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 September 1, 2023-August 31, 2024

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P.A. 103-0006, Article 55, Section 35

In Process, To Be Completed

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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During the period of the grant, the MMOT will travel around the state of Illinois to schools, libraries, and other community locations providing high quality educational workshops that are in compliance with Illinois learning standards. All workshops further the objectives of the IDHR by inspiring people of all ages and backgrounds to speak up against discrimination, hate, and intolerance and to move people from civil dialogue to action to make a peaceful and positive difference in their communities. a. The MMOT and its resources will align to relevant Illinois learning standards. b. The MMOT will primarily serve students grades 6-12, community members, community leaders, and organizations. c. The MMOT will service all geographic regions of the state. d. The MMOT will visit and collect feedback from schools in at least 35% of the regions identified on the ROE service map. e. The MMOT will reach 10,000 + visitors. f. The In-Classroom Combat Hate: Digital Media Literacy workshop will be presented to more than 2000 participants.

Nonprofit Organizations; Education Organizations;

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

The Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Midwest Region Office, located in Chicago, is eligible to receive the funds for the MMOT.

Non-competitive

Education

Workshops are based on exhibits from the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, recipient of the Global Peace and Tolerance Award from the Friends of the United Nations.

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30 Days

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To be determined during Illinois’ legislative budgeting period.

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• 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. Funds will pay for the salaries and benefits of the MMOT’s Director, Logistics Coordinator, on-board Educator, and Education Associate. • Funds will also pay for 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. • Finally, funds will be used to cover 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.

44 Illinois Administrative Code 7000.410 Awardee Performance Measures, 44 Illinois Administrative Code 7000.440 Grant Closeout, and terms of the Uniform Grant Agreement

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

44 Illinois Administrative Code 7000.430 Record Retention and terms of the Uniform Grant Agreement

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

Up to $1m for term September 1, 2023 – August 31, 2024. Upon execution of the grant agreement and receipt of expense documentation, SWC will receive appropriate YTD funds going back to September 1, 2023.

Since launching in February 2021, the MMOT has educated more than 34,000 visitors including 23,000 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

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