HHREC Genocide Awareness and Prevention Student Contest

Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center- Genocide Awareness and Prevention Student Contest

The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center would like students to raise awareness about genocide and to remember those who were lost as a result of “man’s inhumanity to Man.” Therefore, we are sponsoring a student contest for Grades 7 through 12.

The 20^th Century is often referred to as the “Century of Genocide.” Unfortunately, this trend has continued into the 21^st Century. Many of these genocides either began in April or include significant events that occurred in April.

Create an original project in visual arts, poetry, music, or other media of artistic expression that commemorates some aspect of a genocide which has occurred in the 20^th or 21^st centuries. Examples include the Armenian Genocide, the Holocaust, the Cambodian Genocide, the Bosnian Genocide, the Rwandan Genocide, the Genocide in Darfur, and many others.

Deadline for this submission of projects: April 30, 2020. Projects, with the simple information sheet below, need to be submitted by email to Julie Scallero, Co-Director of Education at jscallero@hhrecny.org

All projects will be evaluated by the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center’s Co-Directors of Education, Julie Scallero and Steve Goldberg.

We will select 3 winners (one for Grades 7 and 8, one for Grades 9 and 10, and one for Grades 11 and 12), who will receive a certificate and will have their projects announced on our Facebook and Instagram pages.

Additionally, we will make a donation, on the winners’ behalf, to the AFYA Foundation, whose mission is to improve global health by rescuing surplus medical supplies and delivering them to underserved health systems around the world. Not only is this organization working to provide medical supplies during the COVID-19 crisis, they are a past keynote presenter at our Human Rights Institute for High School Student Leaders.

We look forward to viewing your submissions and hope you will stay well during these uncertain times.

For any questions, please e-mail Julie Scallero- jscallero@hhrecny.org or Steve Goldberg- sgoldberg@hhrecny.org

For more information, https://hhrecny.z2systems.com/np/clients/hhrecny/event.jsp?event=639

Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month Student Contest

Name _________________________________________________ Grade ___________

Email address ____________________________________________________________

School __________________________________________________________________

Social Studies teacher ______________________________________________________

Project Title _________________________________________________________ ____

Brief Description of Project (4 or 5 sentences)