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  • To serve as a source of information on recommended ethnic collections, services, and programs.
  • To organize task forces, institutes, and workshops to carry out the functions of the Round Table as defined in the petition.
  • To develop for Annual conferences forums and symposia programs that deal with the key issues of ethnicity and librarianship.
  • To maintain a liaison with the Office of Library Outreach Services and cooperate with other ALA units, including the caucuses in joint projects for the betterment of outreach services.
  • To disseminate the work of the Round Table through a program of publications

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FAST Project - Fighting Antisemitism in Schools Together

  • 1.  FAST Project - Fighting Antisemitism in Schools Together

    Posted Mar 20, 2026 05:23 AM

    The FAST Project, co-funded by the European Union, seeks to design and implement innovative teaching materials that introduce the Holocaust through visual narratives in English Language Teaching (ELT) with the aim of fostering Global Citizenship Education. The selected literature, picturebooks and graphic novels, depict Jewish lived experiences during the Holocaust and will be used as a teaching resource for learners in upper-primary and lower secondary ELT education (age 10-14) to inspire young global agents of change using English as a lingua franca.

    FAST is rooted in visual children's Holocaust literature. Whereas literature as such might not 'fight antisemitism', it can contribute to knowledge, empathy, and understanding, and encourage resistance and action. In this way, the FAST project aims to contribute to the fight against distortion, denial, and discrimination.

    The book that goes along with the project is here. The FAST Project Team has selected four picturebooks and four graphic novels in order to develop eight lesson plans with ELT-based activities, as well as cross-curricular activities.

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    There will be a free online event next Wednesday, March 25, at 8 am EST. You can sign up with the QR code below:
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    Patricia Sarles, MA, MLS, MSEd
    Librarian, Anthropologist, Lifelong Learner
    Writer, Editor, Curator, Founder:
    http://booksfordonoroffspring.blogspot.com
    http://yabooksfordonoroffspring.blogspot.com
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