BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Holocaust Museum Houston - ECPv6.15.14//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Holocaust Museum Houston X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://hmh.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Holocaust Museum Houston REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20190310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20191103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20200308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20201101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20210314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20211107T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200902T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200902T200000 DTSTAMP:20260525T134716 CREATED:20230809T082215Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230809T125406Z UID:10000403-1599071400-1599076800@hmh.org SUMMARY:Author Talk with Jack Fairweather DESCRIPTION:Journalist and award-winning author Jack Fairweather will discuss his book\, The Volunteer: One Man\, an Underground Army\, and the Secret Mission to Destroy Auschwitz.The incredible true story of a Polish resistance fighter’s infiltration of Auschwitz to sabotage the camp from within\, and his death-defying attempt to warn the Allies about the Nazis’ plans for a “Final Solution” before it was too late. Thirty-nine-year-old Polish resistance fighter\, Witold Pilecki volunteered for the daring mission to infiltrate Auschwitz and report back to the underground on conditions within the camp. Over the next two and half years\, Pilecki forged an underground army within Auschwitz that sabotaged facilities\, assassinated Nazi informants and officers\, and gathered evidence of terrifying abuse and mass murder. With exclusive access to previously hidden diaries\, family and camp survivor accounts\, and recently declassified files\, Jack Fairweather offers an unflinching portrayal of survival\, revenge and betrayal in mankind’s darkest hour. And in uncovering the tragic outcome of Pilecki’s mission\, he reveals that its ultimate defeat originated not in Auschwitz or Berlin\, but in London and Washington. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/author-talk-with-jack-fairweather/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Virtual Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/jack_fairweather.png__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200905T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200905T170000 DTSTAMP:20260525T134716 CREATED:20230802T133329Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T133338Z UID:10000131-1599310800-1599325200@hmh.org SUMMARY:Celebrating the Life of Holocaust Survivor Naomi Warren\, z"l DESCRIPTION:Naomi Warren\, z”l \nPlease join us in celebrating Holocaust Survivor Naomi Warren’s life by signing her 100th birthday card; watching her video testimony; sharing photos\, interviews and videos from her amazing life; and previewing a trailer of a new film\, Finding Light\, about Ballet Austin’s Light / The Holocaust and Humanity Project\, which is dedicated to Naomi and based on her experiences. \nNaomi Warren was born on September 1\, 1920 and grew up in Wołkowysk\, a small city in eastern Poland. Naomi was finalizing arrangements to attend a university in England when Germany invaded Poland in September 1939\, her 19th birthday. Shortly after\, Soviet troops marched into Poland from the east\, occupying her hometown. \nIn the summer of 1941\, Germany overran eastern Poland and began systematically isolating\, interning and murdering its Jewish population. Naomi and her husband\, Alexander\, were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau in January 1942\, riding in an airless cattle car that was so crowded they could barely sit down. They were separated when they arrived and Alexander was sent to the men’s camp where he perished several months later. Selected for a labor detail\, Naomi resolved to survive. Naomi endured almost three years in Auschwitz-Birkenau. As Soviet troops approached in the beginning of 1945\, she and her fellow inmates were sent to Ravensbrück and then to Bergen-Belsen. When the British liberated her there in April 1945\, Naomi felt as if “the whole world opened up” for her. \nThe following year\, Naomi came to Houston with the help of her maternal uncle William Salman and her sister Elizabeth Brandon who had settled in the United States before the war. Naomi’s father Samuel had survived the war as an internee in Siberia and he came to the U.S. at the end of 1946. In 1949\, Naomi married Martin Warren and together they established a business importing Danish hams to the United States. They had three children—Helen\, Geri and Benjamin. Naomi’s legacy lives on at the Museum through the Warren Fellowship for Future Teachers\, established by her family in 2000\, in honor of her 80th birthday. URL:https://hmh.org/event/celebrating-the-life-of-holocaust-survivor-naomi-warren-zl/ LOCATION:Holocaust Museum Houston Classroom CATEGORIES:Celebration ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/naomi-warren.jpg-1440x880-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200912T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200912T160000 DTSTAMP:20260525T134716 CREATED:20230809T075844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230809T121957Z UID:10000383-1599919200-1599926400@hmh.org SUMMARY:Inside Government for Juniors DESCRIPTION:There is an election coming in November! But why are elections important? What do they have to do with you? Join Holocaust Museum Houston to find out while you earn the Inside Government badge. Learn about the offices that will be up for election in November\, how they impact your life\, and how to start if you want to run for office and make a change. \nThis 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.\n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/inside-government-for-juniors/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:GIRL SCOUTS ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/img_5923.jpg__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200913T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200913T170000 DTSTAMP:20260525T134716 CREATED:20230809T081020Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T115408Z UID:10000540-1600009200-1600016400@hmh.org SUMMARY:Science of Happiness for Cadettes DESCRIPTION:In the midst of a global pandemic\, we could all use a little more happiness. Cadettes are invited to join Holocaust Museum Houston to start a happiness adventure! Find out what makes you happy and learn how you can use this to help when things get tough. This session will provide a step-by-step process for a two-week exploration of your own personal happy place. \nThis 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.\n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/science-of-happiness-for-cadettes/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:GIRL SCOUTS ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/img_5894.jpg__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200916T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200916T170000 DTSTAMP:20260525T134716 CREATED:20230809T082351Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230809T113927Z UID:10000358-1600272000-1600275600@hmh.org SUMMARY:Virtual Open House for Educators DESCRIPTION:Join the HMH Education Team to get a preview of the new\, free of charge Virtual Student Tours being offered this school year. Explore the Holocaust\, Human Rights and Holocaust Art through virtual tours available at Holocaust Museum Houston! \nUsing interactive tours facilitated by Museum docents\, students can experience the Museum online and engage in guided discussions on the lessons of the Holocaust. \nIn addition\, learn about the Educator in Motion program that provides free instruction on the Holocaust\, human rights and active citizenship. Educator in Motion sessions are aligned with the TEKS and include all materials at no cost. EIM has programs for Pre-K through 12th grade. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/virtual-open-house-for-educators-2/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Open House ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/10_hmh_german_railcar_horizontal_glyonphotographyinc.jpg__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200916T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200916T190000 DTSTAMP:20260525T134716 CREATED:20230808T102806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230926T123821Z UID:10000243-1600279200-1600282800@hmh.org SUMMARY:An Evening with Dr. Paul Ortiz DESCRIPTION:Dr. Paul Ortiz \n \n \n \n Dr. Paul Ortiz \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Join Holocaust Museum Houston for the first 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. \nAn African American and Latinx History of the United States is a revolutionary\, politically charged narra-tive history which argues that the Global South” was crucial to the development of America as we know it. The book spans more than 200 years and is told from the viewpoint of African American and Latinx activists. It reveals the radically different ways people of the diaspora addressed issues still plaguing the United States today. \nPaul Ortiz is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Florida and Director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program. Ortiz has published and taught in the fields of African-American history\, Latino Studies\, the African Diaspora\, Social Movement Theory\, U.S. History\, U.S. South\, labor and documentary studies. He is the author of Emancipation Betrayed: The Hidden History of Black Organizing and White Violence from Reconstruction to the Bloody Election of 1920 and coeditor of the oral history Remembering Jim Crow: African Americans Tell About Life in the Segregated South. \nAdmission is free and open to the public. Donations are welcomed. Advance registration is required\, because guests will receive a private Zoom link. \nThis event will be simultaneously translated into Spanish\, thanks to the services of GlobalSpeak Translations. \nEste evento se traducirá simultáneamente al español\, gracias a los servicios de GlobalSpeak Translations.\n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/an-evening-with-dr-paul-ortiz/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:VIRTUAL LATINX LECTURE AND FILM SERIES END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200917T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200917T190000 DTSTAMP:20260525T134717 CREATED:20230801T105941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230801T105952Z UID:10000041-1600365600-1600369200@hmh.org SUMMARY:Virtual Open House for Educators DESCRIPTION:Join the HMH Education Team to get a preview of the new\, free of charge Virtual Student Tours being offered this school year. Explore the Holocaust\, Human Rights and Holocaust Art through virtual tours available at Holocaust Museum Houston! \nUsing interactive tours facilitated by Museum docents\, students can experience the Museum online and engage in guided discussions on the lessons of the Holocaust. \nIn addition\, learn about the Educator in Motion program that provides free instruction on the Holocaust\, human rights and active citizenship. Educator in Motion sessions are aligned with the TEKS and include all materials at no cost. EIM has programs for Pre-K through 12th grade. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/virtual-open-house-for-educators/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Open House ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/7-hmh-danish-rescue-boat-horizontal-glyonphotographyinc.jpg-1440x880-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200923T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200923T193000 DTSTAMP:20260525T134717 CREATED:20230809T081106Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230926T094003Z UID:10000585-1600885800-1600889400@hmh.org SUMMARY:Stand with Survivors to Remove Holocaust Denial from Facebook DESCRIPTION:Click the play button to watch the recorded program. \nStefanie Seltzer will discuss her childhood as a Survivor but will emphasize that even in the worst of times\, there were people who did the right\, the moral\, the ethical thing—to save human lives. She will mention several examples of actions that helped her survive and how and why these have inspired her to carry on as she has. These include starting the World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust & Descendants and her current involvement with the Claims Conference\, including why the campaign to persuade Mark Zuckerberg to have Facebook remove its massive pages on Holocaust Denial is so important. \nStefanie Seltzer is the President of the World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust & Descendants. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/stand-with-survivors-to-remove-holocaust-denial-from-facebook/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Virtual Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200924T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200924T190000 DTSTAMP:20260525T134717 CREATED:20230808T102806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230808T112314Z UID:10000242-1600970400-1600974000@hmh.org SUMMARY:An Evening with Dr. Laura Limonic DESCRIPTION:Join Holocaust Museum Houston for the second 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. \nAuthor Laura Limonic offers a view into the lives of this designation of Jewish immigrants\, highlighting the ways in which they adopt different identities (e.g.\, national\, religious\, or panethnic) in response to different actors and situations. Her book\, Kugel and Frijoles: Latino Jews in the United States analyzes the changing construction of race and ethnicity in the United States through the lens of contemporary Jewish immigrants from Latin America. Since Latino Jews are not easily classified within the U.S. racial and ethnic schema\, their ethnic identity and group affiliation challenge existing paradigms. (Published by Wayne State University Press) \nLaura Limonic is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the College of Old Westbury of the State University of New York. Her research is in the area of contemporary immigration to the United States and the integration trajectories of ethnic and ethno-religious groups. Laura received her PhD in Sociology from the CUNY Graduate Center in 2014. She has a Bachelor of Arts de-gree in Latin American Studies from Brandeis University and a Master of International Affairs degree from Columbia University. In addition to academic research\, Laura has an extensive background in public policy research and advocacy. \nAdmission is free and open to the public. Donations are welcomed. Guests will receive a private Zoom link so advance registration is required. \nThis event will be simultaneously translated into Spanish\, thanks to the services of GlobalSpeak Translations. \nEste evento se traducirá simultáneamente al español\, gracias a los servicios de GlobalSpeak Translations.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/an-evening-with-dr-laura-limonic/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:VIRTUAL LATINX LECTURE AND FILM SERIES ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/limonic-book.png-1440x880-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200926T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200926T170000 DTSTAMP:20260525T134717 CREATED:20230809T075602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230809T100225Z UID:10000322-1601082000-1601139600@hmh.org SUMMARY:Human Rights Expo presented by Perry Homes Foundation DESCRIPTION:Holocaust Museum Houston is hosting a Human Rights Expo presented by Perry Homes Foundation to celebrate the opening of the exhibition\, Mandela: Struggle for Freedom. Enjoy free admission to the Museum\, register to vote\, and learn more about local organizations that are working to protect human rights and serve our community. \nAdvance registration is not required to attend this event. However\, if you intend to visit the newly opened exhibition\, Mandela: Struggle for Freedom\, you will need to reserve a timeslot in advance.\n \n RESERVE A TIMESLOT FOR MANDELA EXHIBITION\n \n \n \n \n \n Participating Organizations \n\nSecond Servings redirects unserved and unsold food from retailers\, sports venues\, distributors\, hotels\, etc.\, to the people who really need it at shelters\, soup kitchens\, low-income housing and many other charities.\nHong Kong Dossier is a group of Houstonians who care deeply about Hong Kong and its struggles towards freedom and democracy. \nFinca Tres Robles Urban Farm sustainably grows herbs\, fruits\, and vegetables to be sold directly to individual and families in the Houston area.\nThe Texas Organizing Project organizes Black and Latino communities in Dallas\, Harris\, and Bexar counties with the goal of transforming Texas into a state where working people of color have the power and representation they deserve.\nInterfaith Ministries for Greater Houston brings people of diverse faith traditions together for dialogue\, collaboration\, and service\, as a demonstration of our shared beliefs.\nThe Montrose Center empowers our community—primarily lesbian\, gay\, bisexual\, transgender\, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals and their families—to live healthier\, more fulfilling lives.\n United Against Human Trafficking is on a mission to end human trafficking through educating the community\, preventing exploitation\, and empowering survivors.\nTexas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services promotes environmental protection through education\, policy ​development\, community awareness\, and legal action.\n\nNew 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 personal stylus and/or gloves or a finger glove to ensure participation without direct touch of the Museums’ interactive exhibit elements. URL:https://hmh.org/event/human-rights-expo-presented-by-perry-homes-foundation/ LOCATION:Holocaust Museum Houston CATEGORIES:Community Gathering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/dsc02776.jpg__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200930T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200930T200000 DTSTAMP:20260525T134717 CREATED:20230808T120405Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230809T043011Z UID:10000270-1601488800-1601496000@hmh.org SUMMARY:Film Screening of "Adio Kerida" and Q&A with Dr. Ruth Behar DESCRIPTION:Dr. Ruth Behar \nJoin Holocaust Museum Houston for the third event 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. \nAdio Kerida is a documentary about the search for identity and history among Sephardic Jews with roots in Cuba. The title is borrowed from a Sephardic love song in order to highlight the themes of expulsion\, departure\, and exile that are at the crux of the Sephardic legacy. At the same time\, the title invokes the creative energy that is injected into a culture when it crosses racial\, ethnic\, and national lines. It also has a personal dimension and references the desire for reconciliation between the filmmaker and her Sephardic father. \nDirector/Filmmaker Ruth Behar is the Victor Haim Perera Collegiate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellows Award\, she is known for her interdisciplinary thinking about the search for home in our global era and her bold approach to writing in blurred genres that mix ethnography\, memoir\, fiction\, and poetry. Ruth frequently visits and writes about her native Cuba is the author of An Island Called Home: Returning to Jewish Cuba and Traveling Heavy: A Memoir in between Journeys. \nThis film will be followed by a Q&A with Dr. Ruth Behar. \nAdmission is free and open to the public. Donations are welcomed. Guests will receive a private Zoom link so advance registration is required. \nThis event will be simultaneously translated into Spanish\, thanks to the services of GlobalSpeak Translations. \nEste evento se traducirá simultáneamente al español\, gracias a los servicios de GlobalSpeak Translations. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/film-screening-of-adio-kerida-and-qa-with-dr-ruth-behar/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:VIRTUAL LATINX LECTURE AND FILM SERIES ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/03-ruth-behar-with-pink-headband-photo-by-gabriel-frye-behar.jpg__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR