Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Week
HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE AWARENESS WEEK: RESIST.
APRIL 19-24, 2009
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Week-long activities:
Informational Tabling on campus
Flag display
Yard Signs
“Resistance” posters
Sunday, April 19
From Velvet Gloves to an Iron Fist: The Rise of Turkish Nationalism and the Armenian Genocide
Organized by Armenians of Colorado and the Holocaust Awareness Institute
Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 1:30 PM
While Armenians had never been treated as equals in the Empire, why did the Ottoman leadership decide to exterminate an ancient people in such a systematic way that would lead Raphael Lemkin research – what he would later name – genocide?
Lindsay Auditorium, Sturm Hall, University of Denver
Holocaust Survivor’s Memorial: A New Beginning
4:00 p.m. Shwayder Theatre
Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center 350 S. Dahlia Street, Denver
The Survivors’ Memorial is co-sponsored by the children and grandchildren of the survivors of the Shoah and the Holocaust Awareness Institute at the University of Denver's Center for Judaic Studies. As is the tradition for this annual program, this year’s memorial will continue to feature Holocaust survivors, as well as second, and third-generation survivors. While a memorial to those whose lives were brutally taken, we will also celebrate the generations that are here today and using the lessons of the Holocaust to make a positive difference in the world.
This year’s memorial service will feature remarks by; Holocaust Survivor Ly Japha, second-generation survivor Steve Duman, third-generation survivor Avi Mehler, Cantor Joel Lichtermann, and Dr. Sarah Pessin. Rabbi Yaakov Meyer of Aish Ahavas Yisroel will be the keynote speaker.
Monday, April 20
Litany (reading of name of Holocaust victims)
7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. University of Denver, Campus Green
Holocaust Survivor Panel
Featuring Jack Adler & Alan Morawiec
7:00-8:30 p.m. in Lindsay Auditorium, Sturm Hall
University of Denver, 2000 E. Asbury Ave.
Tuesday, April 21
Yom Ha Shoah
Interfaith Holocaust Remembrance Service on campus
Evans Chapel
3:00 p.m.
Led by University Chaplain Rev. Gary Brower
2nd Annual Holocaust in Contemporary Bioethics Program
Mad, Bad, or Evil: How Physician Healers Turn to Torture and Murder
With Michael A. Grodin, MD
University of Colorado Denver Center for Bioethics and Humanities: Education 2 North; Room 1102, 1st floor auditorium
Lecture: 12- 1 PM /Panel Discussion: 1:30-2:30 pm
Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program
5:30 PM doors open, 6 PM program begins.
The 28th Annual Governor's Holocaust Remembrance Program will feature keynote speakers Kristine Keren and Dan Paisner, co-authors of the intimate and harrowing and ultimate triumphant memoir, "The Girl in the Green Sweater: A Life in Holocaust's Shadow."
The event is free, but tickets are required. To RSVP and for more information, please call 303-830-7177 by April 13th.
Wednesday, April 22
Darfur Genocide Speaker, Mohamed Yahya
of Damanga Coalition For Freedom and Democracy
7:00 p.m. in Lindsay Auditorium, Sturm Hall, University of Denver. 2000 E. Asbury Ave
Click to view full speaker biography
Thursday, April 23
Breaking the Cycle of Genocide
Organized by Armenians of Colorado and the Holocaust Awareness Institute
Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Please join us for a panel discussion about the phenomenon of genocide and effective methods of fighting it.
Lindsay Auditorium, Sturm Hall University of Denver
2000 East Asbury Street, Denver
Screening of “Defiance”
Organized in conjunction with DUPB
8:00 p.m. in Davis Auditorium, Sturm Hall
University of Denver, 2000 E. Asbury Ave.
Friday, April 24
Project Homeless Connect
http://www.du.edu/homelessness/volunteer/
Shabbat 200
(with Chabad) – requires pre-registration
Visit www.shabbat200.com for complete information
All events are free and open to the public.
Events sponsored by Never Again! , Hillel, Chabad, Holocaust Awareness Institute.
