Members of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Project invite the college community to take pause and remember the millions of Jewish people who lost their lives in the Holocaust between 1933 and 1945. Please join us for MCC’s 21st annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration, “We pass this torch so the future will know.” 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, May 5 in the Flynn Campus Center (Atrium and Forum).
This year’s commemoration includes an opening ceremony and saying of the Kaddish, testimonials from local Holocaust survivors Eva Abrams and Sam Rind, and an opportunity to explore the Holocaust and the legacy of genocide through an ancient Jewish art form, the illuminated ketubot.
The commemoration schedule is as follows:
Yom HaShoah Commemoration Opening Ceremony
9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., Flynn Campus Center Atrium
Calling of the Names, Candle Lighting, and photographic exhibit “I Told You, Now You Tell the World”
10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Flynn Campus Center Atrium
Testimonies with local Holocaust survivors Sam Rind and Eva Abrams
10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. respectively, Flynn Campus Center Forum (3-130)
Keynote presentation: Beyond Genocide with Visual Artist Amy Fagin
1 p.m., Flynn Campus Center Forum (3-130)
The event is sponsored by the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Project and the Creative Arts Committee.
For more information, please visit contact MCC at <mailto:theproject@monroecc.edu> or x3399.
Established in 1991, the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Project is MCC’s unique organization for telling the stories of the Holocaust and other genocides while transforming individuals to become advocates for human rights. Since its inception, the HGHRP has impacted more than 1,500 students and community members through educational, commemorative and advocacy programs.
Brandilea Trescott
Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Project
05/02/2011 |