Given the increased volatility in our world, and the apparent lack of deep awareness of how violence can eradicate whole groups of people, we will spend a day with students, colleagues and community members focused on learning about genocide, its legacies, and what is meant by “social justice” and “equity.”
Events include:
Agenda:
8:30 AM — 8:55 AM Check-in/Coffee/light breakfast
9:00 AM — 9:05 AM Welcome by WVC Pres. Bradley J. Davis
9:05 AM — 9:10 AM Prefatory Remarks Dr. Tim Kelly, Chair of GCC
9:10 AM — 10:00 AM “Is There a World History of Genocide?” Dr. Norman Naimark, Stanford University
10:00 AM — 10:20 AM Music and the Holocaust - Lou De La Rosa, WVC Choral performance
10:20 AM — 10:30 AM Coffee break/visit Social Justice Fair
10:30 AM — 11:45 AM Panel: “Genocide Survivors Bear Witness - Philip Ohriner, Jeffrey Imas, Channary Bill, Hatixhe Grbeshi
11:45 AM — 12:30 PM Mobile Lunch/visit Social Justice Fair - Performance by the San José Raging Grannies
12:30 PM — 12:45 PM Students Read Poetry of Survival
12:45 PM — 2:20 PM Panel: “Children of the Survivors” - Ann Malmuth-Onn, Benjamin Mendelsohn, Mary Papazian
2:20 PM — 2:30 PM Coffee break/visit Social Justice Fair
2:30 PM — 2:40 PM “Lost Through the Generations” - Yasmeen Faris, Communication Speech
Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 8:30am to 3:45pm
Campus Center
14000 Fruitvale Ave, Saratoga, CA 95070