Nina Simone Grotch
Director, Human Rights Education Strategy
Woven Foundation
Nina Simone Grotch is the Director of Human Rights Education Stategy at Woven Foundation. She works on human rights education and its applications through Woven Teaching, the human rights education arm of the Foundation. Nina is a longtime educator and advocate for social justice. She is a recognized and sought-after public speaker with over 20 years of experience teaching children, youth, and educators. Her experience includes working with diverse audiences locally, nationally, and internationally on examining and interrupting prejudice and discrimination. Ms. Grotch served as the Education Director for the Anti-Defamation League in Northern California where she ran anti-bias programs for students, educators, and community members. Additionally, Nina has created and presented workshops about teaching the Holocaust. Ms. Grotch has a bachelor’s degree in Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz and master’s degree in English Literature from San Francisco State University. Nina is very excited to be part of the team at Woven Foundation and to continue teaching about human rights and the patterns of genocide as well as supporting partner organizations committed to human rights education.
Nikki Bambauer
Director, Human Rights Education Programming
Woven Foundation
Nikki furthers Woven Foundations’s vision in the field of human rights education through her work with Woven Teaching, the human rights education arm of the Foundation. As an author of curricula for Woven Teaching, she develops resources and materials for teaching about history, social justice, and human rights both in and out of the classroom. An experienced genocide educator, Nikki spent several years at the JFCS Holocaust Center, where she wrote curricula and coordinated speaking engagements for survivors of genocide, as well as educational programming. Nikki is a passionate advocate for social justice; when she is not promoting human rights through her work with the Foundation, she organizes against white supremacy and police violence in her community.