Address: 4950 Murphy Canyon Rd
San Diego, CA 92130
Phone: 619-708-6883
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Website: https://thebutterflyprojectnow.org/
Facebook: @thebutterflyprojectnow
Instagram: @thebutterflyprojectnow
Director/Person-in-Charge: Debra Feldstein, Executive Director
Principal Staff Members:
Education Team Chair: Jan Landau
Program & Operations Manager: Riley Martinez
Director of Operations & Finance: Christine Tomasello
International Team: Nicole Nocon and Ulla Hadar
Year Established: 2006
Staff: 6 Board members; Volunteers - 35+
Type of Organization: We are an international Holocaust education organization working with educators, museums, community centers, religious centers universities and libraries.
Mission: The Butterfly Project is a call to action through education, the arts, and memorial-making. Through lessons from the Holocaust, we educate participants about the dangers of hatred and bigotry to cultivate empathy and social responsibility, combat antisemitism, and help ensure that every child receives quality Holocaust education. By painting ceramic butterflies, which are displayed as symbols of resilience and hope, participants remember the 1.5 million children murdered during the Holocaust.
Services: In class presentations; memorial making, NOT The Last Butterfly documentary film to launch public and school programming; teacher training; 2nd 3rd & 4th Gen Speaker’s Bureau & workshops.
