Brian Holstrom, Martin Luther King Jr. Honoree

Congratulations to Mr. Brian Holstrom who was honored at the 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Basketball Classic at the University of Arizona.
Brian is a social studies teacher at Salpointe. He teaches AP and Honors World History courses that engage students daily in the diversity of our entire human family sharing our common home. His courses encourage students to challenge traditional historical narratives and evaluate multiple, diverse lenses to investigate global history.

Through the Arizona Council for International Visitors and the U.S. State Department, his classroom often hosts visitors from around the world who travel to Tucson to study demographic diversity, migration issues, human rights and border policy.

Brian's classes have been visited by diplomats, activists and scholars from Israel, Palestine, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Northern Ireland, Thailand and Cyprus. Recently his classes hosted a panel of Muslim women from Tajikistan.

Brian also served as the men's basketball head coach at Salpointe from 2012-2017. On four occasions, his teams were proud to participate in the University of Arizona's Martin Luther King Jr. Basketball Classic. As part of Salpointe Athletics' "Games for the Greater Good," Brian's teams cultivated long-term partnerships with both St. Vincent De Paul and Habitat for Humanity for yearly community service projects.

Congratulations, Brian!
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