DLP's Student Docent & Leadership Program

FREE ONLINE SESSIONS

Open to grades 8-12

About the Student Docent & Leadership Program

Training Session Registration for Winter 2027 is OPEN!

Students in grades 8-12 are invited to join the David Labkovski Project’s Student Docent & Leadership Program. DLP exhibit docents will become part of a team of people who understand the importance of bearing witness to the history of the Holocaust.

After completing training, student docents have the opportunity to become DLP Ambassadors, educating their peers and community about the Holocaust. With ongoing mentorship, ambassadors curate and lead workshops and exhibits at their schools and are docents at DLP event exhibits, further honing their leadership skills and gaining community service hours.

Student Docent Commitment, Responsibilities & Benefits

Participants will:

Complete seven one-hour virtual training sessions
Engage with Labkovski's art and the historical context of the artwork
Learn to critically read art within a historical and personal perspective
Collaborate with students from different schools
Gain leadership and docent skills
Develop & practice public speaking skills
Learn to combat antisemitism
Earn community service hours

Upon completion of the program, student docents will have opportunities to docent at in-person school or community events.

Session Information

Hello DLP student docent program participants! Please add the following dates to your calendar for your training sessions.

If you need to contact DLP because you are unable to attend a session or have questions regarding the program, please contact Resa Nikol, DLP Education Director, at resa@davidlabkovskiproject.org.

2027 Winter Training Dates:

Applications OPEN until January 3, 2027.

Sundays from 10-11am

January 17, 2027
January 24, 2027
January 31, 2027
February 7, 2027
February 14, 2027
February 21, 2027
February 28, 2027

View the Winter Flyer:

Join DLP 's Student Docent & Leadership Training Program

If the current training period is closed, you can still submit the form. We will hold it for the next training round and contact you about the program!

NOTE: Please download and complete the media release form and upload it with your application. You will also need a Gmail account to access the online classroom once the sessions start.

First Name

Last Name

Student Non-School Email (Gmail preferred)

Parent First Name

Parent Last Name

Parent's Email

School Name

City & State

Select Current Grade (Summer Applicants please choose grade you'll enter into.)

Where did you hear about the Docent & Leadership Program?

What session are you interested in?

Briefly describe your interest in becoming a docent (1-2 paragraphs):

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DLP Testimonials

From Students, Teachers, Community Members & Friends

I never expected I would care this much and be so excited to showcase these pictures. When I started this project, I didn’t know anything about David Labkovski (or the Holocaust) and now we are here to tell you his life story.

JordanStudent

Before beginning my time doing this project, I did not really identify with the Holocaust or its effects on Jewish life as a Jew. Rather I saw it as an unhappy topic that, like the atrocities of the Japanese occupation of Korea and other such horrific happenings in history, it just was. In some cases I outright avoided learning about it when I could. After participating in the program (David Labkovski Project), my outlook was transformed. I have had to confront my own Jewish identity and apply myself to learning about the Holocaust. Through David and Rivka’s lives and struggles, I learned how to see the Holocaust as less of another flat atrocity of history and more of a dynamic event that needs to be shared to the general public in order to make them understand its importance.

SamStudent