The University of Denver student organization Never Again!, along with the Holocaust Awareness Institute, has organized a week’s worth of activities for Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Week April 19–24.
The 2009 theme is “Resist” and is meant to educate the community on past acts of resistance.
“Whether through actions during the Holocaust such as making upside down letters in the gateway to Auschwitz or declaring the actions of your government to be genocide and getting the international community involved, we want to encourage our community to get involved and take action,” says Joel Portman, founder of Never Again!
Events are free and open to the public.
Events include:
| April 19, 1:30 p.m. | Lindsay Auditorium, Sturm Hall, University of Denver | 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 |
| April 19, 4 p.m. | Shwayder Theatre, Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center, 350 S. Dahlia Street, Denver | Holocaust Survivor’s Memorial: A New Beginning | |
| April 20, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. | Campus Green, University of Denver | Litany (reading of names) | |
| April 20, 7 p.m. | Lindsay Auditorium, Sturm Hall, University of Denver | Holocaust Survivor Panel: Jack Adler and Alan Morawiec | |
| April 21, 3 p.m. | outside Evans Chapel | Yom HaShoah/Holocaust Remembrance Service on campus with University Chaplain Gary Brower | (in case of inclement weather, Nelson Private Dining Room) |
| April 22, 7 p.m. | Lindsay Auditorium, Sturm Hall, University of Denver | Keynote speaker: Mohamed Yahya of Damanga Coalition For Freedom and Democracy | |
| April 23, 6:30 p.m. | Lindsay Auditorium, Sturm Hall, University of Denver | Breaking the Cycle of Genocide: A panel discussion about the phenomenon of genocide and effective methods of fighting it. | |
| April 23, 8 p.m. | Davis Auditorium, Sturm Hall, University of Denver | Showing of Defiance |
Details on all events can be found at: www.du.edu/orgs/neveragain.