B Springsteen, Conan O'Brien & Liam Neeson To Help Commemorate 20th Anniversary USC Shoah Foundation
Source: USC Shoah Foundation
Bruce Springsteen will perform at the USC Shoah Foundation's 20th anniversary Ambassadors for Humanity gala tonight in Los Angeles. Conan O'Brien will host the event, with special guest Liam Neeson.
"I am personally honored that Bruce, Conan and Liam are joining me and lending their considerable talents to this year's special 20th anniversary gala," Spielberg said. "Not only do they entertain and inform us through song, laughter and words, but by helping us commemorate this significant milestone, they also draw attention to the vital work of the USC Shoah Foundation."
They will be joining featured speaker President Barack Obama, who will also receive the Institute's Ambassador for Humanity Award.
TNT is once again serving as the Presenting Sponsor, continuing a strong relationship with the Institute that has spanned more than a decade.
Read more: https://sfi.usc.edu/news/2014/05/bruce-springsteen-conan-obrien-and-liam-neeson-help-commemorate-20th-anniversary-usc
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[/img]President Obama honored with USC Shoah Foundation’s Ambassador for Humanity Award
The president thanked the foundation for “setting alight an eternal flame of testimony that can’t be extinguished”
by Josh Grossberg
May 8, 2014
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In recognition of his efforts to protect human rights, his commitment to education and his work advancing opportunities for all people, President Barack Obama was presented May 7 with the Ambassador for Humanity Award by Steven Spielberg, USC trustee and founder of USC Shoah Foundation’s Institute for Visual History and Education.
Obama’s acceptance speech centered on the theme of memories and stories — good and bad. Urging the audience to share stories so others can learn from them, he credited Spielberg with safeguarding Holocaust stories before they are lost to history and thanked the USC Shoah Foundation for “setting alight an eternal flame of testimony that can’t be extinguished.”
Obama also thanked the thousands of survivors who shared their painful stories. “None of these stories could be preserved without the men and women with the courage to tell them,” he said.
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