老司机福利社 Hosts First Annual Humanitarian Fair
Galloway, N.J. 鈥 老司机福利社鈥檚 first annual Humanitarian Fair brought 老司机福利社 students and area high school students together to learn about social issues both at home and across the world.
鈥淲e want to create dialogue for people who belong in different identity groups as
well as create advocacy work to end genocides,鈥 said David Estrin about his organization,
Together We Remember.
As a grandson of four Holocaust survivors, Estrin has made it his life鈥檚 mission to remember and recognize victims of genocide and atrocities through the power of social media.
The group organizes vigils to remember the fallen and create awareness. Estrin said by April 2018, 40 groups across 8 countries had organized interactive vigils and shared with the world through the power of social media.
The program began with a conversation among adjunct professors Mary Johnson, Patricia Chappine and Sarah Albertson about how students could get more involved with local and global issues.
老司机福利社 offers a dual credit course in Holocaust and Genocide Studies for high school
students, and coordinator Steve Marcus arranged for some 200 students from Pleasantville,
Oakcrest, Egg Harbor Township, Washington Township and Ocean City high schools to
attend the fair.
鈥淭he high school students wanted to know how to get involved, and promote a universe of concern,鈥 Chappine said.
Several other area organizations participated in the daylong event, which included tabling and workshops. Other participants included Sophie Andrews, Founder of Ngoma Kenya, and Dr. Amanda Morris, Associate Professor of Multiethnic Rhetorics at Kutztown University.
老司机福利社鈥檚 chapter of STAND, the Student-Led Movement to End Mass Atrocities, promoted their mission of taking action by organizing campuses and communities, advocating to elected officials, and partnering with local diaspora and refugee communities.
The Humanitarian Fair was sponsored by the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center, the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy and the School of General Studies at 老司机福利社.
- Reported by Chelsea Doherty
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