CULTURETECHLENSRahim Thompson
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Combined Graph record U-07523 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6337.
Rahim Thompson is Senior Program Manager at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center in Skokie, Illinois, where he has developed more than 200 public programs spanning antisemitism, genocide, LGBTQ+ rights and racial justice. The Association of Midwest Museums named him a 2025 Promising Leadership Award honoree; PMI lists him among its Future 50 honorees, and IPMA named him its Young Project Manager of the Year 2025 (Gold). His background spans project management, journalism and production. He was named to WVON's 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026.
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Rahim Thompson is Senior Program Manager at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center in Skokie, Illinois, where he has developed more than 200 public programs spanning antisemitism, genocide, LGBTQ+ rights and racial justice. The Association of Midwest Museums named him a 2025 Promising Leadership Award honoree; PMI lists him among its Future 50 honorees, and IPMA named him its Young Project Manager of the Year 2025 (Gold). His background spans project management, journalism and production.
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Organization edge: the Illinois Holocaust Museum is not homed; an affiliated_with edge is BLOCKED until homed. Photo HELD: no Commons/LOC file located 2026-10-21.
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- WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers — related to
Named to the WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026 as Senior Program Manager, Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center.
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- WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers, 'The Class of 2026,' 40gamechangers.com/gamechangers (accessed 2026-10-21): lists Rahim Thompson as Senior Program Manager, Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, among the 43 honorees named and pictured under the Class of 2026 heading. (primary source · build store)
- Association of Midwest Museums, 2025 awards (accessed 2026-10-21): honors Rahim Thompson, Senior Program Manager at the Illinois Holocaust Museum, developer of more than 200 public programs, as a Promising Leadership Award honoree. (primary source · build store)
- PMI (accessed 2026-10-21): lists Thompson among its Future 50 honorees with his museum title and project-management and journalism background. (primary source · build store)
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