At the 2018 Korczak-inspired Conference in Seattle, the following people (in alphabetic order) received Gratitude Awards in a form of a crystal flame or Korczak’s Channukia.
Carrie Basas
Director at Washington State Governor’s Office of the Education Ombuds, Seattle, WA
Dr. Kurt Bomze
Dentist, and a co-founder of the Janusz Korczak Society of the USA, and a member of the Korczak USA
Theo Cappon
Member of the Dutch Korczak Association
Dr. Irina Demakova
Department Chair, Moscow State Teacher Training University, Russia
Dr. Martin Daniel
President, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
Dr. Sara Efrat Efron
Professor, National Louis University, Chicago, IL, and a board member of the Korczak USA
Elisabeth Gifford
Writer and educator, London, UK
Batia Gilad
Chairperson of the International Korczak Association, Israel
Brian Hull and 3 puppeteers of the Kaytek the Wizard show, Nashville, TN
Teresa Indelak Davis
Honorary Consul of Poland in Seattle, WA
Marek Michalak
Ombudsman for Children’s Rights, Poland
Tania Novinsky-Haberkorn
President of the Korczak Association of Brazil
Jerry Nussbaum
President of the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada
Ira Pataki
Instructor at the Sharpsville Middle School in Pennsylvania
Dr. Kristin Poppo
Provost at Alfred State University, Alfred, NY
Irving Roth
Director of the Holocaust Resource Center of Temple Judea, Manhasset, NY, and a member of the Korczak USA
Marcia Talmage Schneider
Author and educator, a member of the Korczak USA
Dr. Tatyana Tsyrlina-Spady
Conference organizer and a board member of the Korczak USA
In addition, Tatyana Tsyrlina-Spady and Mariola Strahlberg were honored by the Ombudsman for Children’s Rights from Poland with Pro Infantis Bono awards.