Mercer County Holocaust/Genocide Resource Center

Schedule Of Events.
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UPCOMING

Spring Semester 2010

May 18, 2010
Annual Spring Teachers Workshop

Tentative Title: From a Child's Perspective: A World Without Prejudice

This year's theme is based on the life and work of Dr.Janus Korczak, who died in the Treblinka death camp accompanying the children of his Warsaw orphanage.

Conference Center, West Windsor Campus

Fall Semester 2010

October 11 - November 5, 2010
Photography Exhibit on the Holocaust and Genocide

Tentative Title: From the Warsaw Ghetto to Darfur

The Gallery, in the CM Building, West Windsor Campus

PAST EVENTS

Spring Semester 2008

Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Annual Film Festival

Film: SAND AND SORROW a Darfur Documentary narrated by George Clooney with Elie Wiesel. NY Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof, Harvard Professor Samantha Power and Barack Obama. Shown at noon in CM 109 on the West Windsor Campus of Mercer County Community College. Free and Open to the Public

Thursday, April 17, 2008
Annual Center Lecture

Professor Emeritus Irving Louis Horowitz
University Professor & Hannah Arendt Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Political Science - Rutgers University

GENOCIDE: Twenty-First Century Variations on the Theme of Genocide

Lecture at noon in CM 109 on the West Windsor Campus of Mercer County Community College. Prof. Horowitz's book, Taking Lives: Genocide and State Power (5th edition) may be purchased in the college bookstore. Lecture is free and open to the public.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Annual Holocaust/Genocide Workshop

This year's topic: BYSTANDER TO UPSTANDER: HOW TO ENCOURAGE POSTIVE ACTION

Starting at 9:00 A.M. in the Conference, MCCC, West Windsor Campus. Followed by a late afternoon session starting at 4:30 PM. Open to all interested parties.

Workshops are free and open to all NJ teachers. Late afternoon session continues and is open to all Mercer County teachers and others. Lunch and dinner served. Sponsored by Mercer County Holocaust/Genocide Center in conjunction with the Mercer County NJ Teachers' Association and the State of New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education. Five professional development hours are available to teachers.

For further information, contact Dr. Paul Winkler:

http://www.holocaust@doe.state.nj.us