{"id":347,"date":"2017-06-06T15:38:58","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T19:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eckerd.space\/wiesel\/?page_id=347"},"modified":"2025-11-20T14:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T19:52:10","slug":"community-impact","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/wiesel\/community-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_background&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;64&#8243; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; 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column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h2>His impact on\u00a0our community<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_background&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;64&#8243; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;padding-2-percent&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;right&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_backdrop_filter=&#8221;none&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_position=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; column_padding_type=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_type=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h3>Shortly after winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986, Elie Wiesel began visiting the Tampa Bay community as a part of his life&#8217;s mission to keep the Holocaust fresh in our nation&#8217;s collective memory and prevent new atrocities.<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; 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color=&#8221;Accent-Color&#8221; direction=&#8221;vertical&#8221; icon_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; icon_style=&#8221;border&#8221;][nectar_icon_list_item icon_type=&#8221;icon&#8221; text_full_html=&#8221;html&#8221; text_color=&#8221;#616360&#8243; title=&#8221;List Item&#8221; id=&#8221;1763667013655-2&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1763667013655-8&#8243; header=&#8221;February 3, 1987&#8243; icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-bookmark&#8221;]Elie Wiesel visits Eckerd College for the first time as part of an authors\u2019 speaker series. He urges audience members in the packed Eckerd gymnasium to \u201cremember the horrors of the past\u201d during a lecture titled \u201cBuilding a Moral Society.\u201d Read \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/15nYxzNfSdA12Qn6HjkljpsgJJsc6KM2D7e815-_J900\/edit?usp=sharing\">Remember horrors of the past, Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel urges<\/a>\u201d in the <em>Tampa Bay Times<\/em>.[\/nectar_icon_list_item][nectar_icon_list_item icon_type=&#8221;icon&#8221; text_full_html=&#8221;simple&#8221; text_color=&#8221;#616360&#8243; title=&#8221;List Item&#8221; id=&#8221;1763667221549-4&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1763667221549-7&#8243; header=&#8221;May 7, 1987&#8243; text=&#8221;After establishing relationships with Jewish communities around the state, Wiesel is invited to Tallahassee to speak to the Florida Legislature.&#8221; icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-bookmark&#8221;][\/nectar_icon_list_item][nectar_icon_list_item icon_type=&#8221;icon&#8221; text_full_html=&#8221;html&#8221; text_color=&#8221;#616360&#8243; title=&#8221;List Item&#8221; id=&#8221;1763667252732-4&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1763667252732-1&#8243; header=&#8221;October 1, 1987&#8243; icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-bookmark&#8221;]Wiesel speaks at a benefit in Clearwater and urges the community to not \u201cdiscard the elderly. \u2026 We live in a society that extols the virtues of beauty and the beauty of the young. We are a youth-oriented society. Whatever is good must be young and whatever is young must be good. Somehow we are afraid of the word \u2018old.&#8217;\u201d Read \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1X-nO3T5hRI8NDDXoeKhd8C9F09nYx_woMUM8VDRjAYY\/edit?usp=sharing\">Nobel Prize winner Wiesel warns of discarding the elderly<\/a>\u201d in the <em>Tampa Bay Times<\/em>.[\/nectar_icon_list_item][nectar_icon_list_item icon_type=&#8221;icon&#8221; text_full_html=&#8221;html&#8221; text_color=&#8221;#616360&#8243; title=&#8221;List Item&#8221; id=&#8221;1763667272574-0&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1763667272575-2&#8243; header=&#8221;February 4, 1990&#8243; icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-bookmark&#8221;]The <a href=\"https:\/\/holocaustmemorialmiamibeach.org\/\">Holocaust Memorial in Miami Beach<\/a>, a 42-foot bronze hand with small figures of people climbing it, is dedicated by Wiesel and other Holocaust survivors.[\/nectar_icon_list_item][nectar_icon_list_item icon_type=&#8221;icon&#8221; text_full_html=&#8221;simple&#8221; text_color=&#8221;#616360&#8243; title=&#8221;List Item&#8221; id=&#8221;1763667299701-5&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1763667299701-10&#8243; header=&#8221;November 21, 1991&#8243; text=&#8221;Wiesel returns to Eckerd College\u2019s McArthur Gymnasium to give his second public lecture titled \u201cAn Evening With Elie Wiesel.\u201d&#8221; icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-bookmark&#8221;][\/nectar_icon_list_item][nectar_icon_list_item icon_type=&#8221;icon&#8221; text_full_html=&#8221;html&#8221; text_color=&#8221;#616360&#8243; title=&#8221;List Item&#8221; id=&#8221;1763667312564-5&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1763667312564-7&#8243; header=&#8221;January 1993&#8243; icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-bookmark&#8221;]Wiesel teaches his first Winter Term at Eckerd College. Along with team-teaching the course Remembering and Forgetting: Personal and Political Transformation with Professor Carolyn Johnston, he gave a public lecture and held a press conference on campus. Read \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1oHUIiOO5O7qjnnpwUVNrtM_haHnYish2GsqNkE5AS3I\/edit?usp=sharing\">Holocaust writer is at Eckerd<\/a>\u201d in the <em>Tampa Bay Times<\/em>.[\/nectar_icon_list_item][nectar_icon_list_item icon_type=&#8221;icon&#8221; text_full_html=&#8221;html&#8221; text_color=&#8221;#616360&#8243; title=&#8221;List Item&#8221; id=&#8221;1763667574790-2&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1763667574791-9&#8243; header=&#8221;April 1993&#8243; icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-bookmark&#8221;]Wiesel returns to Washington, D.C., to shepherd the opening of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/\">National Holocaust Museum<\/a>.[\/nectar_icon_list_item][nectar_icon_list_item icon_type=&#8221;icon&#8221; text_full_html=&#8221;html&#8221; text_color=&#8221;#616360&#8243; title=&#8221;List Item&#8221; id=&#8221;1763667612852-3&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1763667612853-2&#8243; header=&#8221;January 1994&#8243; icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-bookmark&#8221;]Wiesel returns to Eckerd for his second Winter Term following the hopeful campaign of former Eckerd College President Peter Armacost.[\/nectar_icon_list_item][nectar_icon_list_item icon_type=&#8221;icon&#8221; text_full_html=&#8221;html&#8221; text_color=&#8221;#616360&#8243; title=&#8221;List Item&#8221; id=&#8221;1763667624629-5&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1763667624630-9&#8243; header=&#8221;February 9, 1994&#8243; icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-bookmark&#8221;]To close his second Winter Term, Wiesel holds a public lecture titled \u201cOn the Threshold of the 21st Century\u201d for a capacity crowd in the College gymnasium with a message against violence. \u201cFifty-five million people were killed in the 20th century,\u201d he told the audience. \u201cI am not speaking about hunger or disease. I\u2019m speaking about violence.\u201d Read \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1SRtYn2YF1EU58LgZ4hL8XKiYA1Y7wuOG88DRk0ScE9A\/edit?usp=sharing\">World must leave behind its hateful past<\/a>\u201d in the <em>Tampa Bay Times<\/em>.[\/nectar_icon_list_item][nectar_icon_list_item icon_type=&#8221;icon&#8221; text_full_html=&#8221;html&#8221; text_color=&#8221;#616360&#8243; title=&#8221;List Item&#8221; id=&#8221;1763667661020-9&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1763667661021-0&#8243; header=&#8221;March 23, 1995&#8243; icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-bookmark&#8221;]\u201cLonging\u201d becomes the subject of Wiesel\u2019s fourth public lecture at Eckerd College.[\/nectar_icon_list_item][nectar_icon_list_item icon_type=&#8221;icon&#8221; text_full_html=&#8221;html&#8221; text_color=&#8221;#616360&#8243; title=&#8221;List Item&#8221; id=&#8221;1763667675078-3&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1763667675079-8&#8243; header=&#8221;March 4, 1996&#8243; icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-bookmark&#8221;]A fundraiser for the Tampa Jewish Foundation Youth Leadership Division brings Wiesel back to the Tampa Bay area as the keynote speaker.[\/nectar_icon_list_item][nectar_icon_list_item icon_type=&#8221;icon&#8221; text_full_html=&#8221;html&#8221; text_color=&#8221;#616360&#8243; title=&#8221;List Item&#8221; id=&#8221;1763667687277-4&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1763667687278-9&#8243; header=&#8221;March 12, 1996&#8243; icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-bookmark&#8221;]Following his fourth Winter Term, Wiesel speaks to the community about \u201cTelling the Tale\u2014Memoirs.\u201d Read<br \/>\n\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1bxJntU_719MEN65nScDf2iudnln3J3lfDRIbny6VYTE\/edit?usp=sharing\">Elie Wiesel pleads for Jewish unity<\/a>\u201d in the <em>Tampa Bay Times<\/em>.[\/nectar_icon_list_item][nectar_icon_list_item icon_type=&#8221;icon&#8221; text_full_html=&#8221;html&#8221; text_color=&#8221;#616360&#8243; title=&#8221;List Item&#8221; id=&#8221;1763667716547-2&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1763667716548-3&#8243; header=&#8221;June 24, 1996&#8243; icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-bookmark&#8221;]The Florida Legislature organizes a workshop in Tallahassee for educators around the state to come and learn \u201cHow to Teach the Holocaust\u201d from Wiesel. Read \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1PEmwOpzlRwWI_rVt8vW_Z8Clm_knrwHU1s5HMpYe4tQ\/edit?usp=sharing\">Remember, but don\u2019t stop there, Wiesel says<\/a>\u201d in the <em>Tampa Bay Times<\/em>.[\/nectar_icon_list_item][nectar_icon_list_item icon_type=&#8221;icon&#8221; text_full_html=&#8221;html&#8221; text_color=&#8221;#616360&#8243; title=&#8221;List Item&#8221; id=&#8221;1763667765525-6&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1763667765526-0&#8243; header=&#8221;March 2, 1997&#8243; icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-bookmark&#8221;]Eckerd College, in collaboration with the University of South Florida and several other organizations, hosts the Scholars Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches. Wiesel delivers a keynote address titled \u201cHearing the Voices: Teaching the Holocaust to Future Generations.\u201d Read \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1i_KJAw0hjTisiPcO1I5PVkClYTF2zAl_Dw9RzWNkNMM\/edit?usp=sharing\">Keeping their memories alive<\/a>\u201d in the<em> Tampa Bay Times<\/em>.[\/nectar_icon_list_item][nectar_icon_list_item icon_type=&#8221;icon&#8221; text_full_html=&#8221;html&#8221; text_color=&#8221;#616360&#8243; title=&#8221;List Item&#8221; id=&#8221;1763667796188-9&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1763667796189-0&#8243; header=&#8221;February 21, 1998&#8243; icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-bookmark&#8221;]The Tampa Bay <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flholocaustmuseum.org\/\">Holocaust Museum<\/a> (now known as The Florida Holocaust Museum) moves from Madeira Beach to downtown St. Petersburg. Wiesel appears at the grand opening and speaks at the dedication. Read \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/18TXYJN-ebE4nBhEk12xhoLXrl6Vy9Gt9HxWKok7Extk\/edit?usp=sharing\">Never forget, Wiesel urges as Holocaust museum opens<\/a>\u201d in the <em>Tampa Bay Times<\/em>.[\/nectar_icon_list_item][nectar_icon_list_item icon_type=&#8221;icon&#8221; text_full_html=&#8221;html&#8221; text_color=&#8221;#616360&#8243; title=&#8221;List Item&#8221; id=&#8221;1763667843509-0&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1763667843510-2&#8243; header=&#8221;May 17, 1998&#8243; icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-bookmark&#8221;]The Eckerd College Class of 1998 receives a word of encouragement from Wiesel, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=75-D_8S_APA\">delivers the Commencement Address<\/a>. For his service, the College awards Wiesel an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters.[\/nectar_icon_list_item][nectar_icon_list_item icon_type=&#8221;icon&#8221; text_full_html=&#8221;html&#8221; text_color=&#8221;#616360&#8243; title=&#8221;List Item&#8221; id=&#8221;1763667868500-3&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1763667868501-5&#8243; header=&#8221;February 21, 2002&#8243; icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-bookmark&#8221;]In the wake of the devastating attacks on U.S. civilian targets, Wiesel returns to campus to offer a speech on \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/blog\/elie-wiesel-to-speak-about-september-11th\/\">Reflections on the Significance of Sept. 11, 2001.<\/a>\u201d[\/nectar_icon_list_item][nectar_icon_list_item icon_type=&#8221;icon&#8221; text_full_html=&#8221;html&#8221; text_color=&#8221;#616360&#8243; title=&#8221;List Item&#8221; id=&#8221;1763667910155-8&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1763667910156-6&#8243; header=&#8221;February 27, 2004&#8243; icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-bookmark&#8221;]Eckerd president Donald R. Eastman III and Wiesel lead the celebratory march as Eckerd becomes the sixth college in Florida to have a chapter of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/academics\/honor-societies\/\">Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society<\/a> installed. \u201cWhat we\u2019re doing today is celebrating and glorifying learning, the passion for learning, the taste for discovery in an open, ancient text,\u201d said Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel. Read \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1JL66ljsdtJcRRq7xi7yKWukIOeJvBrYgHpj_RHNfA9Y\/edit?usp=sharing\">Eckerd College toasts entry into prestigious honor society<\/a>\u201d in <em>Tampa Bay Times<\/em>.[\/nectar_icon_list_item][nectar_icon_list_item icon_type=&#8221;icon&#8221; text_full_html=&#8221;html&#8221; text_color=&#8221;#616360&#8243; title=&#8221;List Item&#8221; id=&#8221;1763667955283-9&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1763667955284-5&#8243; header=&#8221;February 21, 2008&#8243; icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-bookmark&#8221;]Wiesel delivers the keynote address at the 50th Anniversary Convocation.[\/nectar_icon_list_item][nectar_icon_list_item icon_type=&#8221;icon&#8221; text_full_html=&#8221;html&#8221; text_color=&#8221;#616360&#8243; title=&#8221;List Item&#8221; id=&#8221;1763668021112-9&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1763668021113-9&#8243; header=&#8221;March 11, 2010&#8243; icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-bookmark&#8221;]Eckerd College offers an event during its yearlong series \u201cThe Plight &amp; Promise of Africa\u201d featuring Elie Wiesel and John Prendergast. The talk, titled \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/blog\/humanitarians-elie-wiesel-and-john-prendergast-pair-up\/\">From the Holocaust to Darfur: If We Had Only Learned Our Lesson<\/a>,\u201d is a conversation open to the public.[\/nectar_icon_list_item][nectar_icon_list_item icon_type=&#8221;icon&#8221; text_full_html=&#8221;html&#8221; text_color=&#8221;#616360&#8243; title=&#8221;List Item&#8221; id=&#8221;1763668060731-3&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1763668060732-7&#8243; header=&#8221;April 14, 2012&#8243; icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-bookmark&#8221;]The Florida Holocaust Museum honors Wiesel during its 20th Anniversary celebration \u201cTo Life.\u201d[\/nectar_icon_list_item][nectar_icon_list_item icon_type=&#8221;icon&#8221; text_full_html=&#8221;html&#8221; text_color=&#8221;#616360&#8243; title=&#8221;List Item&#8221; id=&#8221;1763668078115-4&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1763668078116-0&#8243; header=&#8221;February 21, 2017&#8243; icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-bookmark&#8221;]New York-based choral group, The Western Wind, performs <em>We Are Still Here: In Memoriam \u2013 Dr. Elie Wiesel<\/em> at <a href=\"\/spiritual-life\/chapel-history\/\">Wireman Chapel<\/a>. 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