150th Anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation @ MCHGRC!

NEWS from Mercer County Community College
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CONTACT:  Jim Gardner, Public Relations Manager
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (8-29-13)

Mercer County Holocaust Center to Host Panel Discussion on 150^th Anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation

WEST WINDSOR – The Mercer County Holocaust-Genocide Resource Center at Mercer County Community College (MCCC) will host a panel discussion offering diverse views and perspectives in recognition of the 150^th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.

The discussion, held in cooperation with MCCC, the African/American Student Union, and the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education, will take place from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.  on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at the Resource Center, on MCCC’s West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road. The Center is located on the second floor of the Library Building.

The panel discussion will include a group that will examine the impact of the Emancipation Proclamation, from its historical significance to social and racial impact. Present and future impacts will be discussed, as well as problems remaining.

“We are going to address the Emancipation Proclamation from a variety of perspectives, and look at the idea of freedom – and lack of freedom,” said Elizabeth DeGiorgio, co-director of the Holocaust-Genocide Resource Center.

Panelists will include the Rev. Darrell Armstrong, pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton; Dr. Diane Campbell, executive dean for Student Affairs at MCCC; MCCC History Professor Dr. Craig Coenen; MCCC Sociology Professor Dr. Joan Goldstein; and MCCC Bursar Lucia Brown Joseph.

The presentation is especially appropriate for educators, students and those with an interest in the world-shaping events. Professional development hours are available for educators. Educators should register by visiting http://education.state.nj.us/events.

For more information, email mcholgen@gmail.com. Learn more about the Holocaust-Genocide Research Center and upcoming events at www.mccc.edu/holocaust.

Commemorate Yom HaShoah 4/9 @ the MCHGRC!

THIS Thursday 3/7 - Only A Number in the Classroom!

Josh Besserman's workshop on using Only A Number in the classroom has been RE-SCHEDULED for this THURSDAY, MARCH 7 at 4:30 pm.

 

We look forward to seeing you there!

 

 

THIS Wednesday, 2/13 - Jasha Levi @ MCHGRC!

 

Seats are going fast for this amazing event - sign up today at http://education.state.nj.us/events/

 

Learn more about Jasha at www.jashalevi.com

Children of Terror @ MCHGRC

Shawn Kildea hosted a screening of the film, a documentary tale of two girls – a Polish Catholic and a German Jew – who both survived the Holocaust as children to forge a close friendship, on Thursday, January 31, at 7:30 p.m.

25 participants learned about Bozenna Urbanowicz Gilbride and Inge Auerbacher who were born in two different countries and into two different traditions and were also forced to endure deportation, labor and concentration camps, starvation, disease, and isolation during the Second World War. Despite their dramatically different traditions and background, they were united by a common trauma: the fear experienced by children in wartime.

Children of Terror combines the stories of these two Holocaust survivors. Auerbacher, a German Jew, survived Terezin, a Nazi concentration camp located in what is now the Czech Republic, while Gilbride, Catholic Pole, survived Chemnitz, a Nazi work camp in Germany. The film focuses on the interfaith relationship these two women have built in spite of the resistance from some within their own communities to their friendship.

Following the screening, Shawn answered questions from the audience and shared personal stories related to both women in the film.

Dr. Shawn Kildea is a professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism at Rider University. He has produced award-winning films on topics as divergent as the Civil Rights Movement, Head Trauma in the NFL, The Revolutionary War, Cyber bullying, and the film we are presenting tonight, which is about two Holocaust survivors.

He was a William Randolph Hearst visiting scholar at the University of Alabama last year and recently completed a Fellowship at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

He resides with his wife and four children in Lawrenceville.

Open House & Film Screening January 31!

For more details, click on the flyer below!

MCCC Basketball Team goes to USHMM!

On Monday, December 10, MCHGRC Co-Director, Professor Elizabeth DeGiorgio had a great time meeting with 10 members of the Mercer County Community College Men's Basketball team and preparing them for their upcoming visit to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

We look forward to hearing about their trip and finding out what they learned upon their return.

Go Vikings!