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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