The Faces of Genocide | Global Citizenship Conference

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:

• Guest Speakers
• Music Performances
• Reading of Names of Victims
• Panel Discussion with Children of Survivors
• Panel Discussion with Survivors
• Room of Rememberance
• Film Series
  • Hotel Rwanda
  • Older than America
  • The Promise
  • Shoah

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