today.

“Being an upstander means having the integrity to stick to your beliefs and helping those who can't help themselves. For the survivors, this was displayed in how they consciously chose to help Jewish people because they genuinely cared for them. They were not wealthy or 'more capable' of providing for those in need. Knowing this and the stories of the survivors reminds me of how I am capable of making a change. Often I think I have to be further in life or need some type of experience to stand against injustice. Although, these stories make me think about how it starts with just having kindness for others. Just having compassion for others can make a change in someone's life. These stories encourage me to spread compassion and be a good influence in the midst of the bad. Going forward, I will be an advocate for others in need whenever I can through having compassion and gentleness with those around me and leading by example.”

- 2023 Winner, Emmely

Our mission is to educate the community using the lessons of the Holocaust. Further, to identify the people and the stories that demonstrate mans' humanity toward his fellow man within the context of Holocaust rescue; and, apply these examples of rare- but- extraordinary model behavior, to activate rescuer behavior in the present day. 

© 2024 Nevada Center for Humanity. Nevada Center for Humanity is a 501(c)(3) public charity
 

bottom of page