The paperclip campaign is a grass-roots effort started by one teacher and her students to honor the victims of the Holocaust and to state visibly that we each have a personal responsibility to ensure that it never happens again.

During World War II, Norwegians wore paperclips on their collars to demonstrate their opposition to Nazism and anti-Semitism. At Academy School District 20 (Colorado Springs, Colorado), we will wear paperclips on the collars of our clothes during the week of April 19 - April 26, 2009, to demonstrate our opposition to racism, prejudice, and hate crimes.

Please wear a paperclip with us during this week to honor the victims of the Holocaust, as well as the victims of terrorism.

A Miramax/Johnson Group documentary, Paper Clips, was released in September 2004 to select markets throughout the United States. Although the documentary portrays the efforts of a small school in Tennessee to honor Holocaust victims, it does include information about the "paperclip campaign." In fact, Whitwell Middle School in Whitwell, Tennessee, started their program after participating in our program and after using our symbol and poster in their program.

Endorsed by
          Academy School District Twenty
          Colorado state legislators
          Dr. Lloyd S. Lewan

Key participants include the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, other Holocaust museums throughout the world, The Norwegian Resistance Organization, several chapters of the Anti-Defamation League, many Holocaust survivors, many Jewish organizations, and hundreds of secondary schools and colleges.