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:20210602T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210602T190000 DTSTAMP:20260505T104546 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:20260505T104547 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:20260505T104547 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:20260505T104547 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:20260505T104547 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:20260505T104547 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:20260505T104547 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:20260505T104547 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:20260505T104547 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:20260505T104547 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:20260505T104547 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:20260505T104547 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:20260505T104547 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:20260505T104547 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:20260505T104547 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:20260505T104547 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:20260505T104547 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:20260505T104547 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:20260505T104547 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:20260505T104547 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 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210301T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210301T193000 DTSTAMP:20260505T104547 CREATED:20230802T120946Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T120954Z UID:10000094-1614623400-1614627000@hmh.org SUMMARY:Creating Possibility | Disallowing Hatred – Introduction and Guided Inquiry 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 will offer a series of six workshops facilitated by Mary Lee Webeck\, Ph.D.; Holocaust and Genocide Education Endowed Chair – Celebrating the Life of Survivor Naomi Warren. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/creating-possibility-disallowing-hatred-introduction-and-guided-inquiry-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.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210301T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210301T130000 DTSTAMP:20260505T104547 CREATED:20230802T120823Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T120832Z UID:10000093-1614600000-1614603600@hmh.org SUMMARY:Creating Possibility | Disallowing Hatred – Introduction and Guided Inquiry 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 will offer a series of six workshops facilitated by Mary Lee Webeck\, Ph.D.; Holocaust and Genocide Education Endowed Chair – Celebrating the Life of Survivor Naomi Warren. \nEach session will be rebroadcast at 6:30 p.m. on its scheduled date. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/creating-possibility-disallowing-hatred-introduction-and-guided-inquiry/ 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:20210225T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210225T193000 DTSTAMP:20260505T104547 CREATED:20230801T122523Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230801T122532Z UID:10000047-1614277800-1614281400@hmh.org SUMMARY:Through Their Eyes with Sandy Lessig DESCRIPTION:Through Their Eyes is a project that Sandy has been very instrumental in creating. It involves the second generation and/or others who knew a Holocaust survivor in the telling of their parents’ or friend’s survival stories. Using excerpts of her father’s recorded testimony\, together they will tell his story of growing up in Germany under the rise of Nazism & Hitler. The hatred\, prejudice and apathy that each survivor endured during the Holocaust forged a legacy that is embodied in the lives of the second generation and in their children. This legacy is a valuable lesson for the rest of humankind. This project teaches and encourages the second generation to continue telling the survivor stories of their parents\, including the historical background and their personal observations and viewpoints\, thus continuing the legacy into the future. It has been presented to scores of school & public groups as well as at international conferences. There will be time for questions. \nSandy Lessig is a 2nd Generation Holocaust Survivor and a Commissioner at the Texas Holocaust & Genocide Commission.\n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/through-their-eyes-with-sandy-lessig/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/sandy-for-web.png-1440x880-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210223T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210223T190000 DTSTAMP:20260505T104547 CREATED:20230808T102806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230808T111356Z UID:10000241-1614103200-1614106800@hmh.org SUMMARY:An Evening with the Lacks Family: The Story Behind The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks DESCRIPTION:The Lacks family has enthralled audiences across the country by talking about their mother\, grandmother\, and great-grandmother\, Henrietta Lacks\, and her transcendentally important contributions to science. The internatonal success of Rebecca Skloot’s New York Times bestseller\, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks\, has let people keenly interested in the Lacks family and Henrietta’s legacy. \nHenrietta Lacks was a poor Black tobacco farmer whose cells\, taken without her knowledge in 1951\, went on to become the first immortal human cells ever grown in the laboratory. Those cells\, dubbed HeLa\, became one of the most important tools in modern medicine\, vital for developing the polio vaccine\, cloning\, gene mapping\, in vitro fertilization\, and more. Though Henrietta died in 1951\, her cells—alive and growing to this day—are still the most widely used in the world. \nHenrietta’s family didn’t learn that the cells existed until the 1970s\, when scientists wanted to do research on her children—Lawrence\, David “Sonny” Jr.\, Deborah\, and Zakariyya—to learn more about the remarkable “immortality” of Henrietta’s cell line. Her children were then used in research without their consent\, and without having their most basic questions answered\, such as\, “What is a cell?” and“What does it mean that Henrietta’s cells are alive?” \nIn this moderated discussion with Holocaust Museum Houston Director of Education\, Wendy Warren\, the family will share what it meant to find out—decades after the fact—that Henrietta’s cells were being used in laboratories around the world\, bought and sold by the billions. \nDavid Lacks\, Jr. is the grandson of Henrietta Lacks and the son of David “Sonny” Lacks. David has a degree in computer information systems and has traveled around the United States and Canada setting up computer systems and labs for companies and educational institutions. He also lends his talent to the Lacks family’s website. David is honored to serve on the National Institutes of Health panel\, where he reviews proposals from researchers seeking to use the HeLa genome in their research. \nVictoria Baptiste is Henrietta Lacks’s great-granddaughter. She travels regularly to talk about the Lacks family’s story. Inspired by Henrietta’s life\, she is a nephrology nurse at a dialysis center. As a patient’s advocate\, Victoria prides herself on treating patients with respect and dignity and—most importantly—making sure they understand their care. She finds her career fulfilling because it gives her the opportunity to educate patients. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/an-evening-with-the-lacks-family-the-story-behind-the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Black History Month ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/lacks-for-web.png-1440x880-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210220T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210220T130000 DTSTAMP:20260505T104547 CREATED:20230802T154324Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T154332Z UID:10000153-1613822400-1613826000@hmh.org SUMMARY:CANCELED: 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/canceled-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:20210218T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210218T190000 DTSTAMP:20260505T104547 CREATED:20230809T080644Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T111714Z UID:10000515-1613671200-1613674800@hmh.org SUMMARY:CANCELED: Race and the Houston Police Department with Dr. Dwight Watson DESCRIPTION: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. \nDwight Watson traces how the Houston Police Department reacted to social\, political\, and institutional change over a fifty-year period—and specifically\, how it responded to and in turn influenced racial change. \nWatson’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. \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. URL:https://hmh.org/event/canceled-race-and-the-houston-police-department-with-dr-dwight-watson/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Black History Month 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:20210211T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210211T200000 DTSTAMP:20260505T104547 CREATED:20230803T061150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230803T061157Z UID:10000169-1613066400-1613073600@hmh.org SUMMARY:Film Screening: "13th" DESCRIPTION:In celebration of Black History Month\, Holocaust Museum Houston will host a one-night screening of the highly acclaimed 2016 documentary film\, “13th.” \nSynopsis: Filmmaker Ava DuVernay explores the history of racial inequality in the United States\, focusing on the fact that the nation’s prisons are disproportionately filled with African Americans. \nThe title of Ava DuVernay’s extraordinary and galvanizing documentary refers to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution\, which reads\, “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude\, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted\, shall exist within the United States.” The progression from that second qualifying clause to the horrors of mass criminalization and the sprawling American prison industry is laid out by DuVernay with bracing lucidity. With a potent mixture of archival footage and testimony from a dazzling array of activists\, politicians\, historians\, and formerly incarcerated women and men\, DuVernay creates a work of grand historical synthesis. \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/film-screening-13th/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Black History Month ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/13th-for-web.png-1440x880-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210211T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210211T180000 DTSTAMP:20260505T104547 CREATED:20230809T081123Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230926T094014Z UID:10000588-1613061000-1613066400@hmh.org SUMMARY:Standing Up in Uncertain Times: Rescuers in the Holocaust DESCRIPTION:A farmer in Poland (now Ukraine) hid two little girls and their mothers in their barn and in a rat-infested hole for twenty-eight months. A Catholic priest in Serbia welcomed two Sephardic sisters into his orphanage to save their lives. A Muslim woman hid her Jewish neighbor in Sarajevo. This webinar will give you the resources you need to use inspiring\, real-life\, historical examples of moral courage such as these to teach your students civic engagement\, empathy\, social justice\, and what it means to stand up for others.\nIn this online\, 90-minute webinar\, both Centropa and the Holocaust Museum Houston will share our user-friendly online stories and materials about rescuers and Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust\, usable in online or in-class teaching. Participating teachers will earn 1.5 hours CPE credit.\nHolocaust Museum Houston is dedicated to educating people about the Holocaust\, remembering the 6 million Jews and other innocent victims and honoring the survivors’ legacy. Using the lessons of the Holocaust and other genocides\, we teach the dangers of hatred\, prejudice and apathy.\nCentropa interviewed 1\,200 elderly Jews living in 15 European countries. We asked our respondents to tell us their entire life stories spanning the 20th c. as they showed us their old family photographs. Centropa offers teachers a database of thousands of annotated photos\, hundreds of interviews\, and scores of award-winning\, short multimedia films (no longer than 30 minutes)—ideal for virtual or in-class projects that teach digital literacy\, promote critical thinking\, increase global awareness and all free of charge. Each summer we bring 25 US teachers to the great cities of Central Europe to travel with 80 teachers from 15 countries; in 2021 we will be in Vienna. Join this webinar to learn more.\nQuestions? Contact Lauren Granite\, Centropa’s US Education Director\, at granite@centropa.org\, or Wendy Warren\, Holocaust Museum Houston Director of Education\, at wwarren@hmh.org.\n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/standing-up-in-uncertain-times-rescuers-in-the-holocaust-2/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Professional Development END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210209T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210209T170000 DTSTAMP:20260505T104547 CREATED:20230809T075232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230926T131539Z UID:10000302-1612884600-1612890000@hmh.org SUMMARY:Standing Up in Uncertain Times: Rescuers in the Holocaust DESCRIPTION:A farmer in Poland (now Ukraine) hid two little girls and their mothers in their barn and in a rat-infested hole for twenty-eight months. A Catholic priest in Serbia welcomed two Sephardic sisters into his orphanage to save their lives. A Muslim woman hid her Jewish neighbor in Sarajevo. This webinar will give you the resources you need to use inspiring\, real-life\, historical examples of moral courage such as these to teach your students civic engagement\, empathy\, social justice\, and what it means to stand up for others. \nIn this online\, 90-minute webinar\, both Centropa and the Holocaust Museum Houston will share our user-friendly online stories and materials about rescuers and Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust\, usable in online or in-class teaching. Participating teachers will earn 1.5 hours CPE credit. \nHolocaust Museum Houston is dedicated to educating people about the Holocaust\, remembering the 6 million Jews and other innocent victims and honoring the survivors’ legacy. Using the lessons of the Holocaust and other genocides\, we teach the dangers of hatred\, prejudice and apathy. \nCentropa interviewed 1\,200 elderly Jews living in 15 European countries. We asked our respondents to tell us their entire life stories spanning the 20th c. as they showed us their old family photographs. Centropa offers teachers a database of thousands of annotated photos\, hundreds of interviews\, and scores of award-winning\, short multimedia films (no longer than 30 minutes)—ideal for virtual or in-class projects that teach digital literacy\, promote critical thinking\, increase global awareness and all free of charge. Each summer we bring 25 US teachers to the great cities of Central Europe to travel with 80 teachers from 15 countries; in 2021 we will be in Vienna. Join this webinar to learn more. \nQuestions? Contact Lauren Granite\, Centrop’s US Education Director\, at granite@centropa.org\, or Wendy Warren\, Holocaust Museum Houston Director of Education\, at wwarren@hmh.org. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/standing-up-in-uncertain-times-rescuers-in-the-holocaust/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Professional Development END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210206T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210206T193000 DTSTAMP:20260505T104547 CREATED:20230809T082100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T104532Z UID:10000497-1612636200-1612639800@hmh.org SUMMARY:The Hungarian Holocaust with Moshe Y. Vardi DESCRIPTION:The Hungarian Holocaust constitutes a very special chapter of the Holocaust. Although it took place very close to the end of World War II\, with deportations starting in May 1944\, the Nazi industrial killing machine was by then so sophisticated that some 565\,000 Hungarian Jews were murdered by the end of 1944. The speaker’s parents both survived the Hungarian Holocaust. The talk will cover the story of this chapter of the Holocaust\, as well as the stories of some of the survivors\, and some of its aftermath.Moshe Y. Vardi is a University Professor and the George Distinguished service Professor in Computational Engineering at Rice University. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/the-hungarian-holocaust-with-moshe-y-vardi/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Virtual Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/myv18b.jpg__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR