2014 Program PDF - HateBrakers.org

New Conscience, Inc.
HateBrakers.org
EVENT COMMITTEE
Susan S. Block
Eileen Schneider Edelman
Helene Gottesmann
Sandra Hartge
JoAnn Lewis
Marilyn Lipman
Karen Matteuzzi
Fran Poger
Randa Sale
Adele Schenberg
Judi Scissors
Susan Stith
Patti Teper
Reggie Werninger
Angie Yarbrough
Fran Zamler
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Susan Balk, Founding Director
Page Ashley, VP, Secretary
Kenneth Balk, VP, Treasurer
Tabari Asim Coleman
Thomas Goldberg
Debra Kline
Ira Kodner
Mark Rollins
David Carl Wilson
ADVISORY BOARD
Jay Balk
Morgan Bradley
Marc Hartstein
Ira Kodner
Lauren Markow
Moisy Shopper
Roy Tamashiro
VOLUNTEERS
Karen Delaney
Vicky Litz
Stephanie Medlin
Marilyn Raskin
TEAM
Arlen Chaleff, Chair - St. Louis Campaign
Margo Cook, Creative Director, Manager
Heather Simmons, Administrator
Danny Zofness, Video - ReasonWhy Productions
NEW CONSCIENCE, INC.
Presents
SPONSORED BY:
Express Scripts
Webster University College of Arts & Sciences
Plancorp
Fat Chimp Studios
Hart Communications, The Balk Family,
Lauren & Rich Markow, Sam & Marilyn Fox,
Rashmi Nair
HateBrakers.org provides tools to individuals and organizations to
interrupt the otherwise-predictable cycle of hate-breeds-hate.
MONDAY, MAY 19, 2014
HateBrakers is an innovation of New Conscience, Inc.
a 501 (c)(3) organization.
These awards honor the heroism of individuals who transcend
acts of hate and find the moral courage to become leaders and healers.
THANK YOU HATEBRAKERS
FOR RAISING THE BAR ON CIVILITY
7:00 - 7:50 RECEPTION
Refreshments
Wine, Beer, Soft Drinks
Passed Hors d’oeuvres
Tomato-Buffalo Mozarella Skewers
Spanakopita
Chicken Quesadilla
8:00 AWARDS CEREMONY
SPECIAL PERFORMANCE
by
LIZZIE SIDER
Emerging Country Artist
Hilton St. Louis Frontenac
1335 South Lindbergh Boulevard
Saint Louis, Missouri 63131
Welcome - Susan Balk, Founding Director
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
Master of Ceremonies
Suzanne Yatim Aslam
2013 Hatebraker Hero - International Child Advocate
MORGAN KEENAN
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Youth Leadership HateBraker Hero
By: Sterling Waldman, Board Member - GSA, Parkway Central
Ka’Milla McMiller, Board Member - GSA, Oakville Senior H.S.
LENORE PEPPER
CONGRATULATIONS
Legacy HateBraker Hero
to the
By: Elizabeth Pepper, Granddaughter,
Student, Clayton High School
2014 HATEBRAKER HEROES
WILLIE DYSON
From
Kenneth & Susan Balk
and Family
We believe in you.
Family HateBraker Hero
By: Aaron Garriga, Student Leader
Ladue High School
LIZZIE SIDER
‘Peter Yarrow’ HateBraker Hero
By: Courtney Wochner, Student
Claymont Elementary School
HATEBRAKER HEROES
YOUTH LEADERSHIP HATEBRAKER HERO
Morgan Keenan was a teenager when
he first was outed and his parents
then shunned him from the family.
At sixteen, Morgan’s challenges
included keeping a roof over his head
and finishing his Algebra homework.
He went on to finish high school and
college through scholarships and hard
work, Two years ago he founded Missouri GSA (Gay Straight Alliance)
Network, which is a network of high school clubs in Missouri working
to empower student leaders to fight homophobia and transphobia
in Missouri Schools. Today there are over 45 clubs in the network and
Morgan’s focus is developing student leaders who create change and
put the brakes on hate in Missouri.
LEGACY HATEBRAKER HERO
When Lenore Pepper, St Louis icon
of wisdom, generosity and business
success, was six years old a family in
the neighborhood brutally beat her,
and called her anti-semitic names.
How did she manage to survive
such hate? “I decided to kill it with
kindness,” she explains. “Anything I
can do to help make things better, I want to do. Anything.”
HATEBRAKER HEROES
FAMILY HATEBRAKER HERO
Willie Dyson was left in a dumpster
when he was six weeks old. When
eventually found, he was not expected
to live. A white couple foster-parented
him and later adopted him, loving
him and healing him completely. His
professional music video, “No Color,”
captures the raw and real story of
his own struggle and his effort to build social support for inter-racial
adoption.
‘PETER YARROW’ HATEBRAKER HERO
The Peter Yarrow Award will be
presented to fifteen-year-old Lizzie
Sider who was named “Who to
Watch” in 2013 by the Country Music
Association. Lizzie always loved to
sing, but mean girls used to ask her to
sing for them and then laugh and run
away. One day Lizzie stopped crying
and found her power in words and music. She often performs at three
schools a day, traveling all over the country, comforting kids of all ages
who have been teased and bullied. Her signature song, “Butterfly,”
about her transformation from victim to leader made the Top 40 on
Nashville’s Music Row Chart.
HOW IS HATEBRAKERS DIFFERENT?
WE PARTNER WITH LIKE-MINDED ORGANIZATIONS
INSTEAD OF COMPETING WITH THEM
WHAT TOOLS DO WE PROVIDE?
DIGITAL ROLE MODELS:
An expanding series of short, intense, video testimonies of victims and
perpetrators and witnesses of acts of hate. Each oral history spotlights
the moral courage to become HateBraking leaders and healers
instead of becoming haters themselves.
MINI COURSE ON MORAL COURAGE
LOCAL...NATIONAL...INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS
Local – North Tech, St. Louis County – Launch Fall of 2014!
National – HateBrakers has partnered with Peter Yarrow’s Operation
Respect and Facing History and Ourselves to develop teacher
training and school placement. New York launch plans Fall of 2014!
Distinctive Students, Faculty
and Programs | webster.edu/artsandsciences
From the College of Arts & Sciences’ international centers and institutes, to its
international language requirement, to unique programs like the Global MA in
International Relations or the undergraduate program in Creative Writing, the
College is marked by intellectual inquiry. Our students learn how to think – a
mode of inquiry that is analytical, curious, and globally conscious. For complete
information, go to webster.edu/artsandsciences.
Webster University, founded in 1915 with its home campus based in
St. Louis, Missouri, USA, is the only Tier 1, private, nonprofit university
with campus locations around the world including metropolitan, military,
online and corporate, as well as American-style traditional campuses in
North America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
College of Arts & Sciences
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International – HateBrakers/Operation Respect/Facing History
and Ourselves– International connections – North Tech/New York
launchings Operation Respect will model our programs in other
languages and cultures!
ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOLS
Elementary: Who’s the HateBraker of the Week? Contest.
Middle: Hit the Brakes on Hate poster contest
HAZING AND BULLYING BEYOND THE CLASSROOM
In High School and Professional Sports
In Medical and Law Schools
In the Workplace
� e applaud this evening’s
HateBrakers
THE ANNUAL HATEBRAKER HERO AWARDS
Our spotlight continues to shine on past and present HateBraker
Heroes, our best friends and teachers
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
With your support, we can hone even more tools to turn bystanders
into HateBrakers, safely and effectively.
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Empowering kids
through education.
SITES OF PRESENTATIONS & EXHIBITIONS
United Nations, Vienna
Jewish Refugee Museum, Shanghai
National Council for the Prevention of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Delancey Street Foundation, San Francisco
Sigmund Freud Museum, Vienna
Holocaust Museum and Learning Center - St. Louis,
Change Begins with Me
Webster University, St. Louis
Webster University, Vienna
B’nai Amoona
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Ethical Society
Central Reform Congregation, St. Louis
University City Library
Rotary
United Hebrew Congregation
EDUCATIONAL TOOLS
“Vienna’s Conscience Close-ups and Conversations After Hitler”
“Close-Up Conversations” An ongoing series of Interviews/
Videos of HateBrakers
“Clip of the Day - A Mini Course in Moral Courage”
Express Scripts is honored to support
HateBrakers. Your hard work and dedication
serves as an inspiration to us all.
Collaboration with Operation Respect
and Facing History and Ourselves
North County Technical High School
Spoede School
Ladue Middle School
www.HateBrakers.org
(314) 882-6182
HATEBRAKERS THANKS OUR SPONSORS OF THE SECOND
ANNUAL HATEBRAKER HEROES AWARDS
HATEBRAKER LEADERSHIP SPONSOR
HATEBRAKER PARTNERSHIP SPONSORS
HATEBRAKER BENEFACTORS
Elizabeth Chopin
Eileen Schneider Edelman
Rita Eiseman
Helene Gottesmann
Gershman Commercial Real Estate
Joan & Sherman Silber
United Hebrew Congregation
HATEBRAKER PATRONS
Israel & Helene Denlow
Sandy Jaffe
Marilyn Lipman
Peggy & Jerry Ritter
Helen & Julian Seeherman
Anonymous
HATEBRAKER FRIENDS
SAM & MARILYN FOX
THE BALK FAMILY
RASHMI NAIR
Stern Investments
Mitch & Lynda Baris
Ervin & Judith Baumeyer
Arlen Chaleff
Margo & Shane Cook
Gloria Feldman
Nancy & Steve Fox
Michael & Martha Hogan
Martin & Margaret Israel
De Kaplan & Estelle Siteman
Jeff & Harriet Kopolow
Nancy Kranzberg
Linda & Jerry Kraus
Frala & Aaron Osherow
Jane Phipps
Marian Rosen
Moisy & Bunny Shopper
Marilyn Spirt
Elaine Tenzer
Patti Teper
Bernhard & Margaret Voss
Regina Werninger