Get your ticket before time runs out!

Time to get your tickets to the G.W. Klein speech is running out. We are receiving many phone calls from people who want to purchase tickets. The cost is attendance at a book discussion (the last one is September 4) and a documentary screening (September 6 and 9), or 5 non-perishable items to help alleviate hunger. Bring your 5 items today to the Laredo Public Library or to the library at John B. Alexander High School.

Ms. Klein has said that she is so touched by the community response that she can hardly wait until she gets to Laredo to see the group of people who are so giving and loving towards others.

Remember, you can buy Gerda Weissmann Klein's book at B. Dalton's located in Mall Del Norte.

Rachel Siegel to speak at library and civic center

The young author of Stories of Moral Courage in the Face of Evil, who was 12 years old when she started the project for her bat mitzvah, will be speaking, selling and signing her book from 1:00 to 3:00 PM at the HEB multipurpose room in the Laredo Public Library on September 11.

She will also speak at the Laredo Civic Center at 7:00 PM before Gerda Weissmann Klein's speech.

This is a great way for the younger community to connect to the Holocaust and Klein's message of tolerance. Siegel's book profiles non-Jews who heroically gave aid during World War II. The proceeds benefit those non-Jews.

If there are classes interested in seeing Miss Siegel speak at the library, please contact the library in advance as there is limited seating.
Contact Maria at the library: (956) 795-2400, extension 2225.

Articles on Miss Siegel:
Laredo Morning Times
People Newspapers

Second Book Discussion

Response for the second book discussion was wonderful, with 59 people participating.

The last discussion will be September 4 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM, so we hope you plan to make it! B. Dalton's at Mall Del Norte has recently bought copies of the book so people who have not had a chance to get it can buy a copy before the discussion. The talk around town is focused on this book and the issues raised by Ms. Klein's story. We are all on the same page, working together to learn to understand and help each other.

Check out the Pictures section to see photos from the book discussions.

First Book Discussion

The turnout from the first book discussion this past Saturday was wonderful.

There were approximately 35 people in attendance for the first discussion led by librarian Pam Burrell. Emotions ran high as scenes from the book and the meaning of victim, oppressor and bystander were discussed. Reading, usually a solitary pursuit, became a group activity. The next book discussion is scheduled for Wednesday, August 20, at the Laredo Public Library from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. August 16th participants are welcome to come again and everyone else in town is invited to experience a book which will make you examine your own life and actions. If you have not read the book, come anyway.

These book discussions are a great way to get into the G.W. Klein speech at the Laredo Civic Center and we hope you come and join us.

Another book discussion added!

Response to One City, One Book has been wonderful, so the library has added another book discussion on Thursday, September 4th from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at the Laredo Public Library.

Nevertheless, you still have to attend only one book discussion and the documentary screening to get a ticket into Gerda Weissmann Klein's speech at the Laredo Civic Center.

Thanks for your support!

First Book Discussion & New Pics

We are asking everybody to start reading Gerda Weissmann Klein's All But My Life because the first book discussion will be on August 16th, 2008 at the Laredo Public Library from 3:00 to 5:00 PM. Even if you haven't read the book, please feel free to come and listen to find out what's going on and what the program is all about. Don't be scared to join in on the conversation - we definitely encourage it! Please don't miss out on this opportunity; you won't forget it.

Before the book, you can learn a bit about G.W. Klein:
Her Wikipedia page
The Gerda and Kurt Klein Foundation
Holocaust Personal History for Gerda and Kurt Klein
Her IMDb page

There are new pictures from the August 4th press conference at the Laredo Public Library. Check 'em out!

ATPE works with the Foundation

The United ISD local chapter of the Association of Texas Professional Educators is selling raffle tickets to alleviate hunger. Each ticket is $1.00 and prizes include:

1st Prize: $750.00 worth of gas cards
2nd Prize: $500.00 worth of gas cards
3rd Prize: $250.00 worth of gas cards


Contact an ATPE member or call President Beverly Herrera at (956) 744-8702.