The Max Warburg Courage Curriculum celebrated its 24th anniversary in style at the Liberty Hotel, as over 150 longstanding supporters and friends came together for courage in support of the organization's middle and high school literacy and character development programs.

The event's special guest, Iman Abdul-Musawwir, inspired guests as she shared news from her recent travels to Beirut and the Syrian border in Lebanon, where she and a classmate have successfully implemented The Max Warburg Courage Curriculum in two schools. Reading from an excerpt of a sixth grade Syrian student, Ms. Abdul-Musawwir shed light on the current climate in Lebanese schools, and encouraged guests to think about the small actions they can take to effect change. Ms. Abdul-Musawwir grew up in Cambridge and was a 2000 Max Warburg Fellow. Her experience with the Courage Curriculum as a child, and her continued involvement as an essay judge, prompted her to consider how the Courage Curriculum might be adapted for such conflict zones as Lebanon. Along with her classmate, Hanadi Mehdi, Ms. Abdul-Musawwir traveled to Lebanon this summer to train teachers on The Max Warburg Courage Curriculum, the first American educational program of its kind to be implemented in Lebanon. She is currently pursuing both an M.B.A. in non-profit management and an M.A. in Coexistence and Conflict from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University.

Also in attendance were Board of Trustees members Stephanie Warburg, Nancy Adams, Carrie Minot Bell, and Pamela Humphrey; Advisory Board Chair Lexa Marshall and her husband, James Carroll; Diana Rowan Rockefeller and Joseph Small; Alexandra Wheelock, Brant Binder, Kelly Boulet, and Elisa Frederickson.