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    `The Armenian Genocide' documentary to be screened at FAU


    April 2, 2011 - 11:54 AMT 06:54 GMT
    PanARMENIAN.Net -

    As part of the ongoing Armenian Genocide exhibition at Florida
    Atlantic University (FAU) Wimberly Library in Boca Raton, FL, two
    high-profile South Florida community activists will lead a discussion
    following the screening of a 30-minute excerpt from the PBS
    documentary, "The Armenian Genocide."

    The film and panel discussion will take place on April 12 from 7:00 -
    9:00 pm on the 5th floor of the FAU Wimberly Library and is free and
    open to the public, reported the Armenian Assembly of America.

    Marta Batmasian, a member of the Florida Department of Education
    Commissioner's Task Force on Holocaust Education, will share her
    family's experience in Turkey and the effects of the Armenian Genocide
    on her family. Armenian Assembly of America Grassroots Director Taniel
    Koushakjian, an FAU alumnus, will discuss the Armenian-American
    identity and the post-genocidal effects on the Armenian community in
    the United States.

    "We live in a community in which there are thousands of survivors of
    modern genocides and their descendants. Our community has played an
    active role in attempts to intervene against genocide in Darfur. St.
    David's Armenian Church, Congregation B'Nai Israel and the FAU Center
    for Holocaust and Human Rights Education have been at the forefront of
    the these community efforts. It is important for our community to
    learn about and memorialize the Armenian victims just as we
    memorialize and educate about the Shoah. Remembering both strengthens
    our commitment to prevent and intervene against genocide," said Dr.
    Rose Gatens, Director of the FAU Center for Holocaust and Human Rights
    Education (CHHRE).

    "The Armenian Genocide" film and panel discussion is being sponsored
    by the Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education at Florida
    Atlantic University in conjunction with "The Greatest Crime of the
    War: Armenian Genocide During World War I," an exhibition on display
    through Wednesday, April 27, at the Wimberly Library.

    The exhibit will close with a special guest lecture by Dr. Mary
    Johnson, Senior Historian with Facing History and Ourselves and
    curator of the Armenian Genocide exhibit, on April 25 from 7:00 - 8:00
    pm. Following the lecture will be the Armenian Genocide Commemoration
    and Memorial service to the victims conducted by clergy from St.
    David's Armenian Church of Boca Raton and St. Mary's Armenian Church
    in Cooper City.




    From: A. Papazian
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