ANC OF SOUTH FLORIDA WILL TAKE PART IN GENOCIDE PREVENTION PROJECT

PanARMENIAN.Net
27.03.2009 01:51 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In conjunction with Genocide Prevention Project’s
launch of Genocide Prevention Month (GPM) on April 2nd, the Armenian
National Committee (ANC) of South Florida will take part in a panel
discussion organized by the Jewish Community Relations Council and
co-sponsored by various organizations to raise awareness about the
ongoing genocide in Darfur and efforts to secure concrete U.S. action
to stop the killing.

Panelists will include: Councilman Andre Williams, Esq. City of
Miami Gardens; Reverend Patrick O’Neil, Archdiocese of Miami; Michael
Pertnoy, Activist, Filmmaker, & Genocide Intervention Network Carl
Wilkens Fellow; Joe Sachs, Holocaust Survivor; Michael Toumayan,
Descendant of Armenian Genocide Survivor; and Rositta Kenigsberg,
Holocaust Documentation & Education Center, Inc.

"The Genocide Prevention Project’s efforts to spotlight genocide
in April – the month that saw the beginnings of the horrors of the
Armenian Genocide, Holocaust, Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda, and now,
Darfur – calls critical attention to the vital role each and every
one of us can play to end the cycle of genocide," said Toumayan. "The
panel discussion is an opportunity to provide a forum to examine
fundamental moral issues caught between competing interests."

Cosponsors of the event include the Armenian National Committee
of South Florida, Miami Dade College, Rabbinical Association of
Greater Miami, Students Taking Action Now Darfur, Urgent Times,
and Urgent Action.

Genocide Prevention Month was launched earlier this year by the
Genocide Prevention Project, which is working in conjunction with
several organizations, including the Armenian National Committee of
America (ANCA) to encourage renewed action in April to end the cycle
of genocide, ANCA reports.