The Genocide Education Project
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Contact: Sara Cohan
GENOCIDE EDUCATION PROJECT BRINGS RESOURCES TO NATIONAL HISTORY
TEACHERS’ CONFERENCE
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Atlanta, GA –The Genocide Education Project participated in the annual
National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) conference held this year in
Atlanta, GA from November 13-15. As an exhibitor at the conference, The
Genocide Education Project provided educational resources and guidance
to history teachers gathered from across the United States for the top
educational gathering of their field for secondary school educators.
Throughout the two-day event, Executive Director, Raffi Momjian and
Education Director, Sara Cohan spoke one-on-one with individual
teachers, advising them on how to incorporate the Armenian Genocide into
their classroom curriculum. Assisting the effort was Suzanne Aivazian
Cohan, a former public school teacher and counselor, who was able to
provide teachers with her unique and valuable insight as a child of a
genocide survivor. The Genocide Education Project, which participated in
the conference for the seventh consecutive year, provided approximately
one thousand high school and middle-school teachers with classroom
resources on the Armenian Genocide. Many school district supervisors,
school administrators, and college professors also attended the conference.
Keynote speakers included Emory University Jewish Studies professor
Deborah E. Lipstadt, who writes extensively on Holocaust denial and has
also written about the Armenian Genocide. Lipstadt spoke about her
experiences as a defendant in a liable trial in England against the
infamous Holocaust denier, David Irving. Throughout her lecture she
spoke of the importance of fighting genocide denial, including the
Armenian Genocide. She sent a strong message to teachers regarding the
need to combat denial of the Armenian Genocide through education,
prompting additional educators to seek out resources from The Genocide
Education Project.
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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.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
