Daphne Grant Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Teach afterschool classes in Origami, LEGO, and various STEM subjects to elementary school students. Create new curricula.

California, United States

Illuminate global landmarks pink and blue for Pregnancy & Infant Loss Remembrance Day annually on October 15th.

Orange County, California Area

Consultant for teachers creating Holocaust-related curricula: Werribee Secondary College, Wyndham, Victoria, Australia, 2011 to Present; Vanguard University, Costa Mesa, CA, 2006; The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1996Liaise with Professors, Universities, High Schools and Museums in Australia regarding shared research and education topics, tools, and techniques, 2007 - PresentTutor/educate high school and college students in Holocaust History, Russian Literature, and Museum Studies in Southern California, Canada, and Australia, 2006 - PresentThe University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, IN, and Seton Hill University in Greensburg, PA, included portions of the text of my book, Guide to Holocaust Reparations, as parts of university coursework, 2001 - 2002 MCLE (Minimum Continuing Legal Education) Instructor (trained over 300 Los Angeles-area attorneys), Bet Tzedek Legal Services, Los Angeles, California, 2001Co-Instructor: Arie Bucheister, Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Inc.; Subject: Holocaust Restitution and Claims FilingGuest Lecturer; Holocaust Restitution/Anecdotal Professional Experiences; E.g. The University of Melbourne Graduate History Department, Melbourne, Australia, 2007; The Los Angeles Martyr’s Memorial and Museum of the Holocaust (now the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust), 2000; Jewish Family Services, Jewish Community Centers, and Holocaust survivor groups at various locations around Southern California, 1998 - PresentResearcher; Topics in Holocaust and WWII history/Genealogy, per contracted assignment, 1995 - PresentArtist/Designer: Create and display Holocaust-themed conceptual art; Sell handmade books and jewelry online and in consignment shops. Oct 1995 - Present

Lights of Love - International Wave of Light illuminates the night of October 15th, Pregnancy & Infant Loss Remembrance Day. Candles are lit at 7 pm local time from New Zealand to Alaska, until a wave of light is burning around the world for 24 hours in memory of our babies gone too soon. International landmarks also illuminate pink, blue, & purple in conjunction with the candle-lightings. The 2018 Wave of Light saw the illumination of over 340 global landmarks.

Costa Mesa, California, Usa

Nominated for 2015 "Compassion Award;" Achieved a Proclamation for Forever Footprints (FF) establishing October as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month in the City of Costa Mesa with FF being the local representative organization, Proclaimed by Mayor Steve Mensinger; Research, writing, and networking projects as assigned or mutually created. http://www.foreverfootprints.org/about/board-committee/

Costa Mesa, Ca

Appointed three times by City Council; Subcommittee Member for Costa Mesa's first three-day arts and entertainment event, ARTventure: Branded event name, ARTventure, assisted in venue-scouting, artist-booking, art exhibit set-up/take-down, heavy research and administrative work as assigned. Event hosted 1,250+ patrons; attend and engage in monthly meetings; prepare/present reports as assigned; assist at as many Committee events as possible; extra meetings outside regular monthly meetings; research, networking, marketing and talent coordinationhttp://www.costamesaca.gov/index.aspx?page=756

Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion, Costa Mesa, Ca

Exhibition content research, writing, design; curating; communications; show attendant

Costa Mesa, California, Usa - Wyndham, Victoria, Australia

Work with teens on PowerPoint presentations; Chaperone teens on education exchange trip overseas; Create and write program policies and applications.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Organized and advertised social events for local alumni and answered alumni queries as the Los Angeles and Orange County, California regional Alumni Representative for The University of British Columbia

Greater Los Angeles Area

Research various WWII- and Holocaust-related topics as assigned for book and film project; Write academic research papers/articles for book and film project; Interview WWII veterans; Handle WWII and Holocaust artifacts

Greater Los Angeles Area

Historical consultant for Holocaust-memoir film, "Marion’s Triumph: Surviving History’s Nightmare." Dir. John Chua. Narr. Debra Messing

Greater Los Angeles Area

Developed, managed, and operated successful Holocaust Restitution Advocacy Program that established the basis for what is now a network of over 100 Holocaust Restitution Aid Programs in law firms across the United States. Maintained 90% success in restitution claims. Wrote comprehensive book, Guide to Holocaust Reparations.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Researcher for Carol Matas' children's novel, the historical work of fiction: "The War Within: A Novel of the Civil War."

Greater Los Angeles Area

Using primary and secondary sources, conducted preliminary biographical research in the Simon Wiesenthal Center archives and library on Bauhaus artist and Holocaust victim Friedl Dicker-Brandeis for an exhibit at the Museum of Tolerance; exhibit toured the world; conducted 3.5 hour educational museum tours to school and other groups

Greater Los Angeles Area

Worked at organization when it was the newly established, Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation. Verified historical information provided on PIQ (Pre-Interview Questionnaire); Participated in creation of new data entry methodology and database management system to accommodate custom multimedia cataloguing project of visual testimonies of Holocaust survivors

Vancouver, Canada Area

Researcher for book by Krell, Robert, and Marc I. Sherman, eds.: "Medical and Psychological Effects of Concentration Camps on Holocaust Survivors (Vol. 4, Genocide: A Critical and Bibliographic Review)."Acknowledged in book as "Lisa Michelle Freeman"

Newport Harbor Museum Of Art/Anne Frank Orange County Organizing Committee

Participated in and provided comfortable speaking engagements, private dinners, and private social time for Miep Gies, Righteous Gentile, who hid Anne Frank and her family and friends (including her first speaking engagement for “Freedom Writer” teacher Erin Gruwell and her class)Provided comfortable, private, and personal tour of Disneyland for Anne Frank’s two best friends, identified as “Lies” and “Jopie” in Frank’s The Diary of a Young GirlTrained as docent by officials from the Anne Frank Huis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; guided public through tours of educational historical exhibit that has been travelling the world since 1979

Russian Language And Literature, In Progress

Private language school

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), Exhibition Design, A

Activities and Societies: Museum Studies/Sculpture/Bookbinding/History student; Art Gallery Volunteer; Alpha Gamma Sigma academic honor.

Museology/Museum Studies, A

Activities and Societies: Art Gallery Volunteer and Student; student art show participant Taking Fine Arts courses in preparation.

German, A

Russian Language And Literature, A

Studied for six months at private language school

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), First Class (Summa Cum Laude), English, Emphasis Literature

Activities and Societies: Research Assistant, Dr. Robert Krell, Holocaust Studies; Hillel, The Jewish Students Society of Greater.

Russian Language And Literature, A