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Since 1992,
the Foundation for Moral Courage has been
dedicated to educating high school students and
the general public about the importance of
individual acts of moral courage in modern
civic life.
We accomplish
this mission by :
Producing
educational television documentaries, which
illustrate such acts.
Through 2011 the
Foundation has produced 12 educational
television programs about ordinary individuals
who became extraordinary through their acts of
great personal courage. These have focused on
the rescue by non-Jews of Jewish fugitives
during the Holocaust, post Balkans war
experiences in Macadonia and Croatia; Jewish
heritage in Ukraine, Poland and Georgia; and an
overview of the 50 year Soviet Gulag
experience.
Encouraging other
institutions to do the
same
We work in
partnership with various organizations
including public and private school systems,
colleges and universities throughout the United
States. In 2001, the Foundation established a
film student-mentoring program at the School of
Fine Arts in Boston College that encourages
film students to become involved in the
production of films concerned with acts of
moral courage. This Salmanowitz program has led
to the production by students, of over 250 high
quality films during the past 18
years.
Convening
special award events
Since 2000,
the Foundation has sponsored five Jan
Karski Award Event for Moral Courage, which
honor individuals whose acts of moral courage
embody a shared commitment to universal human
values.
An
international juried documentary film
competition bestowed the Jan Karski documentary
Film Award on each of the winning
producer/directors.
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