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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, January 4,2023 11
The Hate Ends Now Tour:
The Cattle Car Experience Visits Savannah
to Address Modern-Day Hate Through the
Lens of the Holocaust
The Hate Ends Now
tour is returning to Savannah,
Georgia from January 3, 2023
to January 12, 2023 to give
the Savannah community an
opportunity to take a journey
back into time through its im
mersive 360-degree exhibition,
The Cattle Car Experience.
The exhibit will be hosted by
multiple locations in the com
munity and open to the pub
lic: The Jewish Educational
Alliance, Benedictine Military
School and Skidaway Island
Community Church. All Sa-
vannah-Chatham County Pub
lic High Schools have selected
students to participate as well
as local private schools.
Participants will be
gin the 30-minute presenta
tion by boarding a cattle car,
a replica of the ones used after
WWII to transport Jews and
other targeted groups to con
centration camps, where they
will be exposed to the develop
ment and aftermath of the Ho
locaust through a remarkable
collection of imagery and foot
age dating from 1933 through
1945. Included are recorded
documentaries of Holocaust
survivors such as Hedy Bohm
describing their inhumane ex
periences on those days in the
cattle car. Participants feel the
development and aftermath of
the Holocaust as well as a pre
sentation of current instances
of discrimination and intoler-
The Cattle Car Experience
ance.
The Cattle Car Expe
rience was developed to chal
lenge the assumption that the
Holocaust was not a real event
in history by exposing visitors
to different phases of the un
imaginable atrocities that took
place during that time. Hate
Ends Now explores the behav
iors of Nazi leadership and or
dinary people who committed
or witnessed crimes of indif
ference, providing participants
with an opportunity to reflect
on the ways they can take a
stand against the hatred shown
towards Jewish people and oth
er groups today.
The Savannah leg
of the tour is presented by the
Savannah Jewish Federation
and Dena Yaschik Bodziner
Memorial Fund of the Jewish
Community Foundation of Sa
vannah in partnership with the
Kole Family, Phillipa & James
Montag Jewish Educational
& Cultural Fund of the Jew
ish Community Foundation of
Savannah, Jewish Educational
Alliance, Congregation B’nai
Brith Jacob, NCSY Savannah
and ShadowLight, a national
Holocaust nonprofit.
“The Holocaust
teaches us more than just the
historical facts that occurred,
it teaches us, in a vividly clear
way, that there are lessons to
be learned for our lives to
day.” Adam Solender, CEO
of the Savannah Jewish Fed
eration said when asked why
this project was important to
bring to our community. “Our
world is filled with hate, bully
ing, homophobia, intolerance,
and racism. The Cattle Car
Experience is a vivid tangible
reminder of what hatred, big
otry, racism, antisemitism, and
intolerance can lead to. It is a
unique reminder for our Savan
nah community.”
The Hate Ends Now
tour began on November 29,
2021. It has since made stops
throughout Florida, North
Carolina and South Carolina
providing participants with
universal lessons of the Holo
caust, such as the importance
speaking out against hate.
This traveling ex
hibit is open to groups of all
faiths and ages (although rec
ommended for 13+). For more
information and to sign up
for a free 30-minute tour, vis
it https://www.savj.org/hate-
ends-now-tour
Georgia Southern University Launches
NASA-Funded Engineering Mentorship
Program with Savannah-area High Schools
Georgia Southern electrical engineering student
Tyler Nagy works with a student from a
Savannah-area high school
Savannah-area high
school students are getting a
first-hand look at engineering
concepts through the Eagle En
gineering Ambassadors (EAA)
program, a new NASA-funded
mentorship program that part
ners students in Georgia South
ern University’s Allen E. Paul
son College of Engineering and
Computing with teams of high
school students.
The new program,
much like its predecessor the
Engineering Design Challenge
(EDC), introduces high school
ers to engineering concepts
through hands-on projects
and mentorship from Georgia
Southern students. Led by Pri-
ya Goeser, Ph.D., professor of
mechanical engineering, and
Thomas Murphy, Ph.D., asso
ciate professor of electrical and
computer engineering, the pro
gram is funded through a grant
from the Georgia Space Grant
Consortium.
“Historically, we
had an outreach program on
the Armstrong Campus in Sa
vannah that was called EDC,”
said Goeser. “This year, our
approach is to have a program
where the schools are not
competing against each other.
Instead, we’re meeting them
where they’re at. This gives us
flexibility in training teachers,
training students and giving
them the tools that they need to
connect with engineering and
STEM-related topics.”
Goeser also hopes
that the shift in program format
will help participants build on
their engineering knowledge
through increasingly difficult
tasks, rather than once-a-year,
standalone projects. The pro
gram, which began in August
and will continue through
the spring semester, already
boasts eight Georgia Southern
mentors from the Armstrong
Campus and 22 Savannah-ar
ea high school student partici
pants. Goeser hopes to expand
the program to the Statesboro
Campus and to Statesboro-area
schools in the future .
“Participating in this
program has made me ap
preciate the early education
of engineering in local high
schools,” said junior mechan
ical engineering major Emma
Kurtz. “I was part of the team
who delivered 3D printers and
trained staff on their use. I got
involved because I was excited
to be involved with the com
munity, but this program has
also impacted how I under
stand engineering and how I
explain it to others.”
Other student men
tors in the program shared
similar sentiments to Kurtz.
Tyler Nagy, an electrical engi
neering major with a military
background, initially joined
the program to help distinguish
himself from fellow engineer
ing students.
“With my back
ground in the military, I spent
a lot of time training and man
aging a small team, so EEA
was a really natural place
for me to start outside of my
school work,” Nagy said. “But
working with EEA also forced
me to improve my skills as an
educator, gave me valuable ex
perience managing a project on
a tight timeline and helped me
gain a deeper understanding of
additive manufacturing.”
Nagy’s favorite part
of participating in the program
had little to do with course-
work and everything to do with
the ingenuity of the high school
teams.
“By far, my favorite
part of EEA is seeing the cre
ativity and problem solving
from all of the teams,” Nagy
said. “The high school stu
dents have an inspiring level
of motivation, along with an
assortment of problem anal
ysis methods. Their varied
experiences and approaches
let everyone leave with a new
perspective, which is really an
invaluable aspect that would be
hard to get any other way.”
Goeser hopes that ex
periences like this continue to
come from the EAA program
for high school and Georgia
Southern students alike.
“We want students to
know that studying engineer
ing is not unreachable,” Goeser
said. “Math and physics are im
portant, but there are also skills
like spatial visualization and
design that involve creativity,
and that can make the difficult
pieces more workable and fun.
You just need to find the re
sources to help you get there,
and we are here to help.”
EEA is expected to
be hosted each fall and spring
semester. Learn more about
EEA at GeorgiaS outhern.
edu/EE Ahttps://sites .google.
com/georgiasouthern.edu/ee-
a/?pli=l.
Georgia Southern
University, a public Carnegie
Doctoral/R2 institution found
ed in 1906, offers approximate
ly 140 different degree pro
grams serving nearly 26,000
students through 10 colleges
on three campuses in States
boro, Savannah, Hinesville and
online instruction. A leader in
higher education in southeast
Georgia, the University pro
vides a diverse student popula
tion with expert faculty, world-
class scholarship and hands-on
learning opportunities. Georgia
Southern creates lifelong learn
ers who serve as responsible
scholars, leaders and stewards
in their communities. Visit
GeorgiaS outhern .edu.
Ask a Leadership Coach
Victoria Baylor CPC, CODC, CNLP
How to Make 2023 Your Best Growth Year
We’ve officially
crossed over into a New Year.
What a reason to have so much
gratitude! But for many grati
tude can be a struggle. Crossing
into the new year often means
crossing over with the same
baggage of disappointment,
heartaches, fears, and unreal
ized dreams from last year. A
new year doesn’t make your
past challenges magically dis
appear. If you’re one of those
people whose hopefulness of
the new year is a bit eclipsed
by a little fear and doubt, then
this article is written with care
just for you.
Recently I was walk
ing through my house the other
day and my eyes landed on a
small plant on the shelf. In No
vember, my daughter attended
a friend’s birthday party where
she received a plant in a clay
pot as a party favor. She was
hesitant to take the plant home
out of fear that she would eas
ily kill it. But after being as
sured “it was hard to kill” she
did. For the last few weeks,
I’ve watched that plant be ne
glected and feared it wouldn’t
survive the inconsistent care of
a teenager. A few leaves even
fell off. However, I witnessed
the most amazing thing this
morning. Two new shoots have
already started to grow. And
what looked like it was the end
was really just the beginning.
I’ve discovered the human
spirit is the same way. Chal
lenges in life may leave you
dry and even falling apart but
the opportunity for growth and
a comeback is always there. As
long as you are alive you have
a great purpose. What will you
do to “water and nurture your
growth in 2023?
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VICTORIA BAYLOR
LEADERSHIP
& OD SOLUTIONS
Sandpiper Supply President Chat Howard Jr.
Named “Person of the Year” by
The Wholesaler Magazine
The second-generation owner and operator recognized as a changemaker and a community
builder in Savannah.
The Wholesaler
Magazine, a trade publication
from PHCPPros covering the
plumbing, heating, cooling
and piping industry for profes
sional engineers, distributors
and contractors, named Chat
Howard Jr., President of Sa
vannah-based Sandpiper Sup
ply, as the 2022 “Person of the
Year.”
According to the
“Person of the Year” article,
Howard Jr. was an apparent
choice because of his princi
ples, which rest on a founda
tion of faith and servant lead
ership, that guide Howard Jr.’s
calling to help others in both
their professional and personal
lives. Howard Jr. also demon
strates leadership skills that
encourage and support others
in the local community and the
overall health of the PHCP in
dustry.
“I would like to thank
The Wholesaler Magazine,
PHCPPros, and the industry
leaders that noticed a fami
ly-owned company in a small
market and took the time to
highlight what we stand for and
what we are trying to accom
plish,” Howard Jr. said. “We
hope this award will stand as a
challenge to our industry to get
back to being the pillars of the
community.”
Howard Jr. also
serves as president of the
Southern Wholesalers Asso
ciation. At the organization’s
annual convention earlier this
year, he delivered a standout
speech detailing his involve
ment in the industry and the
Association. The defining
theme was gratitude, from the
opportunity to serve his peers
and colleagues, to the experi
ence of maintaining a family
business that his father started
in 1977.
A Savannah native,
Howard Jr. grew up working
in the business started by his
parents. “It was my daycare,
my after-school job and my
summer job throughout my
childhood,” Howard Jr. de
scribes. After graduating from
Benedictine Military School in
1992, he attended The Citadel
and graduated in 1996. After
starting his career in software
sales, he worked in the Charles
ton area for another company
that designed software for non
profits.
“I was fascinated by
the culture of giving and the
companies we were helping,”
Howard Jr. explains. “I worked
my way up the ladder and be
came a consultant, and I was
able to visit nonprofit organi
zations around the world. I was
amazed to see the work they
were accomplishing.”
However, his dream
of being an entrepreneur was
still a priority for Howard Jr.
who sought advice from his
dad. Little did Howard Jr.
know, but Howard Sr. was try
ing to sell the family business
and the recent sale had fallen
through. Howard Jr. told his
dad that before the company
went back on the market, he
wanted to come back home and
look at the opportunity.
He rejoined Sandpip
er Supply in 2002 and focused
on servicing their fiercely loyal
customer base by listening to
their challenges and respond
ing with solutions. This helped
the company thrive, despite
the effect of big box stores and
chain wholesalers on smaller
family operations, and Howard
Jr. eventually assumed the role
of President in 2018 before tak
ing ownership in 2021.
Along the way, How
ard Jr. has built a company cul
ture based on a healthy work
place environment, community
building, and maintaining and
cultivating new talent in the
industry. He takes this commit
ment seriously and his actions
have now been recognized by
a national audience with The
Wholesaler Magazine Person
of the Year award. In response,
Howard Jr. encourages his fel
low industry leaders to get in
volved however they can.
Howard Jr. contin
ued, “Take the time to slow
down and look at the world
around you. What is your leg
acy going to be? Are you going
to be remembered as someone
who was pretty good at selling
toilets or are you going to be
remembered as someone who
truly made a difference? If you
have the talent, means, time or
skills to make the world a bet
ter place, stop waiting and go
make a difference .”
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