Who Speaks: Poetry, Performance & the Parsley Massacre of 1937 with Jasminne Mendez
2020-10-06 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Zoom
Author, educator and performer Jasminne Mendez
Join Holocaust Museum Houston for the third lecture in our 2020 Latinx Heritage Month Virtual Lecture and Film Series. This month we will be hosting authors and scholars who have contributed to highlighting Latinx history, identity, culture, and cross-cultural collaborations.
The 1937 Haitian Massacre was a mass killing that took place October 2 – 5 1937 against Haitians living along the Dominican Republic’s northwestern frontier and in certain parts of the contiguous Cibao region. Dominican Army troops known as la guardia came from different areas of the country and carried out the massacre on the orders of Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo. In this multimedia presentation and poetry reading, author, educator and performer Jasminne Mendez will discuss the history of the events leading up to the Haitian Massacre and the devastating physical and psychological impact it left on both Haitians and Dominicans in its aftermath. Jasminne will also discuss her own connection to the massacre and her creative process while writing and assembling her forthcoming book Machete which uses persona poems and performance techniques to tell the story of the massacre.
Jasminne Mendez is a poet, educator and award-winning author. She is the author of two poetry/prose collections Island of Dreams(Floricanto Press, 2013) which won an International Latino Book Award, and Night-Blooming Jasmin(n)e: Personal Essays and Poetry(Arte Publico Press, 2018). She is an MFA graduate of the creative writing program at the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University and a University of Houston alumni. Her second YA memoir, A Bucket of Dirty Water: Memories of my Girlhood, and her debut picture book, Josefina’s Habichuelas (Arte Público Press), will be released in 2021.
Admission is free and open to the public. Donations are welcomed. Advance registration is required, as guests will receive a private Zoom link.
This event will be simultaneously translated into Spanish, thanks to the services of GlobalSpeak Translations.
Este evento se traducirá simultáneamente al español, gracias a los servicios de GlobalSpeak Translations.

In Conversation with Jennifer Rosner, author of "The Yellow Bird Sings"
2020-10-07 19:00 - 20:00 | Virtual
Jennifer Rosner, author of The Yellow Bird Sings, in conversation with Houstons own, author Chris Cander.
As soldiers round up the Jews in their town, Ró?a and her 5-year-old daughter, Shira, seek shelter in a neighbor’s barn. Hidden in the hayloft, Shira struggles to stay still and quiet. To soothe her daughter, Ró?a tells her a story about a girl in an enchanted garden.
In this make-believe world, Ró?a can shield Shira from the horrors that surround them. But the day comes when their haven is no longer safe, and Ró?a must make an impossible choice: keep Shira by her side or give her the chance to survive apart.
Inspired by the true stories of Jewish children hidden during World War II, Jennifer Rosners fiction debut is a testament to the triumph of hope even in the darkest of times.

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Nelson Mandela 1918 - 2013: from Prisoner to President with Apartheid Museum Director Christopher Till
2020-10-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela: an extraordinary man and symbol of freedom whose name echoes around the world. Mandela was the subject of the exhibition, first shown at the Apartheid Museum, Johannesburg in 2008, in celebration of his 90th birthday. The Apartheid Museum continues to partner with institutions internationally to present iterations of this exhibition. The exhibition brings Mandela into focus by examining his ethos, humanity and legacy in a contemporary moment. His legacy has an enduring relevance today, as powerful as it was three decades since the moment of his and our freedom. The exhibition depicts the rise and fall of Apartheid, echoing the struggles of others across the globe and underlining the critical need to continually evaluate ourselves against present-day injustices.
Admission is free, but pre-registration is required. Donations are welcomed.

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Bank of America Womens Leadership Series - Building Black and Asian Solidarity: Women Leading Across Race, History, and Culture
2020-10-08 18:30 - 19:30 | Online
Holocaust Museum Houston is a proud promotional partner for this program. Registration is free but required.
ScheduleThursday, October 8, 20206:30 p.m. CT Moderated Discussion7:10 p.m. CT Audience Q&A — Questions welcome via Vimeo
The Black Lives Matter movement that erupted following the death of George Floyd has forced our nation to confront systemic racial biases and to effect immediate change. People from all races, religions, and genders have been inspired to come together in solidarity and in support of Black lives. The U.S. also has a complicated history of anti-Asian discrimination which includes the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, the U.S.’s first federal law suspending immigration of an entire ethnic group, and the Japanese Internment Act of 1942, which led to the internment of thousands of Japanese residents and Japanese American citizens during World War II.
The dynamic of Asian and Black American communities in history is often overlooked. The Asian American movement and many of its grassroots organizations were inspired by the Black liberation movement. Often, Asian American women were at the forefront of building coalitions for civil rights across racial lines. Prominent examples are Yuri Kochiyama, who famously allied herself with the Civil Rights Movement and became a friend to Malcolm X, and Ina Sugihara, a civil rights organizer who became a founding member of the Congress of Racial Equity (CORE) and created multiracial coalitions through the Japanese American Citizens League. Sugihara emphasized the importance of multiracial alliances to fight discrimination, and has been quoted as saying “The fate of each minority depends upon the extent of justice given all other groups.”
During the current challenging times, solidarity, support, and strength between all communities are imperative to move the nation forward in the right direction. Join Asia Society as inspirational women leaders explore the depth of Black and Asian American experiences in the country, discuss how to overcome racial conflict and division between communities, and share their hopes for cross-racial understanding and collaboration as we build a just and equitable future together.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERSRuth J. Simmons serves as President of Prairie View A&M University. She was President of Brown University from 2001-2012. Under her leadership, Brown made significant strides in improving its standing as one of the world’s finest research universities.
Helen Zia is an activist, author, and former journalist. After twelve years in the making, Last Boat out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao’s Revolution is out! Helen’s latest book traces the lives of migrants and refugees from another cataclysmic time in history that has striking parallels to the difficulties facing migrants today. She interviewed more than 100 survivors of that exodus and countless others. Helen’s essay in the New York Times reveals her mother’s secret that inspired her to write this book.
ABOUT THE MODERATORJuju Chang is an Emmy Award-winning co-anchor of ABC News’ Nightline. She also reports regularly for Good Morning America and 20/20.

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Nelson Mandela 1918 - 2013: from Prisoner to President with Apartheid Museum Director Christopher Till
2020-10-08 18:30 - 19:30 | Zoom
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela: an extraordinary man and symbol of freedom whose name echoes around the world. Mandela was the subject of the exhibition, first shown at the Apartheid Museum, Johannesburg in 2008, in celebration of his 90th birthday. The Apartheid Museum continues to partner with institutions internationally to present iterations of this exhibition. The exhibition brings Mandela into focus by examining his ethos, humanity and legacy in a contemporary moment. His legacy has an enduring relevance today, as powerful as it was three decades since the moment of his and our freedom. The exhibition depicts the rise and fall of Apartheid, echoing the struggles of others across the globe and underlining the critical need to continually evaluate ourselves against present-day injustices.
This program is pre-recorded. Admission is free, but pre-registration is required. Donations are welcomed.

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An Evening with Dr. Gabriela González
2020-10-12 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom
Dr. Gabriela González

Dr. Gabriela González

Join Holocaust Museum Houston for the final lecture in our 2020 Latinx Heritage Month Virtual Lecture and Film Series. This month we will be hosting authors and scholars who have contributed to highlighting Latinx history, identity, culture, and cross-cultural collaborations.
Dr. González will speak about her book Redeeming La Raza: Transborder Modernity, Race, Respectability, and Rights. This book examines the gendered and class-conscious political activism of Mexican-origin people in Texas from 1900 to 1950. In particular, it questions the intergenerational agency of Mexicans and Mexican Americans who subscribed to particular race, ethnic, class, and gender ideologies as they encountered barriers and obstacles in a society that often treated Mexicans as a nonwhite minority. Middle-class transborder activists sought to redeem the Mexican masses from body politic exclusions in part by encouraging them to become identified with the nation-state. Redeeming la raza was as much about saving them from traditional modes of thought and practices that were perceived as hindrances to progress as it was about saving them from race and class-based forms of discrimination that were part and parcel of modernity.
Dr. Gabriela González is associate professor of history at the University of Texas at San Antonio where she teaches courses on the US-Mexico borderlands, Latinx history, womens history and historical methods. She received her Ph.D. in U.S. history from Stanford University in 2005 and is a Ford Foundation Diversity Fellow.
This event is pre-recorded and will be followed by a LIVE Q&A with Dr. Gabriela González
Admission is free and open to the public. Donations are welcomed. Guests will receive a private Zoom link so advance registration is required.
This event will be simultaneously translated into Spanish, thanks to the services of GlobalSpeak Translations.
Este evento se traducirá simultáneamente al español, gracias a los servicios de GlobalSpeak Translations.

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The Anti-Apartheid Movement in Houston
2020-10-15 18:30 - 19:30 | Zoom
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Dr. Gregory H. Maddox will review the anti-apartheid movement in the 1980s in Houston culminating with Mandela’s visit in 1990. He will highlight the role of community organizations such as SHAPE, the role of Mickey Leland, the divestment campaign, the controversy over the Fred Hartman Bridge, and comment on the de Menil-sponsored visit to Houston. He will explain that this movement was both about supporting change in South Africa and mobilizing an anti-racism movement domestically.
Dr. Gregory Maddox is Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of History at TSU.
Admission is free, but pre-registration is required. Donations are welcomed.

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Social Innovator for Seniors
2020-10-18 15:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
In the midst of a global pandemic, we more than ever need innovators to help solve the worlds problems. Seniors are invited to join Holocaust Museum Houston to earn the Social Innovator badge by exploring issues they care about, brainstorming solutions, and pitching their ideas.
This session will be conducted virtually via Zoom. Materials will be provided via a link to a Google folder. A Google account is not necessary to participate.

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NEXTGen’s Virtual Book Discussion of “How to be an Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi
2020-10-19 18:30 - 19:30 | Zoom
“Being an antiracist requires persistent self-awareness, constant self-criticism, and regular self-examination.” – Ibram X. Kendi
Holocaust Museum Houston’s young professionals’ group, NEXTGen, invites you to a Virtual Book Discussion of How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi. A digital copy of How to be an Antiracist is available for free in the Museum’s Boniuk Library’s collection, which is accessible to NEXTGen, Museum members, staff, and volunteers.
This virtual event is free for NEXTGen members. Guests from the general public may also attend by making a donation of their choice to ensure NEXTGen can continue offering these educational experiences. Guests will receive a private Zoom link, so advance registration is required. For more information, please contact Rocio Rubio, Corporate Relations Officer, at rrubio@hmh.org.
About How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. KendiAntiracism is a transformative concept that reorients and reenergizes the conversation about racism—and, even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. At its core, racism is a powerful system that creates false hierarchies of human value; its warped logic extends beyond race, from the way we regard people of different ethnicities or skin colors to the way we treat people of different sexes, gender identities, and body types. Racism intersects with class and culture and geography and even changes the way we see and value ourselves. In How to Be an Antiracist, Kendi takes readers through a widening circle of antiracist ideas—from the most basic concepts to visionary possibilities—that will help readers see all forms of racism clearly, understand their poisonous consequences, and work to oppose them in our systems and in ourselves.
Kendi weaves an electrifying combination of ethics, history, law, and science with his own personal story of awakening to antiracism. This is an essential work for anyone who wants to go beyond the awareness of racism to the next step: contributing to the formation of a just and equitable society.
About NEXTGenNEXTGen is the Museum’s affinity group for young professionals ages 21-45 who share a common passion for the Museum and its mission. The goal of NEXTGen is to inspire young professionals to be Upstanders, people who stand up for social change, human rights and community progress. If you would like to become a NEXTGen member, please visit hmh.org/NEXTGen.

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The BLM Movement and the Power of Protest with Dr. Allyson Hobbs
2020-10-21 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom
The Dismantling Bias: Antisemitism, White Supremacy, and Inequality Virtual Lecture Series explores the origins of racist ideologies and the construction of bias; examines the evolution and repercussions of antisemitism and white supremacy throughout history; and deconstructs the ways in which stereotypes, misconceptions, and prejudices shape contemporary society and culture.
Led by renowned historians, authors, and activists, the Dismantling Bias Virtual Lecture Series confronts the devastating consequences of racial bias while encouraging viewers to access and challenge their own bias. Through critical conversations and open dialogue, participants will consider their role in the antiracism movement and everyday actions they can take to dismantle inequality.
Dr. Allyson Hobbs is an Associate Professor of American History, the Director of African and African American Studies, and the Kleinheinz Family University Fellow in Undergraduate Education at Stanford University. She is a contributing writer to The New Yorker.com and a Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, The Nation, The Root.com, The Guardian, Politico, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. She has appeared on C-SPAN, MSNBC and National Public Radio. In 2017, she was honored by the Silicon Valley chapter of the NAACP with a Freedom Fighter Award. She has served on the jury for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in History.
Thanks to the generosity of H‐E‐B, this event is available at no cost to attendees, but registration is required.

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Nelson Mandela, the Civil Rights and Anti-Apartheid Movements, and Human Rights
2020-10-22 18:30 - 19:30 | Zoom
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Moderator: John Guess Jr., Chief Executive Officer Emeritus, Houston Museum of African American Culture
Participants: County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, Eileen and Kase Lawal and Dr. Cassius Lubisi.
Before serving as a County Commissioner, Rodney Ellis was elected to Houston City Council and served three terms before being elected to the Texas Senate in 1990 where he served for 26 years; Eileen & Dr. Kase Lawal are Houston entrepreneurs and philanthropists; Dr. Cassius Lubisi is the former Presidency Director-General for the Republic of South Africa.
Admission is free, but pre-registration is required. Donations are welcomed.

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Today's Antisemitism & Its Relationship to Holocaust Denial and Distortion with Dr. Robert Williams
2020-10-28 18:00 - 19:00
Dr. Robert Williams
The Dismantling Bias: Antisemitism, White Supremacy, and Inequality Virtual Lecture Series explores the origins of racist ideologies and the construction of bias; examines the evolution and repercussions of antisemitism and white supremacy throughout history; and deconstructs the ways in which stereotypes, misconceptions, and prejudices shape contemporary society and culture.
Led by renowned historians, authors, and activists, the Dismantling Bias Virtual Lecture Series confronts the devastating consequences of racial bias while encouraging viewers to access and challenge their own bias. Through critical conversations and open dialogue, participants will consider their role in the antiracism movement and everyday actions they can take to dismantle inequality.
Dr. Robert Williams is Deputy Director for International Affairs at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and a U.S. delegate to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, where he chairs the Committee on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial. He is also a member of the steering committee to the German government’s Global Task Force on Holocaust Distortion. Robert advises several international bodies on issues related to Holocaust remembrance and antisemitism, and he is currently overseeing a major international initiative that assesses those laws and regulations that seek to curb denial of genocide and the Holocaust. Robert’s research specialties include German political culture, US and Russian policy, and contemporary antisemitism. Outside of work, he is co-editing a volume for Routledge on the history of antisemitism.
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In Conversation with David Marwell, author of “Mengele: Unmasking the Angel of Death”
2020-10-29 18:30 - 20:00 | Zoom
As chief of investigative research at the Justice Departments Office of Special Investigations in the 1980s, David G. Marwell worked on the Mengele case, interviewing his victims, visiting the scenes of his crimes, and ultimately holding his bones in his hand. Marwell examines in scrupulous detail Mengeles life and career. He chronicles Mengeles university studies, which led to two PhDs and a promising career as a scientist; his wartime service both in frontline combat and at Auschwitz, where his selections sent innumerable innocents to their deaths and his scientific pursuits?including his studies of twins and eye color?traumatized or killed countless more; and his postwar flight from Europe and refuge in South America. David G. Marwell is an American historian and the former director of the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City.
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Reading the Diary of Anne Frank on Robben Island with Dr. Roni Mikel Arieli
2020-11-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
The Indian South African anti-apartheid activist and youth leader, Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada, was sentenced to life in prison during the Rivonia trial (July 1963). Over the period of his 26-year imprisonment on Robben Island and in the Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison, Kathrada kept seven secret notebooks in which he recorded quotations that he admired from books and newspapers smuggled into prison. Notebook number three contained thirteen entries that Kathrada selected from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (1952), which was smuggled onto Robben Island, and circulated among the prisoners there during the 1960s. This lecture traces the ways in which the Diary found its way into the “leadership” section on Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela, Govan Mbeki, Ahmed Kathrada, and other prominent opponents of apartheid were imprisoned. Using Kathrada’s insights about the Holocaust through a careful reading of the thirteen chosen extracts from the Diary, in conjunction with Mandela and Mbeki’s post-apartheid testimonies of their reading of the Diary, this lecture presents the significance of Anne Frank in the struggle against apartheid, as well as during the transition from apartheid to democracy.
Dr. Roni Mikel Arieli is a cultural historian, interested in the intersections between Holocaust memory, contemporary Jewish history, and human rights. She is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the International Institute for Holocaust Research at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.
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Reading the Diary of Anne Frank on Robben Island with Dr. Roni Mikel Arieli
2020-11-05 18:30 - 19:30 | Zoom
The Indian South African anti-apartheid activist and youth leader, Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada, was sentenced to life in prison during the Rivonia trial (July 1963). Over the period of his 26-year imprisonment on Robben Island and in the Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison, Kathrada kept seven secret notebooks in which he recorded quotations that he admired from books and newspapers smuggled into prison. Notebook number three contained thirteen entries that Kathrada selected from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (1952), which was smuggled onto Robben Island, and circulated among the prisoners there during the 1960s. This lecture traces the ways in which the Diary found its way into the leadership section on Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela, Govan Mbeki, Ahmed Kathrada, and other prominent opponents of apartheid were imprisoned. Using Kathradas insights about the Holocaust through a careful reading of the thirteen chosen extracts from the Diary, in conjunction with Mandela and Mbekis post-apartheid testimonies of their reading of the Diary, this lecture presents the significance of Anne Frank in the struggle against apartheid, as well as during the transition from apartheid to democracy.
Dr. Roni Mikel Arieli is a cultural historian, interested in the intersections between Holocaust memory, contemporary Jewish history, and human rights. She is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the International Institute for Holocaust Research at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.
This program is pre-recorded. Admission is free, but pre-registration is required. Donations are welcomed.

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NEXTGen’s Virtual Brunch with Holocaust Survivor Bill Orlin
2020-11-08 22:00 - 23:30 | Zoom
Join Holocaust Museum Houston’s young professionals group, NEXTGen, for a Virtual Brunch with Holocaust Survivor Bill Orlin. Between 1939 and 1945, Bill and his family lived on the run. Bill, the eldest son of Sender and Sonia Orlinski, was seven years old when German troops invaded Poland and occupied his hometown of Brok. The Jewish residents were forcibly marched to Ostrow Mazowiecki, about 50 miles northwest of Warsaw.
The forced march, although terrifying at the time, may have saved the family’s lives. Once Bill and his family were in Soviet-controlled Poland, they continued their eastward journey into the Soviet interior, where they remained in relative safety for the rest of WWII. When Germany invaded the USSR in June 1941 the family “ran,” recalls Bill. Although the family was together, life was tremendously difficult, suffering from hunger and malnutrition for the next several years.
NEXTGen encourages guests to support their favorite local restaurant by ordering brunch and then joining us virtually via Zoom. Guests will receive a private Zoom link, so advance registration is required. This virtual event is free for NEXTGen members. Guests from the general public may also attend by making a donation of their choice to ensure NEXTGen can continue offering these educational experiences. For more information, please contact Rocio Rubio, Corporate Relations Officer, at rrubio@hmh.org.
About NEXTGenNEXTGen is the Museum’s affinity group for young professionals ages 21-45 who share a common passion for the Museum and its mission. The goal of NEXTGen is to inspire young professionals to be Upstanders, people who stand up for social change, human rights and community progress. If you would like to become a NEXTGen member, please visit hmh.org/NEXTGen.

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Virtual Film Screening: "Los Médicos de la Montaña"
2020-11-10 18:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Filmmaker Anais Taracena
Join Holocaust Museum Houston in celebration of Indigenous Heritage Month as we feature artists, scholars, and films that pay tribute to Indigenous Peoples’ ancestry and traditions worldwide.
Film Synopsis:During the war in Guatemala, the people who took refuge in the mountain created a health system as a way of survival in which they combined modern medicine with ancestral medicine. Nowadays, the Primavera del Ixcán Community continues to be inspired by this organizational health learning in the face of an almost total absence of the State in the region.
About the FilmmakerAnais Taracena, filmmaker, producer and cultural manager, graduated with a Master’s degree in political science. She has directed short films and a medium-length film that have been screened at international festivals, universities and communities. As a cultural manager she has been part of film and video collective networks, organizing exhibitions, film-forums and teaching audiovisual workshops with young people in Guatemala. She is currently post-producing her feature documentary “El silencio del Topo.”
This film is screened in Spanish with English subtitles and will be followed by a live Q&A with filmmaker Anais Taracena.
Admission is free and open to the public. Donations are welcomed. Guests will receive a private Zoom link so advance registration is required.

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A Conversation with Cole Brown, Author of "Greyboy: Finding Blackness in a White World"
2020-11-11 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom
Cole Brown
The Dismantling Bias: Antisemitism, White Supremacy, and Inequality Virtual Lecture Series explores the origins of racist ideologies and the construction of bias; examines the evolution and repercussions of antisemitism and white supremacy throughout history; and deconstructs the ways in which stereotypes, misconceptions, and prejudices shape contemporary society and culture.
Led by renowned historians, authors, and activists, the Dismantling Bias Virtual Lecture Series confronts the devastating consequences of racial bias while encouraging viewers to access and challenge their own bias. Through critical conversations and open dialogue, participants will consider their role in the antiracism movement and everyday actions they can take to dismantle inequality.
Raised in the City of Brotherly Love & Sisterly Affection, Cole Brown is a Philly kid at heart.
While spending childhood summers between Ethiopia and the Midwest, Cole matured in Philadelphia’s predominately white private schools and neighborhoods, an experience that delivered an awareness of race and class from a young age.
After graduating high school, Cole moved to Washington D.C. to attend Georgetown University as a finance major. Landmark events such as the death of Michael Brown caused Cole to rethink his original plans. Cole graduated from Georgetown with a major in Justice and Peace Studies and a passion for storytelling.
During his time at Georgetown, Cole was inspired to begin penning his first book, Greyboy: Finding Blackness in a White World.
Greyboy is a collection of introspective essays that follows the journey of Black identity when subsumed in an environment of white privilege.
Thanks to the generosity of H‐E‐B, this event is available at no cost to attendees, but registration is required.

Jennifer Teege: My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me
2020-11-12 19:30 - 20:30 | Virtual
At age 38, Jennifer Teege happened to pluck a library book from the shelf – and discovered a horrifying fact: her grandfather was Amon Goeth, the vicious Nazi commandant depicted in Schindler’s List. Reviled as the “butcher of Plaszow,” Goeth was executed in 1946. The more Teege learned about him, the more certain she became: if her grandfather had met her – a black woman – he would have killed her.
Join us for two events, open to the community, as we meet Jennifer Teege and explore her work:
Thursday, November 12 at 7:30 p.m.: Rabbi Brian Strauss will discuss with Jennifer Teege her discovery, her search for her family, and her recovery. Congregation Beth Yeshurun will broadcast the conversation to their website and to their YouTube Channel.
Monday, November 23 at 12:00 p.m.: Once you’ve read the book, join us for a book club discussion as we discuss her story in the context of our theme for the year: overcoming challenges. If you are interested in participating in this discussion, please register here for the zoom link.
Please watch this short book trailer to learn more about her story.
We encourage you to purchase her book, My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me, from the Museum Store. Use code HMHCURBSIDE at checkout for curbside pickup. We ask that you contact the Museum Store at 713-527-1610 before you arrive for your pickup.

Author Talk with Ariana Neumann
2020-11-16 12:00 | Virtual
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Tune in during your lunch hour as #1 New York Times bestselling author Ariana Neumann dives in to share the secrets of her father’s past: years he spent hiding in war-torn Berlin, the annihilation of dozens of family members in the Holocaust, and his courageous choice to build anew in Latin America.
When he died, Hans Neumann left his daughter Ariana, a small box filled with letters, diary entries, and other memorabilia. Ten years later, Ariana summons the courage to have the letters translated. What she discovers is the true story of her Jewish father’s double life during World War II.
When Time Stopped is a detective story and an epic family memoir, spanning nearly 90 years and crossing oceans while uncovering the threads of humanity that connect us all.

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Indigenous Heritage Month: The Art of Gregg Deal
2020-11-17 18:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Gregg Deal
Join Holocaust Museum Houston in celebration of Indigenous Heritage Month as we feature artists, scholars, and films that pay tribute to Indigenous Peoples’ ancestry and traditions worldwide.
Gregg Deal (Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe) is a provocative contemporary artist who challenges Western perceptions of Indigenous people, touching on issues of race, history and stereotypes. Through his workpaintings, murals work, performance art, filmmaking and spoken wordDeal critically examines issues and tells stories of decolonization and appropriation that affect Indian country. Deals activism exists in his art, as well as his participation in political movements. He has been heavily involved with the media activist movement #changethename, posting a video to Vimeo inviting Indigenous peoples commentary on the sports mascots issue in response to mainstream medias attempted erasure of Indigenous voices.
Most recently, a photograph of Deal was included in the December 2018 National Geographic Society Magazine article Native Americans are Recasting Views of Indigenous Life. Deal was Native Arts Artist-in-Residence at Denver Art Museum in 2015-2016 and Artist-In-Residence at UC Berkeley 2017-2018. His art has been exhibited nationally since 2002. Deal has lectured widely at prominent educational institutions and museums, including Denver Art Museum, Dartmouth College Columbia University, and the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. His television appearances include PBSs The Art District, The Daily Show and Totally Biased with Kamau Bell.
Admission is free and open to the public. Donations are welcomed. Guests will receive a private Zoom link so advance registration is required.

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Mandela | Resistance: Poems and Stories to Push Us to Our Tomorrow
2020-11-19 18:30 - 19:30 | Zoom
Creative young writers Calvin King, Norah Rami, Durmerrick Ross, Katrina Machetta, and Houston 2020 Youth Poet Laureate Madison Petaway will perform their own poetry in this live performance hosted by Outspoken Bean. Their poems will be inspired by Nelson Mandela’s struggle for freedom, the lessons of the Holocaust and the current racial justice movement in the US.
About the PoetsMadison Petaway is a junior at Westbury High School and serves as Houston’s current Youth Poet Laureate. Her work grapples with the complexities surrounding mental illness and education, while celebrating and advocating for youth empowerment. She is a member of the 2019 Meta-Four Houston Youth Poetry Slam Team. Madison’s writing and performances have been published in The New York Times, Houston Public Media and KHOU-11.
Calvin King is a performance poet born and raised in Houston, Texas. He is a member of the 2019 Meta- Four Houston Youth Poetry Slam Team and has performed on local and national stages. Calvin is a member of the inaugural Emerging Writers Fellowship program hosted by Writers in the Schools and currently teaches creative writing workshops for youth in Texas.
Katrina Machetta is a student journalist and an avid poet who aims to evoke a deeper, multidimensional understanding of the power of words. She serves as president of the Creative Writing Club on campus, reporter for Youth Journalism International, editor of the Legacy Press newspaper, correspondent for Habitat for Humanity, and board member of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Teen Council. She strives to inspire through accurate reporting and thought-provoking discussion. She goes by the words of education rights activist Malala Yousafzai, “I raise up my voice not so I can shout, but so those without a voice can be heard.”
Norah Rami is a poet, performer, and student at Clements High School. With a bold performance style, Norah examines the intersection of self, culture, and womanhood through slam poetry. She is a member of her school band, debate team, the founder of Greater Houston Area CoderGals. She has been recognized by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Norah is a member of the Meta-Four Houston Youth Poetry Slam Team, the Bayouth Artist Collective, and her work has been featured on local and national stages.
Durmerrick Ross is a performance poet from Fort Worth, Texas. Durmerrick’s work centers around racial injustice, the Black experience in America, queer identity, and the Black faith tradition. Durmerrick is a 2-time National HBCU Poetry Slam champion, 2015 Brave New Voices finalist, and author of Always Never Dead: 25 Poems for My Son. Durmerrick is a member of the inaugural Emerging Writers Fellowship program hosted by Writers in the Schools. He currently attends Texas Southern University.

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Virtual Film Screening: "The Condor & The Eagle"
2020-11-30 18:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
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Join Holocaust Museum Houston in celebration of Indigenous Heritage Month as we feature artists, scholars, and films that pay tribute to Indigenous Peoples’ ancestry and traditions worldwide. Our final event highlighting Indigenous narratives features a virtual screening of “The Condor & The Eagle” by filmmakers, Sophie and Clément Guerra.
Film Synopsis:This unique award-winning documentary film of global reach brings to light the interconnected nature of social issues such as gender, race, class and the environment. “The Condor & The Eagle” helps us understand how social, environmental and political identities combine to create specific modes of discrimination and privilege.
Indigenous communities are Earth global environmental leaders. Statistics show that Indigenous peoples represent only 4% of the world’s population, live on 22% of the earth’s surface, holding 80% of the remaining biodiversity.
“The Condor & The Eagle” is deeply empowering: the story starts small with local impacted marginalized individuals who decide to no longer accept to be the victims of an unjust system. Overcoming the feeling of isolation, they manage to grow regional support networks, progressively gaining national visibility. Eventually, they rise as international leaders taking the fight from the streets to the courts (Tribunals, Consultations and Reforms) and inspire others to help change our system’s architecture.
This film will be screened in English with Spanish subtitles. Admission is free and open to the public. Donations are welcomed. Advanced registration is required to receive the private Zoom link.

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Drive-In Movie Night: "Invictus"
2020-12-03 18:30 - 21:00 | HMH Parking Lot, 5401 Caroline St., Houston, TX 77004
PG-13 | 134 min | Drama, History | 2009 (USA)
Director, Clint Eastwood
Join Holocaust Museum Houston for a Drive-In Movie Night showing of “Invictus” in the Museum’s parking lot on Caroline St. The film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa’s underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run for the 1995 World Cup Championship.
Local food trucks Smok’d It Up! BBQ and Mooseum Ice Cream will be onsite during the film screening.

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International Human Rights Day
2020-12-10 10:00 - 17:00 | Holocaust Museum Houston
Eleanor Roosevelt holding poster of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Lake Success, New York. November 1949.FDR Presidential Library & Museum.
On December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This year, the Museum will celebrate International Human Rights Day with free general admission. Presented by H-E-B, the first 200 visitors will receive a complimentary H-E-B tote bag complete with sanitizer, a personal copy of the United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, stickers and a Mandela notecard.
Thanks to the generosity of H-E-B, admission includes access to HMH’s Holocaust, Human Rights, Diaries and Samuel Bak galleries along with entry to the exhibition, Mandela: Struggle for Freedom, a rich sensory experience of imagery, soundscape, digital media and objects used to explore the earthshaking fight for justice and human dignity in South Africa – and its relevance to issues of today.
New HMH protocols require all staff and guests above age 10 to wear a face mask upon entry and to practice social distancing. For those without a mask, one will be provided. Sanitizer stations are located by bathroom entrances, at the admissions desk, Museum store and café. For the safety of our patrons, HMH will provide a finger glove to ensure participation without direct touch of the Museums’ interactive exhibit elements. Patrons do have free access to HMH’s audio guides in English and Spanish via their cell phone.
Due to COVID restrictions, patrons wanting to visit the exhibition, Mandela: Struggle for Freedom, are required to reserve a timeslot in advance.

RESERVE YOUR TIMESLOT FOR MANDELA

HMH members can enjoy a Members Only Hour from 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Reservations for the Members Only Hour are required.

RESERVE YOUR SPOT FOR THE MEMBERS ONLY HOUR

For more information, please contact the Museum’s Membership Office at membership@hmh.org or 713-527-1616.

NEXTGen’s Tacos & Tours
2020-12-13 10:30 - 12:00 | Mincberg Gallery
Mandela with a raised fist, moments after his release from prison (after 27 years) on February 11, 1990.Photograph by Graeme Williams
Holocaust Museum Houston’s young professionals group, NEXTGen, invites you to join us for a private look at the U.S. premiere of Mandela: Struggle for Freedom. This captivating exhibition explores the earthshaking fight for justice and human dignity in South Africa – and its relevance to issues of today. Visitors can experience the tiny cell where Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in prison, take a stand in front of a giant 22-foot long by 9-foot tall armored vehicle, make a virtual protest poster on a digital light table, or enter a secret apartment for freedom fighters forced underground.
For your safety, the Museum will be closed to the public and social distancing guidelines will be strictly followed. Face masks are required. If you do not have one, the Museum will provide one.
Special thanks to Liberty Taco for generously donating tacos for this event! This event is open to the public but RSVP is required. If you would like to become a NEXTGen member, please visit hmh.org/NEXTGen. For more information, please contact Rocio Rubio, Corporate Relations Officer, at rrubio@hmh.org or 713-527-1838.

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Coming Out as Dalit with Yashica Dutt
2020-12-20 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom
Yashica Dutt
The Dismantling Bias: Antisemitism, White Supremacy, and Inequality Virtual Lecture Series explores the origins of racist ideologies and the construction of bias; examines the evolution and repercussions of antisemitism and white supremacy throughout history; and deconstructs the ways in which stereotypes, misconceptions, and prejudices shape contemporary society and culture.
Led by renowned historians, authors, and activists, the Dismantling Bias Virtual Lecture Series confronts the devastating consequences of racial bias while encouraging viewers to access and challenge their own bias. Through critical conversations and open dialogue, participants will consider their role in the antiracism movement and everyday actions they can take to dismantle inequality.
Yashica Dutt is a journalist and the author of Coming Out as Dalit. She spent a decade covering arts, culture, and fashion in New Delhi and a lifetime hiding her Dalitness to pass as ‘upper’ caste. Until she ‘came out’ as Dalit in a Facebook note and wrote a book that’s part non-fiction, part-memoir and wholly a scathing account of how the caste system operates and affects Dalits in today’s India. Her work explores the intersection of caste, class, and gender and seeks to expose caste as the ‘the invisible arm that turns the gears in nearly every system in India’.
Coming Out as Dalit has received immense critical acclaim from the press and the readers. It has been called an “Eye Opening Contribution to Dalit Literature” and a book that will likely play “a major role in influencing the Millennial expression on being a Dalit.” Dutt graduated from Columbia Journalism School and lives in New York. Her work has been published in the New York Times, The Atlantic and Foreign Policy.
Thanks to the generosity of H‐E‐B, this event is available at no cost to attendees, but registration is required.

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Dialogue with Simon Fujiwara, Alexandra Zapruder, and Dr. Mary Lee Webeck
2021-01-15 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Dr. Mary Lee Webeck; Simon Fujiwara; Alexandra Zapruder
Blaffer Art Museum and Holocaust Museum Houston present a two-part dialogue with artist Simon Fujiwara, diaries expert Alexandra Zapruder, and Dr. Mary Lee Webeck, Holocaust and Genocide Education Endowed Chair at Holocaust Museum Houston, in conjunction with the exhibition, Simon Fujiwara: Hope House—on view at the Blaffer through March 14, 2021.
Hope House is an ongoing exhibition built upon years of study into the legacy of Anne Frank, the young Jewish girl who became famous for the diary she wrote whilst in hiding from the Nazis. Her ascension from a regular girl to a renowned historical figure provides a case study, lens, and continuum for Fujiwara to present objects and artworks that sample from, and survey today’s socio-political media-scape. Since 2017 he has been erecting life-scale replicas of the Anne Frank House’s “build-your-own” model as exhibition architecture to present artifacts collected and analyzed from a diary-like perspective. Inspired by Anne’s personal form of record keeping, as well as the way her story embodies an enduring stand against the escalating dangers of a fascist regime, Fujiwara confronts embedded pathologies within pop culture. Collaging objects from the present into his enlarged facsimile of the House, he sculpts the everyday into an evolving portrait of what happens when hopeful ideologies meet the mechanisms of consumer culture.
This event is FREE and open to the public. Please register for Zoom meeting information.
Learn more about the exhibition: https://blafferartmuseum.org/simon-fujiwara

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Drop-In Virtual Tour: Holocaust Gallery
2021-01-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Explore the history of the Holocaust using historical artifacts, photographs, and personal stories featured throughout our gallery. Facilitated by Museum docents, this interactive tour includes a guided discussion on the lessons of the Holocaust and the role of individuals in society today.

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
2021-01-18 10:00 - 17:00 | Holocaust Museum Houston
Martin Luther King Jr.
While the Museum is closed on Mondays, our galleries will be open on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. On this annual commemoration, we remember and honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his leadership.

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