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The Ninth Annual Education Summit: An Interactive Workshop for Educators Begins With a Packed House
June 09, 2009
Participants of the ninth annual Education Summit: An Interactive Workshop for Educators from across Oklahoma and Texas are gathered at the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum for a two-day intensive workshop that will give them the tools they need to bring critical lessons about the Oklahoma City bombing and the effects of violence to their classrooms.
- 9:00 Participants were welcomed by Deputy Director Lynne Roller and had a moment of silence for those who were killed, those who survived and those changed forever.
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 9:20 Hans and Torrey Butzer shared the process through which the Outdoor Symbolic Memorial design was concived and brought to life. |
 10:25 Kari Watkins, Executive Director of the Memorial and Museum, spoke about the memorial process and keeping the site relevant for future generations. |
 10:40 Survivor and family member Helena Garrett told Summit attendees her story in a poignant and powerful First Person: Stories of Hope program. Garrett often speaks to school groups about her experience and in the process also helps students and educators understand the importance of personal responsibilty in preventing harmful events in their own lives. |
 12:20 Frances Leonard, educator and family member, introduced the 111 Summit participants to the Memorial's Called2Change program. The program is designed for middle school students and teaches lessons of respect, responsibilty and resilience. Leonard's middle school has been using the curriculum since 2001 with each seventh grade class and has seen a dramatic decrease in referrals to the principal's office for violence-related incidents. |
 1:00 Terri Watkins, former KOCO-TV reporter, shared with Summit participants about how the media responded to and covered the Oklahoma City bombing, the investigation and the trials. Watkins gave insight and perspective about challenges the media faced and lessons learned in the wake of this crisis. Summit participants also toured the Memorial's special exhibit, Reporting Terrorism. |
- 2:15 Amy Petty was a VISA loan officer at the Federal Employees Credit Union in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995. Petty shared her story of survival and her journey of healing with Summit attendees in a First Person: Stories of Hope presentation.
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 3:15 Summit attendees toured the Memorial's archives. With more than a million items including primary documents, images, video, artifacts and more, it is largest such repository for a single event in the United States. This archival collection is available to researchers studying the lessons of the bombing with advanced reservations. |
- 4:05 Over 110 educators left with a treasure from the fence. Each participant took with them a stuffed animal that was left on the fence, and were asked to create a story about why the animal was left, and who may have left it.
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Participants will also hear stories from first responders, survivors, family members, and the media about how their lives were changed by this single act of violence and how they have learned to find hope. Called2Change and other educational programs and resources developed by the Memorial will be demonstrated and participants will engage in activities they can use in their classroom.
Click the following link to learn more about the Summit.
Education Summit: An Interactive Workshop for Educators
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