Today we cast a spotlight on the keynote speaker for the HERO (Holocaust Education Resource Organization) Educator Conference on March 12, 2024, Todd Hennessy. Todd is a Facilitator and Educator with Echoes & Reflections and at the conference will be presenting on Resistance, Rescue and Liberation during the Holocaust.
An educational consultant with Father Patrick Desbois’ Yahad-in-Unum based in Paris, Todd co-directs the organization’s Colorado Committee. He has participated in Yahad-In Unum’s investigative work in Latvia, Poland, and Ukraine and has facilitated Yahad-In Unum educational seminars in multiple countries, and presented about the work he does with Yahad-in-Unum at last year’s Educator’s Conference.
Todd is a 2000-2001 Museum Teacher Fellow with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, a 2015 Faculty Fellow with the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation in Oswiecim, Poland, and a 2021 Defiant Requiem Teacher Ambassador. Recently, Todd joined the Sand Creek Massacre Foundation’s Advisory Board as well as The National World War II Museum’s Teacher Advisory Council.

The Educator Conference is open to educators of grades 7-12 and will provide the tools to teach and initiate important discussions about the complex lessons of the Holocaust. To register bit.ly/HEROteacherconference2024