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February 28, 2013 Thursday 10:16 AM EST
SCOTTSDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND U.S. HOLOCAUST MUSEUM PRESENT
'GENOCIDE AWARENESS WEEK'
TEMPE, Ariz., Feb. 28 -- Maricopa Community Colleges issued the
following news release:
An unprecedented week of events highlighting genocide and the legacy
of such atrocities, from Germany and Armenia to Rwanda/Burundi, Bosnia
and Darfur, will be presented at Scottsdale Community College April
8-13, 2013.
The SCC Honors Program in cooperation with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial
Museum presents "Genocide Awareness Week: Understand, Act and Protect"
as part of Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month. All events and
exhibits are free and open to the public.
The series of educational events include discussions with genocide
survivors, such as Holocaust survivor Otto Schimmel. He will speak
during the opening evening event on Monday, April 8, along with
Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett and Scottsdale Mayor Jim Lane.
Cindy McCain, wife of U.S. Sen. John McCain, also discuss her
experiences in the Congo in an afternoon session.
Notable scholars schedule to speak include Dr. Richard Hovannisian, a
UCLA professor and expert on the Armenian genocide, and Dr. Esad
Boskailo, M.D., a University of Arizona professor and author who
survived Bosnian concentration camps.
Maximilian Lerner, a refugee from Austria who escaped through France
and Portugal to the U.S. and returned to Europe during the war as a
spy, will speak on Thursday, April 11. He penned two novels based on
his experiences.
Art exhibits, a documentary premiere, a movie screening and two
standing exhibits will be featured as well. Authors will be available
to sign their books, which will be available for purchase in the SCC
Bookstore.
The two standing exhibits, Camp Darfur and the One Million Bones
Project, will offer interactive displays and information throughout
the week. Camp Darfur will feature five refugee tents providing
information about five different genocides: the Holocaust, Armenia,
Cambodia, Rwanda/Burundi and Darfur. The Million Bones Project allows
persons to create a plaster cast of a bone, which represents a symbol
of genocide.
Renowned Scottsdale-based artist Robert Sutz will show his "We
Remember: Holocaust Art" exhibit in SCC's Fine Arts Building
throughout the week. As a tribute to his father, whose family died in
Nazi concentration camps, Sutz creates life masks of Holocaust
survivors and Holocaust scenes.
Another exhibit, Sonja's Legacy, will feature watercolor artwork
created by Sonja Fischerova while she was at Terezin Concentration
Camp during World War II. She died at age 13 in Auschwitz but her
paintings were later discovered by a family member in a Prague museum.
Other presentations include a report on domestic terrorism and civil
rights from two FBI agents and the Anti-Defamation League and Phoenix
Police Department teaming up to share information on hate crimes.
On Saturday, April 13, educators from across the state will attend a
day-long training session focused on learning how to use activities to
teach about the Holocaust and other genocides.They also will hear from
scholar Timothy Kaiser, director of Educational Resources and Wexner
Center at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and featured guest Carl
Wilkens, the former head of the Adventist Development and Relief
Agency International in Rwanda. In 1994, he was the only American who
chose to remain in the country after the genocide began. The event is
sponsored by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Most of the events will be in the Turquoise Room in SCC's Student
Center except for the opening evening event, which will be in SCC's
Performing Arts Center.
Teachers seeking to participate in the Saturday training session
should contact Kim Klett at [email protected] To register, visit
http://www.cvent.com/d/bcq443.
Other sponsors of this event are Mesa Community College and SCC's Phi
Theta Kappa.
For the full schedule, visit SCC's home page beginning the week of
March 4. For any query with respect to this article or any other
content requirement, please contact Editor at
[email protected]
February 28, 2013 Thursday 10:16 AM EST
SCOTTSDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND U.S. HOLOCAUST MUSEUM PRESENT
'GENOCIDE AWARENESS WEEK'
TEMPE, Ariz., Feb. 28 -- Maricopa Community Colleges issued the
following news release:
An unprecedented week of events highlighting genocide and the legacy
of such atrocities, from Germany and Armenia to Rwanda/Burundi, Bosnia
and Darfur, will be presented at Scottsdale Community College April
8-13, 2013.
The SCC Honors Program in cooperation with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial
Museum presents "Genocide Awareness Week: Understand, Act and Protect"
as part of Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month. All events and
exhibits are free and open to the public.
The series of educational events include discussions with genocide
survivors, such as Holocaust survivor Otto Schimmel. He will speak
during the opening evening event on Monday, April 8, along with
Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett and Scottsdale Mayor Jim Lane.
Cindy McCain, wife of U.S. Sen. John McCain, also discuss her
experiences in the Congo in an afternoon session.
Notable scholars schedule to speak include Dr. Richard Hovannisian, a
UCLA professor and expert on the Armenian genocide, and Dr. Esad
Boskailo, M.D., a University of Arizona professor and author who
survived Bosnian concentration camps.
Maximilian Lerner, a refugee from Austria who escaped through France
and Portugal to the U.S. and returned to Europe during the war as a
spy, will speak on Thursday, April 11. He penned two novels based on
his experiences.
Art exhibits, a documentary premiere, a movie screening and two
standing exhibits will be featured as well. Authors will be available
to sign their books, which will be available for purchase in the SCC
Bookstore.
The two standing exhibits, Camp Darfur and the One Million Bones
Project, will offer interactive displays and information throughout
the week. Camp Darfur will feature five refugee tents providing
information about five different genocides: the Holocaust, Armenia,
Cambodia, Rwanda/Burundi and Darfur. The Million Bones Project allows
persons to create a plaster cast of a bone, which represents a symbol
of genocide.
Renowned Scottsdale-based artist Robert Sutz will show his "We
Remember: Holocaust Art" exhibit in SCC's Fine Arts Building
throughout the week. As a tribute to his father, whose family died in
Nazi concentration camps, Sutz creates life masks of Holocaust
survivors and Holocaust scenes.
Another exhibit, Sonja's Legacy, will feature watercolor artwork
created by Sonja Fischerova while she was at Terezin Concentration
Camp during World War II. She died at age 13 in Auschwitz but her
paintings were later discovered by a family member in a Prague museum.
Other presentations include a report on domestic terrorism and civil
rights from two FBI agents and the Anti-Defamation League and Phoenix
Police Department teaming up to share information on hate crimes.
On Saturday, April 13, educators from across the state will attend a
day-long training session focused on learning how to use activities to
teach about the Holocaust and other genocides.They also will hear from
scholar Timothy Kaiser, director of Educational Resources and Wexner
Center at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and featured guest Carl
Wilkens, the former head of the Adventist Development and Relief
Agency International in Rwanda. In 1994, he was the only American who
chose to remain in the country after the genocide began. The event is
sponsored by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Most of the events will be in the Turquoise Room in SCC's Student
Center except for the opening evening event, which will be in SCC's
Performing Arts Center.
Teachers seeking to participate in the Saturday training session
should contact Kim Klett at [email protected] To register, visit
http://www.cvent.com/d/bcq443.
Other sponsors of this event are Mesa Community College and SCC's Phi
Theta Kappa.
For the full schedule, visit SCC's home page beginning the week of
March 4. For any query with respect to this article or any other
content requirement, please contact Editor at
[email protected]