GENOCIDE AWARENESS WEEK

GENOCIDE AWARENESS WEEK

Sunday, April 18:
4th Annual Walk to End Genocide
8 AM to 12 PM at Warner Center Park
Don't forger to register online with the USC team at www.walktoendgenocide.org!

Monday, April 19:
The Holocaust: Preserving History and Memory
7:00 PM to 9:30 PM in Leavey Auditorium
A panel discussion with Michael Berenbaum and Holocaust Survivor and professor, Moshe Lazar.

Tuesday, April 20:
Exploring the Armenian Genocide and the Path Toward Recognition
7 PM to 9 PM in SLH 200
Guest speaker Haig Hovsepian from the Armenian National Committee
*FREE Subway sandwiches and refreshment!

Wednesday, April 21:
Perpetrator or Victim? Exploring the Cambodian Genocide
6:30 PM to 8 PM in VKC 100
Guest lecturer Kosal Phat will explain the difficulties involved in identifying and prosecuting those responsible for the Cambodian genocide.

Rwanda: Reading of the testimonies
8:30 PM to 9:30 PM in McCarthy Quad

Thursday, April 22:
Jam for Sudan: "No mics, just voices"
7 PM to 9 PM in EF Hutton Park, Annenberg Stage
A night of poetry, music, and awareness featuring A World Familiar, Nate "Poetics" Howard, Kamau Butcher, and more!
*Refreshments will be provided!

Also be sure to check out Camp Darfur, the simulated refugee camp set up in McCarthy quad throughout the entire week. We hope to see you there!

DANCE FOR DARFUR

NEW MEETING TIME!

Hello Fellow Activists!

This semester we have changed our meeting time and location.

Join us on Wednesdays at 7:30PM in VKC 102 to become part of the anti-genocide movement.

Don't STAND by, STAND up!

The Die-In

Here are some photos from our recent "die-in" event. A group of us got together in the middle of campus, wearing black, and laid on the ground for 10 minutes both to spread awareness to people walking by and to show our support for the people of Darfur. The event was very successful in that we got to answer many people's questions about the genocide in Darfur, and about our group on campus. We also had many people sign letters to the Obama administration asking that he take a more proactive stance against the atrocities being committed in Sudan. If you weren't able to attend this event, don't worry- we'll have many more events throughout the year. Be sure to join our facebook group or get on our mailing list to keep informed!

Fall 2009

Fight On For Darfur meets every Tuesday at 7:30PM in VKC 105. We'd love for you to join us and get involved! Even if you can't make it to the meetings, feel free to come to any and all of our events.

We started off the semester with a screening of the documentary "War Child", about a child soldier from southern Sudan who became a world renowned rapper. We have a lot more exciting events coming up, so check back here or join our facebook group to keep updated on upcoming events!

Genocide Awareness Week 2009 Schedule

USC Fight On For Darfur Presents:

GENOCIDE AWARENESS WEEK 2009

Join us for:
CAMP DARFUR (http://www.stopgenocidenow.org/campdarfur/information) - A simulated refugee camp running all week on McCarthy Quad and…

Monday April 13th:
- ASA Presents the film “Screamers” by Carla Garabedian(http://www.screamersmovie.com/)
6:30PM
- Me To We Speaking Tour
8:00-9:30PM in THH 101
(http://www.metowe.com/main/)

Tuesday April 14th:
- "Blessed is the Match" Film Screening and Discussion
5:30 pm-8:00pm in SGM 123 (http://www.blessedisthematch.com/)

Wednesday April 15th:
- Reading of Rwandan Testimonies at Camp Darfur at 7:00pm

Thursday April 16th:
-"War Child" Film Screening and Discussion (http://www.warchildmovie.com/)
7:00pm-9:30pm in SGM 123
- Jewish World Watch Day of Action at Camp Darfur (http://www.jewishworldwatch.org/)

Blessed Is The Match Movie Showing

PLEASE COME AND WATCH AT 5:45PM APRIL 14TH, SGM 123



















WATCH THE TRAILER

WINNER, Audience Award, Best Documentary:
- Pittsburgh Jewish Israeli Film Festival (2009)
- Denver Jewish Film Festival (2009)
- San Diego Jewish Film Festival (2009)
- Tucson Jewish Film Festival (2009)
- Atlanta Jewish Film Festival (2009)
- Washington Jewish Film Festival (2008)
- Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival (2008)
WINNER, Crystal Heart Award, Heartland Film Festival (2008)

Directed by Roberta Grossman and Narrated by Joan Allen, Blessed Is the Match is the first documentary feature about Hannah Senesh, the World War II-era poet and diarist who became a paratrooper, resistance fighter and modern-day Joan of Arc. Safe in Palestine in 1944, Hannah joined a mission to rescue Jews along with 31 other Jewish-Palestinian parachutists in her native Hungary. Shockingly, it was the only military rescue mission for Jews during the Holocaust. Hannah parachuted behind enemy lines, was captured, tortured and ultimately executed by the Nazis. Incredibly, her mother Catherine witnessed the entire ordeal - first as a prisoner with Hannah and later as her advocate, braving the bombed-out streets of Budapest in a desperate attempt to save her daughter.

With unprecedented access to the Senesh family archive, and through interviews, eyewitness accounts and the prolific writings of Hannah and Catherine Senesh, Blessed Is the Match recreates Hannah's mission and imprisonment. The film explores Hannah's childhood against the backdrop of significant historical events resulting in a rich portrait with several interlocking strands.

The film shows British-controlled Palestine and explores how the Kibbutz Movement drew Hannah and other idealistic Jews there in the hopes of building a Jewish state. Israeli President Shimon Peres, who knew Hannah as a young pioneer in the 1940s, appears on camera.

Finally, through Hannah's diary entries and poetry - and through her correspondence with her mother - Blessed Is the Match looks back on the life of a uniquely talented and complex girl who came of age in a world descending into madness. 'God, may there be no end,' Hannah writes in her 1942 poem Eli Eli, ...to sea, to sand, water's splash, lightning's flash. The prayer of man.'

If You Are Interested Further:
Please Look at Eitan Senesh's Book About His Aunt, Hannah and Her Courageous Story

Also Please Click Here to Access the 'Blessed Is The Match' Study Guide



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