Address: Chapman University
One University Drive
Orange, CA 92866
Phone: 714-628-7377
Fax: 714-532-6072
Website: https://www.chapman.edu/research/institutes-and-centers/holocaust-education/rodgers-center/index.aspx
Director/Person-in-Charge: Dr. Marilyn J. Harran, Stern Chair in Holocaust Education, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Principal Staff Members:
Jessica Cioffi, Holocaust Ed. Coordinator, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Ashley Bloomfield, Senior Program Assistant, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Joyce Greenspan, Community Liaison, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Staff: Salaried - 2
Year Established:
The Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education 2000; Sala and Aron Samueli Holocaust Library 2004
Type of Organization or Mission: The Center provides a multi-faceted program in Holocaust education and awareness, with many events open to Orange County schools and the community. The library serves as a gathering place, in an academic setting, for survivors, where teachers and students from throughout Southern California may gather to learn from survivors, visual testimonies and printed resources.
Services: The "1939" Club lecture series of historians, ethicists and artists; The Jerry and Sally Schwartz lecture series of survivors; The "1939" Club's Leopold Page Memorial Righteous Rescuers Lecture Series of resisters and rescuers; Annual Holocaust Remembrance commemoration event; Tours of displays for schools and community guests; Annual art and writing contest for middle and high school students; Teacher workshops
