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Triumph

2019

Triumph 2019, the annual fundraising event of The Holocaust 1980’s-1990’s, he began the painstaking process of making amends
Museum, will take place Monday, March 4, 2019 at Grey Oaks and rebuilding his life. Christian earned a degree in International
Country Club in Naples. Funds raised at Triumph 2019 will Relations from DePaul University and launched Goldmill Group.
benefit the Museum’s education programs. The event begins with a Goldmill is a digital media and counter-extremism consulting
Patron Reception at 5:15pm, followed by the main program firm. In 2016, Christian won an Emmy Award for directing and
at 6:00pm. Please visit the Museum’s website – producing an anti-hate advertising campaign aimed at helping
www.HolocaustMuseumSWFL.org – for more information about people disengage from violence based extremist groups. Christian’s
Triumph 2019 tickets and Sponsorships. Or, you may e-mail life since leaving the white supremacist movement over 20 years
Tim@HolocaustMuseumSWFL.org or call 239-263-9200. ago has been dedicated to helping others overcome hate through
such organizations such as Life After Hate and ExitUSA. He now
The guest speaker for Triumph 2019 is Christian Picciolini. leads the Free Radicals Project, a global extremism prevention and
He is an award-winning TV producer, public speaker, author,
disengagement platform, helping people exit hate movements and
peace advocate and a former violent extremist. After leaving the
other violent ideologies. He has spoken all over the world, including
hate movement which he helped create during his youth in the on the TEDx stage, sharing his unique and extensive knowledge,
teaching all who are willing to learn about building greater peace
through empathy and compassion. Christian’s involvement in, and
exit from, the early American white power skinhead movement
is chronicled in his memoir WHITE AMERICAN YOUTH: My
Descent Into America’s Most Violent Hate Movement – And How I
Got Out (Hachette, 2018).

The Museum’s mission is teach the lessons of the Holocaust to
inspire action against bigotry, hatred and violence. Over 200,000
students, teachers and visitors have been encouraged to act when
they encounter injustice. Approximately 90,000 people have also
seen the Museum’s unique Boxcar Exhibit, on loan from Jack and
F.E. Nortman and The Boxcar Foundation, as it travels to schools,
universities, public libraries, airports, and houses of worship across
SWFL.

The Museum, currently located at 4760 Tamiami Trail North
in Naples, is excited to announce its late Spring 2019 move to
its new location in Naples: the Janet G. and Harvey D. Cohen
Education Center. The generous Capital Campaign gift from local
philanthropist Janet G. Cohen has set the pace for the organization
to already reach $3 million toward its goal of $3.5 million for the
new facility. The larger space, with an award-winning new design, will
accommodate multiple school groups simultaneously, as well as larger
private group tours and events. In addition to interactive exhibit
features, a Reflection Room is available for visitors’ use following
their tours. Visit HolocaustMuseumSWFL.org for updates on
construction progress.

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