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: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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20220313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20221106T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210819T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210819T190000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093312 CREATED:20230809T080329Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231011T164435Z UID:10000455-1629396000-1629399600@hmh.org SUMMARY:Memento: Artist Talk with Adriana Corral DESCRIPTION:Adriana Corral’s sculptures and installations are framed by human rights abuses and historical narratives through memory and erasure. Corral’s work is rooted by her experiences from her birthplace of El Paso\, Texas in which she examines the nuances of immigration\, citizenship\, economic trade\, labor\, public health\, and policies from a local to national and international level. \nCorral received her MFA from the University of Texas at Austin and completed her BFA at the University of Texas at El Paso. Corral was awarded a LATINX Artist Fellowship (2021)\, Harpo Foundation Award (2020)\, Artadia Award (2019)\, she was invited to attend the 106th session of the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary disappearances at the United Nations in Geneva\, Switzerland (2015) and was selected for the Joan Mitchell Foundation Emerging Artist Grant (2016). Corral attended the McDowell Residency (2014)\, Künstlerhaus Bethanien Residency in Berlin\, Germany (2016)\, the International Artist-in-Residence at Artpace (2016)\, was a fellow at Black Cube\, a Nomadic Art Museum (2017)\, an artist research fellow at the Archives of American Art and History at the Smithsonian Institution (2018)\, an Artist-in-Residence at the Joan Mitchell Center (2018) and will be participating in Prospect 5 New Orleans: Yesterday we said Tomorrow (2021). \nAdmission is free and open to the public. Advanced registration is required to receive the private Zoom link.\n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/memento-artist-talk-with-adriana-corral/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Artist Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/sous_rature_corral_detail01.jpg__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210729T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210729T190000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230803T084952Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230803T085001Z UID:10000178-1627581600-1627585200@hmh.org SUMMARY:Film Screening: Invención de la Naturaleza DESCRIPTION:“Invención de la Naturaleza” is a collaborative film piece with a duration of 62 minutes that resorts to narrative cinema\, documentary testimonials\, archival footage and literary discourse to reflect on the nature of socio-political repercussions of borders and their defining of an individual’s perception of self and “the other”. An imaginary account of travels by Mina across the US-Mexico border in a futile attempt to reconstruct her past. \nThe screening will be followed by a live Q&A with the filmmakers. ​ \nAlejandro Sescosse (Co-director) – Alejandro has worked in all aspects of film production since 2008. Born in Mexico City and a Texas resident for 23 years\, he lives and works in the Houston area. He obtained a liberal arts degree in Philosophy at the University of Texas in Austin\, studied the technical aspects of filmmaking at the New York film academy and gained real life experience working on independent film productions in New York City. After completing his first feature length project in 2019\, Alejandro’s interest lies in expanding on the possibilities of nano production models nearing cinema to the individual human scale. Films closer to writing in the simplicity of its material requirements but infinitely complex in its possibilities. \nAnna Veselova (Editor) – Originally from Moscow\, Russia\, Anna moved to Houston\, TX 10 years ago and switched from her career in finance to art photography. Since she was discovered by Getty Images in 2010\, Anna had several exhibitions\, worked on the movie sets as a backstage photographer and as a principal photographer for Houston Cinema Arts Festival where she met Alejandro in 2015. In the same year she started participating in commercial and short film productions as an editor and in 2019 co-edited the film titled Invention of Nature – a feature length project directed by A. Sescosse and S. Bastani. \nAdmission is free and open to the public. Advanced registration is required to receive the private Zoom link. \nThis film is in English and Spanish\, with subtitles. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/film-screening-invencion-de-la-naturaleza/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:FILM SCREENING ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/film-screening-for-web.png-1440x880-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210721T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210721T130000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230809T082130Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T102958Z UID:10000490-1626868800-1626872400@hmh.org SUMMARY:The Life & Art of Samuel Bak DESCRIPTION:Delve into the life and artwork of Holocaust survivor Samuel Bak through a virtual exploration of the Samuel Bak Art Gallery. \nAs a part of this workshop\, participants will take part in a virtual tour of the Samuel Bak Art Gallery; analyze Holocaust art using interactive activities that support the integration of Social Studies\, English Language Arts\, and Fine Arts concepts; and receive more information about free education resources and programs available through Holocaust Museum Houston. \nAt the conclusion of this workshop\, participants will earn 1 CPE hr.\, and 1 hr. G/T (Curriculum & Instruction).  A certificate of completion will be sent via email. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/the-life-art-of-samuel-bak/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Professional Development ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/yizkor_theme_1992_print_bk202.jpg__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210715T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210715T190000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230809T081024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T131811Z UID:10000581-1626372000-1626375600@hmh.org SUMMARY:Several Steps Forward One Backward: Climate Change\, Latin America\, and Human Rights Resilience DESCRIPTION:Dr. Rosa Celorio \nDr. Rosa Celorio currently works as Associate Dean and Professor for International and Comparative Legal Studies at the George Washington University Law School in Washington\, DC. In this capacity\, she directs the International and Comparative Law Program; teaches courses related to the US legal system\, regional protection of human rights\, and the rights of women; and publishes scholarship in these areas. Previously\, she worked for more than a decade as Senior Attorney for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)\, in the areas of women\, indigenous peoples\, and racial discrimination. Dean Celorio is currently serving in several international roles\, including acting as a Senior Advisor for the United Nations CEDAW Committee in the elaboration of their new General Recommendation on Indigenous Women\, and as the International Human Rights Dispute Resolution Authority between the Government of Belize and the Maya Indigenous Peoples. She is a Board Member of the Washington Foreign Law Society and the Chair for Membership and New Program Initiatives of the American Society of International Law (ASIL). She is originally from Puerto Rico. \nFor more information\, see: law.gwu.edu/rosa-celorio \nAdmission is free and open to the public. Advanced registration is required to receive the private Zoom link. \nThis event will be bilingual in Spanish/English. Interpreter services provided by Tecolotl. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/several-steps-forward-one-backward-climate-change-latin-america-and-human-rights-resilience/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Lt. David L. Silverman Endowed Public Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/rosa_celorio_for_web.png__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210624T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210624T190000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230809T082149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T102546Z UID:10000487-1624557600-1624561200@hmh.org SUMMARY:The Queer Experience: Houston LGBTQ+ Artist Panel Discussion DESCRIPTION:In celebration of Pride Month\, join Holocaust Museum Houston for a panel discussion with artists featured in the new exhibit\, Withstand: Latinx Art in Times of Conflict. This discussion will highlight the experience and work of the Houston LGBTQ+ artist community. Panelists include Anissa DelaCruz\, Stephanie Gonzalez\, Alexandra Lechin\, and Wood Anthony. \nAdmission is free and open to the public. Advanced registration is required to receive the private Zoom link. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/the-queer-experience-houston-lgbtq-artist-panel-discussion/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/new_lgbqt_event_img2.png__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210622T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210622T113000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230809T075230Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230809T084917Z UID:10000301-1624354200-1624361400@hmh.org SUMMARY:Holocaust By Bullets Webinar DESCRIPTION:Yahad – In Unum (“Together in One” in Hebrew and Latin)\, a Paris-based non-profit organization established in 2004 by Father Patrick Desbois\, is dedicated to systematically identifying and documenting sites of those mass executions committed against the Jews and Roma in Eastern Europe. To this day\, through its research\, the association has conducted 185 research trips in eleven Eastern European countries\, collected 7\,250 testimonies of eyewitnesses to the mass shootings\, and identified more than 3\,000 extermination sites. YIU’s unique collection of testimonies has been made available to educate the world. \nThrough this 2 hour webinar\, Yahad-In Unum aims at providing teachers and educators with a condensed overview of this little-known chapter of the Holocaust history\, an outline of our research methodology and a number of educational tools to be used in an online or face-to-face classroom setting. \nProgram of the webinar: \n\nShort overview of the Holocaust by Bullets as a mobile and public crime\nShort overview of Yahad – In Unum’s investigative methodology\nViewing and analysis of an excerpt from an eyewitness testimony\nAnalysis of the five steps of the crime typical of nearly every mass-shooting perpetrated by the Einsatzgruppen in the former Soviet Union\nPresentation of In Evidence\, the interactive map of the killing sites identified by Yahad – In Unum and of different ways for its pedagogical use\nPresentation of Yahad – In Unum’s Study Guide for Educators and its various activities to be used in a virtual or face-to-face classroom setting\nQ&A\n\n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/holocaust-by-bullets-webinar/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Professional Development ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/yiu_mass_killing_site_in_ladozhskaya_russia.jpg__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210619T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210619T130000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230802T154647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T154655Z UID:10000156-1624104000-1624107600@hmh.org SUMMARY:Drop-In Virtual Tour | Mandela: Struggle for Freedom DESCRIPTION:Mandela with a raised fist\, moments after his release from prison (after 27 years) on February 11\, 1990.Photograph by Graeme Williams \nExplore Mandela: Struggle for Freedom\, a rich sensory experience of imagery\, soundscape\, digital media and objects\, explores the earthshaking fight for justice and human dignity in South Africa – and its relevance to issues of today. URL:https://hmh.org/event/drop-in-virtual-tour-mandela-struggle-for-freedom-2/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/lg180012.jpg-1440x880-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210619T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210619T120000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230727T100441Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230727T102507Z UID:10000007-1624100400-1624104000@hmh.org SUMMARY:A Conversation With Dr. Ibram X. Kendi\, Author of "How to Be an Antiracist" DESCRIPTION:In recognizing the significance of antiracist programming\, HMH has invited Dr. Ibram X. Kendi\, one of America’s foremost historians and leading antiracist scholars\, to speak about his 2019 book\, How to Be an Antiracist. Kendi’s presentation will be centered on defining what it means to be antiracist and what actions people can take to clearly see all forms of racism. \nKendi’s concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America—but even more fundamentally\, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. Instead of working with the policies and system we have in place\, Kendi asks us to think about what an antiracist society might look like\, and how we can play an active role in building it. In his memoir\, Kendi weaves together an electrifying combination of ethics\, history\, law\, and science—including the story of his own awakening to antiracism—bringing it all together in a cogent\, accessible form. He begins by helping us rethink our most deeply held\, if implicit\, beliefs and our most intimate personal relationships (including beliefs about race and IQ and interracial social relations) and reexamines the policies and larger social arrangements we support. \nKendi is an American author\, professor\, antiracist activist\, and historian of race and discriminatory policy in America. In July 2020\, he assumed the position of director of the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University. Kendi was included in Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020. \nAdmission is free and open to the public. Advanced registration is required to receive the private Zoom link. \nThis virtual event is a recording of a conversation that took place on Thursday\, May 19\, 2021. \nGenerously sponsored by Dr. Anna Steinberger \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/a-conversation-with-dr-ibram-x-kendi-author-of-how-to-be-an-antiracist/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:LECTURE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/kendi-for-web.png-1440x880-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210616T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210616T190000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230808T115946Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230808T165812Z UID:10000255-1623866400-1623870000@hmh.org SUMMARY:Curating Latinx Art at the National Portrait Gallery and Beyond with Dr. Taína Caragol DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, Dr. Taína Caragol will address the growing presence of Latinx art in the National Portrait Gallery’s exhibitions and permanent collection in the last decade and its national impact. \nDr. Taína Caragol joined the National Portrait Gallery in 2013 as the first curator for Latinx art and history and in 2015\, her role was expanded to curator of painting and sculpture. Caragol has led the effort to increase the representation of Latinx historical figures and artists at the museum\, adding over 170 portraits to the collection and ensuring that Latinx contributions to American history and art are interwoven through the museum’s exhibitions and permanent collection. \nBefore joining the National Portrait Gallery\, Caragol was the curator of education at Museo de Arte de Ponce\, Puerto Rico\, where she organized the museum’s first international symposium on Pre-Raphaelite art and led a program of curatorial and artist talks with contemporary Puerto Rican artists. She was the Museum of Modern Art’s Latin American bibliographer from 2004 to 2007\, and she later worked as a postdoctoral researcher for Latin American Art in the United Kingdom: History\, Historiography\, Specificity\, 1960 to the Present\, an investigation led by the University of Essex (2007–2008). \nCaragol earned her PhD in art history from the Graduate Center\, City University of New York. Her dissertation “Boom and Dust: The Rise of Latin American and Latino Art in New York Exhibition Venues and Auction Houses\, 1970s–1980s\,” examined the incubating role of New York City’s alternative museums and art spaces and market during the “Latin American art boom” of the late 1980s. Caragol has published essays on Latinx and Latin American artists and has also written on the importance of archival preservation in contributing to a better understanding of the history of Latinx and Latin American art in the United States. Her essay on Kehinde Wiley’s portrait of President Barack Obama was published in The Obama Portraits in February 2020 (Princeton University Press / National Portrait Gallery). She holds an MA in French Studies from Middlebury College and a BA in Modern Languages from the University of Puerto Rico\, Río Piedras\, where she graduated magna cum laude. \nAdmission is free and open to the public. Advanced registration is required to receive the private Zoom link.\n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/curating-latinx-art-at-the-national-portrait-gallery-and-beyond-with-dr-taina-caragol/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Virtual Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/taina_for_web.png__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210608T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210608T190000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230809T082137Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T101655Z UID:10000484-1623175200-1623178800@hmh.org SUMMARY:The Nazi Menace\, At Home and Abroad with Dr. Benjamin Carter Hett DESCRIPTION:Born in Rochester NY\, Benjamin Carter Hett earned a J.D. at the University of Toronto (1990) and practiced litigation in Canada for four years before earning a Ph.D. in history at Harvard (2001). He has taught at Harvard College and the Harvard Law School and\, since 2003\, at Hunter College and the Graduate Center\, City University of New York. He is the author of The Death of Democracy: Hitler’s Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic (Henry Holt\, 2018)\, winner of the 2019 Vine Award for History and named one of the year’s best books by The Times of London and the Daily Telegraph\, and The Nazi Menace: Hitler\, Churchill\, Roosevelt\, Stalin\, and the Road to War (Henry Holt\, 2020) named an editors’ choice by the New York Times Book Review.  His other books include Burning the Reichstag: An Investigation into the Third Reich’s Enduring Mystery (Oxford\, 2014)\, winner of the 2015 Hans Rosenberg Prize\, and Crossing Hitler: The Man Who Put the Nazis on the Witness Stand (Oxford\, 2008)\, which won the 2007 Fraenkel Prize and was made into a documentary film and a television drama for the BBC. Hett has been the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the American Council of Learned Societies. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/the-nazi-menace-at-home-and-abroad-with-dr-benjamin-carter-hett/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:GERALD S. KAPLAN ENDOWED LECTURE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/kaplan_lecture_for_web.png__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210602T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210602T190000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230809T080714Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T125549Z UID:10000577-1622656800-1622660400@hmh.org SUMMARY:Recognizing Human Rights on the U.S.-Mexico Border DESCRIPTION:Holocaust Museum Houston’s Engines of Change alum Cain Trevino will present his Together We Remember Coalition (TWR) fellowship project in this special presentation. He will highlight the work of the South Texas Human Rights Center (STHRC). For the past year\, Trevino has worked closely with TWR and other immigrant rights groups to bring awareness to the human rights violations occurring on the U.S.-Mexico border. STHRC founder Eduardo Canales will discuss the organization’s work on the border and the future of the center. \nIn 2013\, Eduardo Canales founded the South Texas Human Rights Center\, where he organized community initiatives to prevent the deaths of migrants in Texas’s brush country and ranchlands. He gained permission to place water stations on country back roads and private ranches by confronting the private\, powerful\, and elite landowners on humanitarian grounds. \nThe South Texas Human Rights Center is a community-based organization in Falfurrias\, Texas\, dedicated to the promotion\, protection\, defense\, and exercise of human rights and dignity in South Texas. Their mission is to end death and suffering on the Texas/Mexico border through community initiatives. \nAdmission is free and open to the public. Advanced registration is required to receive the private Zoom link. \nThis event will be bilingual in Spanish/English. Interpreter services provided by Tecolotl. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/recognizing-human-rights-on-the-u-s-mexico-border/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:LECTURE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/humanrightsmx_us.png__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210526T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210526T190000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230802T131934Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T131944Z UID:10000125-1622052000-1622055600@hmh.org SUMMARY:Dr. Robert Williams on Understanding and Responding to Antisemitism DESCRIPTION:Dr. Robert Williams is Deputy Director for International Affairs at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum\, on the steering committee of the Global Task Force on Holocaust Distortion\, and served for four years as chair of the Committee on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial at the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. He regularly advises international organizations and governments on antisemitism and Holocaust issues\, and he is currently overseeing a major initiative that assesses European Holocaust and genocide denial laws. Robert’s research specialties include German history\, US and Russian foreign policy\, propaganda and disinformation\, and contemporary antisemitism. Outside of work\, he is co-editing a volume for Routledge on the history of antisemitism. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/dr-robert-williams-on-understanding-and-responding-to-antisemitism/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:The Warren and Spector/Warren Fellowship for Future Teachers Public Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/robert-williams.jpg-1440x880-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210519T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210519T200000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230802T092647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T092747Z UID:10000052-1621450800-1621454400@hmh.org SUMMARY:An Evening With Dr. Ibram X. Kendi\, Author of "How to Be an Antiracist" DESCRIPTION:In recognizing the significance of antiracist programming\, HMH has invited Dr. Ibram X. Kendi\, one of America’s foremost historians and leading antiracist scholars\, to speak about his 2019 book\, How to Be an Antiracist. Kendi’s presentation will be centered on defining what it means to be antiracist and what actions people can take to clearly see all forms of racism. \nKendi’s concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America—but even more fundamentally\, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. Instead of working with the policies and system we have in place\, Kendi asks us to think about what an antiracist society might look like\, and how we can play an active role in building it. In his memoir\, Kendi weaves together an electrifying combination of ethics\, history\, law\, and science–including the story of his own awakening to antiracism—bringing it all together in a cogent\, accessible form. He begins by helping us rethink our most deeply held\, if implicit\, beliefs and our most intimate personal relationships (including beliefs about race and IQ and interracial social relations) and reexamines the policies and larger social arrangements we support. \nKendi is an American author\, professor\, antiracist activist\, and historian of race and discriminatory policy in America. In July 2020\, he assumed the position of director of the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University. Kendi was included in Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020. \nAdmission is free and open to the public. Advanced registration is required to receive the private Zoom link. \nGenerously sponsored by Dr. Anna Steinberger \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/an-evening-with-dr-ibram-x-kendi-author-of-how-to-be-an-antiracist/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Virtual Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/kendi-for-web-1.png-1440x880-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210515T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210515T130000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230802T153353Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T153402Z UID:10000150-1621080000-1621083600@hmh.org SUMMARY:Drop-In Virtual Tour | Bearing Witness: A Community Remembers DESCRIPTION:Explore the history of the Holocaust using historical artifacts\, photographs\, and personal stories featured throughout our gallery. Facilitated by museum docents\, this interactive student tour includes a guided discussion on the lessons of the Holocaust and the role of individuals in society today.  \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/drop-in-virtual-tour-bearing-witness-a-community-remembers/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Tour 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:20210510T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210510T130000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230802T123703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T123711Z UID:10000101-1620648000-1620651600@hmh.org SUMMARY:Creating Possibility | Disallowing Hatred – Moving Beyond Hatred DESCRIPTION:Living\, as we do\, in a time of unmitigated hatred\, hate crimes\, acts of antisemitism and extremism\, we must take steps of awareness and action. With programming\, to include social media posts and a six-part workshop series (offered virtually)\, Holocaust Museum Houston takes on a new kind of leadership and outreach. \nThe goal of the Creating Possibility | Disallowing Hatred Program is to cultivate Upstanders who are aware of the power of hatred in human decision making and to provide community members an opportunity to learn important concepts of history\, civic awareness\, and social justice. This program empowers community members to reflect and act. \nWe must find ways to talk and interact with each other beyond boundaries. At the same time\, we must create ways to disallow hatred in our culture\, two actions that may seem contradictory\, but are essential in this time of our society’s history. \nIn each session of the Creating Possibility | Disallowing Hatred sessions\, we will share a critique of a piece of hate rhetoric\, extremism\, and/or antisemitism\, with the goal of educating the community on how to recognize\, reflect on and respond to hateful content. \nCoordinated with social media outreach\, we offer a series of six workshops co-facilitated by Mary Lee Webeck\, Ph.D.; Holocaust and Genocide Education Endowed Chair – Celebrating the Life of Survivor Naomi Warren and Beverly Nolan\, Ed.D.\, Chair – Education Advisory Committee\, Holocaust Museum Houston. \nIn this\, our final session of Creating Possibility | Disallowing Hatred\, please join us as we discuss moving beyond hatred with a talented and committed group of speakers. They have been invited to share their insights and wisdom as we work toward a more just society that values human respect and dignity. \nGuest Speakers \n\nDebbie Chen –  National Executive Vice President\, OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates\nLinda Lorelle – Journalist\, Podcaster\, Public Speaker\, Philanthropist\nDena Marks – Senior Associate Director\, ADL Southwest Region\nGary Nakamura –  Immediate Past President of JACL\, Japanese American Citizens League\, Houston Chapter\nMark Weitzman – Government Affairs Director\, Simon Wiesenthal Center\n\n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/creating-possibility-disallowing-hatred-moving-beyond-hatred/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Virtual Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/creating-possibility-for-web-3.png-1440x880-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210506T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210506T190000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230809T080655Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T111913Z UID:10000516-1620324000-1620327600@hmh.org SUMMARY:Race and the Houston Police Department with Dr. Dwight Watson DESCRIPTION:In correlation with the exhibit Withstand: Latinx Art During Times of Conflict\, author and historian Dr. Dwight Watson will discuss his book\, Race and the Houston Police Department 1930-1990. \nIn Houston\, as in the rest of the American South up until the 1950s\, the police force reflected and enforced the segregation of the larger society. When the nation began to change in the 1950s and 1960s\, this guardian of the status quo had to change\, too. It was not designed to do so easily. Watson’s study demonstrates vividly how race complicated the internal impulses for change and gave way through time to external pressures—including the Civil Rights Movement\, modernization\, annexations\, and court-ordered redistricting—for institutional changes within the department. \nHe will highlight his extensive research on Joe Campos Torres\, a chapter from his book covering the case under the title “The Storm Clouds of Change: The Death of José Campos Torres and the Emergence of Triracial Politics in Houston.” \nSpecial guest Janie Torres will discuss her family’s search for justice and the annual Torres memorial walk. \nDwight W. Watson is an assistant professor of history at Texas State University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Houston. He has previously worked as a correctional counselor\, a prison grievance officer\, a county probation officer\, and state parole officer. \nThis talk will be moderated by Texas Southern University professor\, Dr. Jesus Esparza. \nAdmission is free and open to the public. Guests will receive a private Zoom link so advance registration is required.\n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/race-and-the-houston-police-department-with-dr-dwight-watson/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Virtual Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/watson_for_web.png__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210502T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210502T160000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230809T075605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230809T100422Z UID:10000323-1619967600-1619971200@hmh.org SUMMARY:Human Rights Gallery Virtual Tour DESCRIPTION:Cost: $7 \nWhy does Holocaust Museum Houston have a Human Rights Gallery? What are human rights? How can you stand up for your rights and the rights of others? Find out on a Girl Scouts-exclusive virtual tour of Holocaust Museum Houston’s Human Rights Gallery. A museum educator will be on hand to answer questions and present an activity to get you thinking more deeply about human rights. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/human-rights-gallery-virtual-tour/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:GIRL SCOUTS ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/girl_scouts_for_web_1.png__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210426T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210426T130000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230802T143004Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T143012Z UID:10000148-1619438400-1619442000@hmh.org SUMMARY:Creating Possibility | Disallowing Hatred – Antisemitism Today DESCRIPTION:Living\, as we do\, in a time of unmitigated hatred\, hate crimes\, acts of antisemitism and extremism\, we must take steps of awareness and action. With programming\, to include social media posts and a six-part workshop series (offered virtually)\, Holocaust Museum Houston takes on a new kind of leadership and outreach. \nThe goal of the Creating Possibility | Disallowing Hatred Program is to cultivate Upstanders who are aware of the power of hatred in human decision making and to provide community members an opportunity to learn important concepts of history\, civic awareness\, and social justice. This program empowers community members to reflect and act. \nWe must find ways to talk and interact with each other beyond boundaries. At the same time\, we must create ways to disallow hatred in our culture\, two actions that may seem contradictory\, but are essential in this time of our society’s history. \nIn each session of the Creating Possibility | Disallowing Hatred sessions\, we will share a critique of a piece of hate rhetoric\, extremism\, and/or antisemitism\, with the goal of educating the community on how to recognize\, reflect on and respond to hateful content. \nCoordinated with social media outreach\, we offer a series of six workshops co-facilitated by Mary Lee Webeck\, Ph.D.; Holocaust and Genocide Education Endowed Chair – Celebrating the Life of Survivor Naomi Warren and Beverly Nolan\, Ed.D.\, Chair – Education Advisory Committee\, Holocaust Museum Houston. \nOn Monday\, April 26\, we address the long history of xenophobia (a fear of strangers\, or fear of someone who is different from us) and the rising incidents of hate crimes directed toward the Asian communities of the United States. With leaders from national and Houston-based organizations\, we discuss strategies to promote agency and actions to #StopAsianHate. \nModerator: \nGary Nakamura – Immediate Past President\, Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)\, Houston Chapter  \nPanel of Speakers: \n\nDebbie Chen – National Executive Vice President\, OCA Asian Pacific American Advocates\nDavid Inoue – National Executive Director\, Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)\nAlice Lee – President\, Chinese American Citizen Alliance (CACA)\, Houston Lodge 2020 Board of Officers\nThu Nguyen – Director of OCA (National)\, OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates\nJohn C. Yang – President and Executive Director of AAJC (National)\, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC\n\n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/creating-possibility-disallowing-hatred-antisemitism-today-2/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Virtual Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/creating-possibility-for-web-3.png-1440x880-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210417T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210417T130000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230802T154447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T154556Z UID:10000154-1618660800-1618664400@hmh.org SUMMARY:Drop-In Virtual Tour | Mandela: Struggle for Freedom DESCRIPTION:Mandela with a raised fist\, moments after his release from prison (after 27 years) on February 11\, 1990.Photograph by Graeme Williams \nExplore Mandela: Struggle for Freedom\, a rich sensory experience of imagery\, soundscape\, digital media and objects\, explores the earthshaking fight for justice and human dignity in South Africa – and its relevance to issues of today. URL:https://hmh.org/event/drop-in-virtual-tour-mandela-struggle-for-freedom/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/lg180012.jpg-1440x880-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210414T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210414T190000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230809T082038Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T105344Z UID:10000500-1618423200-1618426800@hmh.org SUMMARY:The Forensic Anthropology Foundation of Guatemala with Fredy Peccerelli DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with Fredy Peccerelli\, the Executive Director of FAFG\, The Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (Fundación de Antropología Forense de Guatemala)\, a nonprofit contributing to the strengthening of the justice system and the respect for human rights through the investigation and documentation of historic violations of the right to life in cases of non-clarified deaths. \nFAFG utilizes the latest technology in forensic anthropology\, along with interview techniques\, to achieve these aims as quickly\, precisely\, and cost-efficiently as possible. FAFG works to contribute to historical clarification\, the dignification of victims\, and the search for justice. \nThe FAFG Archive of Visual Histories (AHV) is the result of a joint effort with the USC Shoah Foundation to collect audiovisual testimonies from survivors and witnesses of the Internal Armed Conflict (CAI) to promote reconciliation\, encourage investigation and support educational goals in Guatemala and the world. \nSince 2015\, the FAFG has recorded more than 650 life history interviews. Of these\, 31 have already been indexed\, subtitled\, and integrated into the USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive. \nLearn more about the Guatemalan Genocide thru testimony.  Explore the testimony-based and classroom-ready suite of activities– in English and Spanish–from USC Shoah Foundation’s award winning educational platform\, IWitness. Guatemalan testimony collection provided by Fundación de Antropologia Forense de Guatemala. \nAdmission is free and open to the public. Donations are welcomed. Advanced registration is required to receive the private Zoom link. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/the-forensic-anthropology-foundation-of-guatemala-with-fredy-peccerelli/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Genocide Awareness Month ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/fredy_for_web.png__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210412T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210412T130000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230802T143218Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T143318Z UID:10000149-1618228800-1618232400@hmh.org SUMMARY:Creating Possibility | Disallowing Hatred – Hatreds and Their Histories DESCRIPTION:Living\, as we do\, in a time of unmitigated hatred\, hate crimes\, acts of antisemitism and extremism\, we must take steps of awareness and action. With programming\, to include social media posts and a six-part workshop series (offered virtually)\, Holocaust Museum Houston takes on a new kind of leadership and outreach. \nThe goal of the Creating Possibility | Disallowing Hatred Program is to cultivate Upstanders who are aware of the power of hatred in human decision making and to provide community members an opportunity to learn important concepts of history\, civic awareness\, and social justice. This program empowers community members to reflect and act. \nWe must find ways to talk and interact with each other beyond boundaries. At the same time\, we must create ways to disallow hatred in our culture\, two actions that may seem contradictory\, but are essential in this time of our society’s history. \nIn each session of the Creating Possibility | Disallowing Hatred sessions\, we will share a critique of a piece of hate rhetoric\, extremism\, and/or antisemitism\, with the goal of educating the community on how to recognize\, reflect on and respond to hateful content. \nCoordinated with social media outreach\, we offer a series of six workshops co-facilitated by Mary Lee Webeck\, Ph.D.; Holocaust and Genocide Education Endowed Chair – Celebrating the Life of Survivor Naomi Warren and Beverly Nolan\, Ed.D.\, Chair – Education Advisory Committee\, Holocaust Museum Houston. \nPlease join us to meet two incredible leaders in the fields of disability policy and LGBT rights who will speak about their work and the roles they have played in creating solutions in their respective fields. \nLex Frieden had a life changing experience when he was injured in an accident. Today\, he is an American educator\, researcher\, disability policy expert and disability rights activist. Frieden has been called “a chief architect of the Americans with Disabilities Act.” He is also regarded as a founder and leader of the independent living movement by people with disabilities in the U.S. \nPhyllis Randolph Frye is a transgender woman and an Associate Judge for the Municipal Courts in Houston. After several careers\, Phyllis studied law and became an attorney. She devotes her practice to LGBT rights. Frye is the first openly transgender judge appointed in the United States. She is known as being the “grandmother” of the national\, transgender legal and political movement. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/creating-possibility-disallowing-hatred-hatreds-and-their-histories/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Virtual Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/creating-possibility-for-web-3.png-1440x880-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210411T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210411T160000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230809T075250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230809T090508Z UID:10000310-1618153200-1618156800@hmh.org SUMMARY:Holocaust Virtual Tour for Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) DESCRIPTION:Cost: $7 \nHolocaust Museum Houston invites you to a special Girl Scout-only virtual tour of our Holocaust Gallery to commemorate Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). Learn about what the Holocaust was\, how the Nazis came to power\, how people stood up to the Nazis\, what happened in the aftermath of the Holocaust\, and why we commemorate it on Yom HaShoah. A museum educator will be on hand to answer questions about the Holocaust. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/holocaust-virtual-tour-for-yom-hashoah-holocaust-remembrance-day/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:GIRL SCOUTS ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/girl-scouts-for-web.png-1440x880-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210323T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210323T193000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230802T102503Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T102511Z UID:10000061-1616524200-1616527800@hmh.org SUMMARY:Author Talk | Edward Westermann on "Drunk on Genocide: Alcohol and Mass Murder in Nazi Germany" DESCRIPTION:During the Third Reich\, alcohol served as both a literal and metaphorical lubricant for acts of violence and atrocity by the men of the Storm Troopers (SA)\, the SS\, and the police\, and its use and abuse was widespread among the perpetrators. Over the course of the Third Reich\, scenes involving alcohol consumption and revelry among the SS and police would become a routine part of rituals of humiliation in the camps\, ghettos\, and killing fields of Eastern Europe. The role of alcohol and celebratory ritual in the Nazi genocide of European Jews offers an important perspective on the intersection between masculinity\, drinking ritual\, and mass murder and it provides an important insight for evaluating the mindset\, motivation\, mentality of the killers as they prepared for and participated in acts of mass murder and ultimately genocide. \nEdward Westermann received his Ph.D. in History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a Regents Professor of History at Texas A&M University-San Antonio and serves as a Commissioner of the Texas Holocaust & Genocide Commission. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/author-talk-edward-westermann-on-drunk-on-genocide-alcohol-and-mass-murder-in-nazi-germany/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Virtual Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/westermann-web-image.png-1440x880-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210322T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210322T193000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230802T142536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T142544Z UID:10000146-1616437800-1616441400@hmh.org SUMMARY:Creating Possibility | Disallowing Hatred – Antisemitism: Its History and Legacy Rebroadcast DESCRIPTION:Living\, as we do\, in a time of unmitigated hatred\, hate crimes\, acts of antisemitism and extremism\, we must take steps of awareness and action. With programming\, to include social media posts and a six-part workshop series (offered virtually)\, Holocaust Museum Houston takes on a new kind of leadership and outreach. \nThe goal of the Creating Possibility | Disallowing Hatred Program is to cultivate Upstanders who are aware of the power of hatred in human decision making and to provide community members an opportunity to learn important concepts of history\, civic awareness\, and social justice. This program empowers community members to reflect and act. \nWe must find ways to talk and interact with each other beyond boundaries. At the same time\, we must create ways to disallow hatred in our culture\, two actions that may seem contradictory\, but are essential in this time of our society’s history. \nIn each session of the Creating Possibility | Disallowing Hatred sessions\, we will share a critique of a piece of hate rhetoric\, extremism\, and/or antisemitism\, with the goal of educating the community on how to recognize\, reflect on and respond to hateful content. \nCoordinated with social media outreach\, we offer a series of six workshops co-facilitated by Mary Lee Webeck\, Ph.D.; Holocaust and Genocide Education Endowed Chair – Celebrating the Life of Survivor Naomi Warren and Beverly Nolan\, Ed.D.\, Chair – Education Advisory Committee\, Holocaust Museum Houston. \nFeatured speaker: Mark Weitzman \nMark Weitzman is Director of Government Affairs for the Simon Wiesenthal Center. He was responsible for introducing and steering to adoption the “Working Definition of Antisemitism’ at the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)\, where he is the senior member of the US delegation. He was also the lead author of IHRA’s Working Definition of Holocaust Denial and Distortion. A member of the Program on Religion and Foreign Policy at the Council of Foreign Relations\, he is currently editing A History of Antisemitism (Routledge\, 2021) and was a winner of the National Jewish Book Award in 2007 for Antisemitism\, the Generic Hatred: Essays in Memory of Simon Wiesenthal. He currently serves as Vice-President of the Association of Holocaust Organizations.  \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/creating-possibility-disallowing-hatred-antisemitism-its-history-and-legacy-rebroadcast/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Virtual Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/creating-possibility-for-web-3.png-1440x880-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210320T130000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230802T154000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T154008Z UID:10000152-1616241600-1616245200@hmh.org SUMMARY:Drop-In Virtual Tour | Human Rights and Bak Galleries DESCRIPTION:In response to the need for distance learning options\, Holocaust Museum Houston has created virtual tours for classrooms and community groups. Participants can tour the Museum’s galleries virtually and interact live with a certified HMH Docent. During this Drop-In Virtual Tour\, join an HMH Docent and explore the Lester and Sue Smith Human Rights Gallery and the Samuel Bak Gallery and Learning Center. \nLester and Sue Smith Human Rights Gallery\nExperience the evolution of human rights throughout history on this docent led tour. Students will examine guiding human rights principles established in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and will discover remarkable stories of modern day Upstanders who have protected and advanced human rights across the globe. \nSamuel Bak Gallery and Learning Center\nBecome immersed in the world of Holocaust art through the paintings of prolific artist and Holocaust survivor\, Samuel Bak. On this docent guided tour\, students will consider the role and meaning of Holocaust art through an analysis of Bak’s famous works. \nTickets\nMembers Free\nNon-members $10\n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/drop-in-virtual-tour-human-rights-and-bak-galleries/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/human-rights-gallery-recovered-1.jpg-1440x880-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210318T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210318T110000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230809T082231Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230809T123856Z UID:10000391-1616059800-1616065200@hmh.org SUMMARY:Trans-Atlantic Dialogues II: Teaching the Holocaust in Challenging Times DESCRIPTION:The State Department’s Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues cordially invites you to a webinar on the challenges European and American educators face in teaching about the Holocaust to a new generation of learners. Holocaust educators will compare educational landscapes\, discuss best practices and areas for cooperation\, and speak to the challenges presented by rising anti-Semitism worldwide as well as the greater reliance on virtual schooling in a (post)-COVID world. \nThis Zoom webinar will be in English. Participants will have an opportunity to submit questions in writing during the webinar or in advance by email to: SEHI-EVENTS@state.gov. This invitation may be shared with trusted colleagues and friends. \nFeaturing: \n\nCherrie Daniels\, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues\, U.S. Department of State and Head of the U.S. Delegation to IHRA\nProfessor Yehuda Bauer\, Honorary Chairman of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)\, Professor Emeritus of History and Holocaust Studies at the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem\, and Academic Advisor to Yad Vashem\nAn international panel of American and European educators and teachers: Joseph Nappi\, a high school teacher (grades 10 and 12) at Monmouth Regional High School in Monmouth\, New Jersey; Wendy Warren\, the Director of Education at the Houston Holocaust Museum in Houston\, Texas; Peter Garry: the Director of the European secondary school Ecole Europeenne III in Brussels\, Belgium; and Adam Musial\, an independent educator based in Krakow\, Poland.\nJennifer Ciardelli\, Director\, Initiative on the Holocaust and Professional Leadership\, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Member of the U.S. IHRA Delegation and U.S. Representative on the IHRA Education Working Group\nDr. Edna Friedberg\, Senior Program Curator and Host of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Facebook Live Series\, will moderate the webinar.\n\nResources for the webinar include “Holocaust Teaching Guidelines” from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (https://bit.ly/2MCpG8l) and the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Recommendations for “Recognizing and Countering Holocaust Distortion” (https://bit.ly/3bOngfn) as well as for “Teaching and Learning About the Holocaust” (https://bit.ly/37XMS8m). \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/trans-atlantic-dialogues-ii-teaching-the-holocaust-in-challenging-times/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Professional Development 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:20210312T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210312T130000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230809T080045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T050104Z UID:10000436-1615550400-1615554000@hmh.org SUMMARY:Lunchtime Talk Series\, Part 2: Remembering (for) Tomorrow: Re-Engaging History to Ask New Questions DESCRIPTION:Dr. Mary Lee Webeck; Simon Fujiwara; Alexandra Zapruder \nBlaffer Art Museum and Holocaust Museum Houston present a two-part dialogue with Simon Fujiwara\, Alexandra Zapruder\, and Mary Lee Webeck in conjunction with the exhibition\, Simon Fujiwara: Hope House—on view at the Blaffer through March 14\, 2021. \nArtist Simon Fujiwara continues an artistic investigation into the cultural legacy and expanding array of representations of Anne Frank: a young Jewish girl who was persecuted and murdered by the Nazi regime\, and who became famous posthumously as a published author for the diary she wrote whilst in hiding during World War II. In the process\, he has uncovered numerous movies\, plays\, products\, reconstructions of the house\, controversies and messages of hope that have collectively formed a sprawling industry around a young girl – all of which aided her ascension into a global icon. \nPlease join our panelists as they discuss the practice and pitfalls of popularizing history for a younger generation\, and what is gained and altered in the translation. Looking across the Hope House exhibition at the Blaffer Art Museum\, the place of Anne Frank at the Holocaust Museum of Houston\, and the 2002 book Salvaged Pages: Young Writers Diaries of the Holocaust\, they will discuss how the Anne Frank story has been re-formatted over the decades\, and how the new questions circulate within history and the museum setting \nDr. Mary Lee Webeck serves as the Holocaust and Genocide Education Endowed Chair at The Boniuk Center for the Future of Holocaust\, Human Rights and Genocide Studies at the Holocaust Museum Houston (HMH). Previously\, Dr. Webeck was the Director of Education at HMH\, beginning her work at the Museum in 2006. Prior to joining the Museum\, she served on the faculty of The University of Texas at Austin and now helps facilitate a Title 6 grant project teaching and researching about genocide in the Middle East. Dr. Webeck is civically engaged as a board member of several local and national institutions\, advocating for educational innovation and civic and law-focused education. \nAlexandra Zapruder curated the permanent exhibition And Still I Write: Young Diarists on War and Genocide that opened at the Holocaust Museum Houston in 2019. She wrote the acclaimed 2002 book\, Salvaged Pages: Young Writers’ Diaries of the Holocaust\, which was published by Yale University Press and won the National Jewish Book Award in the Holocaust category. Zapruder also wrote and co-produced I’m Still Here\, a documentary film for young audiences based on her book\, which aired on MTV in May 2005 and was nominated for two Emmy awards. She serves as the Education Director of The Defiant Requiem Foundation in Washington\, D.C. and also sits on the Board of Directors for the Educators’ Institute for Human Rights\, a nonprofit that develops partnerships with teachers in post-conflict countries to provide training in best practices on human rights\, genocide prevention\, and Holocaust education. \nSimon Fujiwara is a British-Japanese artist who regularly investigates themes of popular desire such as tourist attractions\, famous icons\, celebrities\, “edutainment\,” and mass media. Hope House is an ongoing exhibition built upon years of study into the legacy of Anne Frank. 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. \nLearn more about Simon Fujiwara: Hope House. \nThis public program is supported by Scott & Judy Nyquist. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/lunchtime-talk-series-part-2-remembering-for-tomorrow-re-engaging-history-to-ask-new-questions/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/blaffer_for_web.png__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210309T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210309T203000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230809T082610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230809T104511Z UID:10000342-1615316400-1615321800@hmh.org SUMMARY:Why the Nazis Looted Art and Why it Still Matters DESCRIPTION:Dr. Elizabeth Campbell; A church turned repository in Ellingen\, Germany\, April 24\, 1945. Courtesy of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration at College Park\, MD.Join the University of Denver\, the Holocaust Museum Houston\, and the Program in Jewish Studies at Rice University for an enlightening talk featuring Dr. Elizabeth Campbell\, associate professor of history at the University of Denver and director of the Center for Art Collection Ethics. The discussion will highlight her work and why the legacy of Nazi art looting still impacts the art world today. \nAs the Nazis devised and implemented the Final Solution\, they also expropriated a wide range of assets from Jews across Europe—real estate\, investments and mobile assets. This massive theft included several hundred thousand works of art\, the result of confiscation and forced sales within the Third Reich and in occupied territories. The aftermath of Nazi art plunder continues to present legal and ethical challenges in the art world\, as the heirs of Jewish victims seek restitution of looted paintings and other objects now held by museums\, galleries or private collectors. \nJoin us as we investigate the connections between Nazi art plunder and the Holocaust\, and why this history of expropriation still matters today. \nDr. Elizabeth Campbell is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Denver and Director of the Center for Art Collection Ethics. She is the author of Defending National Treasures: French Art and Heritage under Vichy (Stanford University Press\, 2011). With support from the National Endowment for the Humanities\, her forthcoming book (Oxford University Press) examines the recovery of Nazi-looted art\, comparing restitution practices in France\, Belgium and the Netherlands. In all three cases\, postwar governments held unclaimed works for display in state-run museums\, extending the dispossession of Jewish owners wrought by the Nazis and their collaborators. \nThis lecture is the first in a series. Details of a panel discussion on March 16 on “Legal and Ethical Challenges in Art Collection Stewardship” to follow. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/why-the-nazis-looted-art-and-why-it-still-matters/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Virtual Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/nazi_looted_art_for_web.png__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210304T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210304T173000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230803T124408Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T085321Z UID:10000239-1614875400-1614879000@hmh.org SUMMARY:New Volunteer Meet & Greet DESCRIPTION:An opportunity to get to know each other\, the New Volunteer Meet & Greet is an explanation of the HMH volunteer application process and what to expect on the job. We discuss health and safety on campus\, volunteer positions available\, and answer individual questions. After filling out the volunteer application\, a welcome email be sent to potential volunteers\, followed by the Zoom invitation to their chosen Meet & Greet.   \n \n APPLY TO VOLUNTEER URL:https://hmh.org/event/new-volunteer-meet-greet-4/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Information Session ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/dsc02900-2jwgite-pg.jpg-1440x880-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210302T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210302T190000 DTSTAMP:20260505T093313 CREATED:20230809T080550Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T120411Z UID:10000548-1614708000-1614711600@hmh.org SUMMARY:Peacebuilding in Troubled Times: A Dialogue on Hate & Extremism DESCRIPTION:Holocaust Museum Houston\, Houston Coalition Against Hate\, Congregation Beth Israel\, and the Anti-Defamation League will collaborate on a panel discussion on peacebuilding and combating hate and extremism. \nMeet the Panelists \nCarl Josehart is an accomplished healthcare executive with over 30 years of experience. He currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer for Jewish Family Service Houston and as the Board Chair for Holocaust Museum Houston. Past experience includes 11 years as CEO of TIRR Memorial Hermann\, leadership experience in acute care\, ambulatory care and earlier in his career as a clinical social worker. Carl’s career has been distinguished by a commitment to social justice and serving underserved or historically disadvantaged populations including individuals impacted by poverty\, racial\, ethnic or religious discrimination and promoting equality for the LGBTQ+ community. \nMarjorie Joseph currently serves as the Executive Director for Houston Coalition Against Hate (HCAH). HCAH is a network of community-based organizations\, institutions\, and leaders who come together to reduce hate and encourage belonging. The Coalition is committed to addressing all incidents of hate\, bias\, violence\, and discrimination\, on the basis of a person or group’s religion\, race/ethnicity\, gender\, gender identity/expression\, abilities\, age\, sexual orientation\, national origin\, creed\, immigration status\, or genetic information. HCAH does this through education\, research\, relationship building\, and prevention initiatives\, as well as partnering with organizations to host events that celebrate diversity and make Houston strong. \nRabbi David Lyon was ordained in 1990\, at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR)\, in Cincinnati and has served as Senior Rabbi of Congregation Beth Israel\, in Houston\, since 2004. Rabbi Lyon is a Vice-President of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR). In Houston\, Rabbi Lyon is a board member of the United Way of Greater Houston; board member of Interfaith Ministries; a member of ADL’s Coalition for Mutual Respect; and a member of the advisory board of Holocaust Museum Houston. He is honored to be on of Houston’s Three Amigos with Rev. Bill Lawson and Archbishop Joseph Fiorenza. \nDena Marks is the Senior Associate Director of the Anti-Defamation League’s Southwest Regional Office. Her main responsibility at ADL is publicity\, but she also serves as a liaison with law enforcement\, facilitates various training sessions\, coordinates regional fact finding\, handles some discrimination complaints and staffs ADL’s International Affairs Committee and Committee on Law Enforcement\, Extremism and Antisemitism. Before joining ADL in April of 1999\, she spent 21 years in television news. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/peacebuilding-in-troubled-times-a-dialogue-on-hate-extremism/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/peacebuilding_web_image_march.png__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR