Tell Your Story
Share Your Powerful Legacy. We empower descendants of Holocaust survivors to learn and share their family’s Holocaust experiences with students and communities to counter hate and antisemitism.
Our Speakers Counter Hate and Antisemitism
Central to the mission of Living Links, we empower descendants of Holocaust survivors to learn and share their family's Holocaust experiences with students and community groups to counter hate and antisemitism.
Our Program Builds Community
As you are guided through learning your family’s story, you will meet others with a shared identity, similar backgrounds, and connect with how the Holocaust shaped your life, values, and perspective. You will find yourself in a supportive, understanding environment that leads to lasting connections and meaningful impact.
Our Flagship Speaker Training Program
The Speaker Training Program, created by 3GNY in 2010, is an educational course that guides you on how to share your family's Holocaust experience with classrooms and community groups. You will be provided with the tools for storytelling and resources for family research, including the vast USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive. Support is available throughout and after the course.
Course Outline
The course consists of four, 2-hour virtual sessions.
Week 1: Meet fellow descendants. Discuss desired outcomes from the training and speaking engagements. Hear an example of a presentation.
Week 2: Share your outline and receive peer and facilitator feedback. Discuss storytelling tools and style.
Week 3: Present a short section of your presentation and receive peer and instructor feedback.
Week 4: Present your full presentation and receive feedback. Discuss the story structure and your performance. Talk through next steps and how, when, and where you will tell your family’s story.
We Have Expanded Access Nationally
Working with the USC Shoah Foundation’s acclaimed education team, we have expanded access to this renowned Speaker Training Program so that 3Gs nationwide can easily participate in our virtual class.
I absolutely loved this course. I was anxious going in, but was highly engaged from the first session. I held onto every sentence given by the facilitators - such wisdom! It made me hungry to learn more about storytelling technique and very motivated to keep working on and researching my grandmother's story. Thank you SO much - what a valuable experience!
-3GNY Speaker Training Participant 2022