Department of Human Rights

Grant directed by General Assembly for IDHR to fund Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Mobile Museum of Tolerance operations for 1 year from July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025.

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P.A. 103-0589, Article 62

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The first-of-its-kind in the United States, the Mobile Museum of Tolerance (MMOT) is a free-traveling human rights education center, which brings a message of tolerance directly to schools and communities across the state of Illinois. The MMOT inspires people of all ages and backgrounds to use their voices to speak up against bullying, racism, anti-Semitism, hate and intolerance, and to promote human dignity. Led by an Illinois licensed educator, the MMOT workshops include: "Anne Frank Story," "Power of Ordinary People," "Civil Rights," and "Combat Hate: Digital Media Literacy Workshops." These programs' objectives are to move students from civil dialogue to action and to have them recognize their own personal responsibility in making a positive difference in the world.

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1. The MMOT will visit and collect feedback from schools in at least 35% of the regions identified in the Regional Map from the Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents of Schools. 2. Grantee will display the Illinois-specific traveling exhibit, “We the People,” in at least two (2) public buildings or locations in geographically separated areas in the State of Illinois, one of which must be in Sangamon County, Illinois. 3. Grantee must submit programmatic reporting to Grantor on a template to be provided by Grantor. This report shall document the Grantee’s progress towards meeting the proposed plan components which must align to at least one of the following program objectives: a) The operation of the MMOT and its activities and resources will align to IL social science learning standards, relevant IL curricular mandates, and other relevant IL learning standards, such as media literacy; b) The MMOT will serve students K-12, primarily middle and high school students, educators, community members, and community leaders and organizations; c) The MMOT will service all geographic regions of the state. d) IDHR and SWC-MOT designated staff and content experts will work in consultation to develop new workshops to be in alignment with Illinois learning standards and mandates prior to use/implementation; and e) IDHR and SWC-MOT designated staff and content experts will work in consultation to develop and/or update feedback mechanisms for quarterly review.

Nonprofit Organizations; Education Organizations;

General Assembly directs the grant to the Simon Wiesenthal Center for the purposes of funding the MMOT.

Students, educators, community members and leaders, and visitors to the MMOT who will learn how to use their voices to speak up against bullying, racism, anti-Semitism, hate and intolerance, and to promote human dignity.

Project Grants

Education

Registered in the GATA Grantee Portal and in Good Standing with Pre-qualification requirements.

None

Registered in the GATA Grantee Portal, in Good Standing with Pre-qualification requirements and submittal of all application requirements by the close date/time.

This award will only be granted to the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

Grant awarded upon State budget passage; funds dispersed after submission of quarterly reports

As identified in the Notice of Funding Opportunity

30 Days

N/A since grant directed by General Assembly

To be determined by the General Assembly

None

Funds will go to pay Mobility Resources Associates (MRA), the bus management company which provides services and equipment and ensures the MMOT is in compliance with the Illinois Department of Transportation’s rules and regulations; salaries and benefits of the MMOT’s Director, Logistics Coordinator, on-board Educator, and Education Associate; partial salaries of the Midwest Region’s Director and an Administrator correlative to their work on MMOT’s activities, including handling the grant’s expenses; travel costs, per diems, transportation, insurance, security, one office space, communications, office supplies, printed materials, adapting the Combat Hate Digital Media Workshop for classrooms, the updating and delivery of the Fact or Fiction workshop, the start the process of creating a US and Illinois focused workshop about the roots of hate and intolerance, as well as indirect costs.

Detailed quarterly report indicating the following: a) Name and location of schools visited in the reporting period noting any deviations from the attached Visit Schedule (Exhibit D-2) b) Progress toward reaching all geographic areas of the state c) Description of Educational Workshops presented d) Name(s) of staff presenting each Workshop e) Number of attendees at each Workshop f) Any programmatic issues encountered at the Workshops g) Any other issues related to delivery of services under this Agreement, including but not limited to equipment needs, staffing needs and public safety concerns h) Display location and display dates of the Illinois specific traveling exhibit, “We the People”

44 Illinois Administrative Code 7000.90 Auditing Requirements and terms of the Uniform Grant Agreement

In addition to implementing the funded project consistent with the approved project proposal and budget, grantee must comply with applicable grant terms and conditions and other legal requirements, including GATA.

442-01-0001-44000000

FY 2023 0 FY 2024 1,000,000 FY 2025 1,500,000

Up to $1.5m for term July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025. Any unexpended sums at close of business on June 30, 2024 from appropriations made via Public Act 103-006 were reappropriated.

Since launching in February 2021, the MMOT has educated more than 40,000 visitors including 35,000 students. It has visited all six service regions of the State, providing programs to more than 120 schools during the school year and visiting libraries, police stations, village halls, and city and state festivals/fairs in the summer months. For the grant period, the MMOT strives to reach more than 10,000 new visitors, including 8,000 students in more than 35 schools and 10 community events.

https://mmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Illinois-Standards-Crosswalk-MMOT-Civil-Rights-Workshop1.pdf https://mmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Standards-crosswalk-Anne-Frank-Anne-Frank.pdf https://mmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Standards-crosswalk-Ordinary-People-Ordinary-People.pdf https://mmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Standards-crosswalk-Combat-Hate-Combat-Hate.pdf

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Department of Human Rights 555 W Monroe, 7th Floor Chicago, IL 60661

https://mmot.com/

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2/5/2024

FY 2024 : $1,000,000
FY 2025 : $1,500,000