PRESS RELEASE
The Genocide Education Project
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San Francisco, CA 94118
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www.GenocideEd ucation.org
Contact: Raffi Momjian ([email protected])
WINNING COLLABORATION ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TEACHER-TRAINING
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San Francisco, CA – The Genocide Education Project and Facing History and
Ourselves continue to build a strong partnership in training U.S. teachers
about the Armenian Genocide. During the past school year the two
organizations assisted each other with four workshops located between
Detroit, Michigan and San Francisco, California. Plans are in the works for
at least three workshops this fall.
The latest event in San Francisco was hosted by Facing History and Ourselves
and served approximately twenty teachers from all over California. The
participants attended a week long institute on the Armenian Genocide on the
KZV Armenian School campus, where they had an opportunity to learn both
effective teaching strategies and hear from lecturers including world
renowned scholar Dr. Richard Hovannisian. The Genocide Education Project
provided a two hour seminar on geopolitical conditions in the 1800s that
fueled the Genocide and also hosted a viewing of the documentary "The
Genocide in Me" by Araz Artinian.
This institute followed two all-day workshops organized by the Genocide
Education Project and sponsored by the Los Angeles Unified School District,
during which Facing History and Ourselves provided a session on moral
decision making and genocide. The workshops in Los Angeles will continue on
a semi-annual basis for two more years.
Coming up in December, The Genocide Education Project will offer a lecture
titled "Teaching about Genocide in the Age of Genocide" at the National
Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) conference in Washington D.C. This
clinic was developed in collaboration with Facing History and Oursleves, the
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the educational organization, Choices,
at Brown University.
The director of the Northern California office for Facing History and
Ourselves, Jack Weinstein, a member of the advisory board for The Genocide
Education Project noted, "I’ve been working with The Genocide Education
Project for over ten years now, and look forward to our continued
collaboration through this relationship." Weinstein continues to stress that
"together, we can reach out to more schools, teachers, and students, further
ensuring that the history and lessons of the Armenian Genocide will be a
part of social studies courses across the country."
For more information about The Genocide Education Projects Upcoming Events
with Facing History and Ourselves please visit:
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The Genocide Education Project is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3)
organization that assists educators in teaching about human rights and
genocide, particularly the Armenian Genocide, by developing and distributing
instructional materials, providing access to teaching resources and
organizing educational workshops.