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II ANNUAL REFLECTIONS ON HOLOCAUST & GENOCIDES
Day:
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Time: 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Place:
Unity Church of Dallas,
6525 Forest Lane • Dallas, TX 75230
Contact: Mike Ghouse (214) 325-1916
email:
MikeGhouse@aol.com
Website:
www.HolocaustandGenocides.org
RSVP
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ConfirmAttendance@Gmail.com
PRESS RELEASE
PRESS
CONTACT
John S.
Shore (214) 352-5111
jshore@shorepr.com
SECOND ANNUAL “REFLECTIONS ON HOLOCAUST AND
GENOCIDE”
TO BE PRESENTED AT THE DALLAS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM WILL
CULMINATE IN INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
DALLAS (January 14, 2009),
Local members of
Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Hindu and other religious communities
are joining together for an event with the support of The
World Muslim Congress for Peace, The Memnosyne Foundation,
Unity Church, The Dallas Peace Center and The Foundation for
Pluralism, to encourage Dallas’ diverse community to join in
a unified commemoration of the Holocaust and other genocides
that have or are occurring around the world. The event,
“Reflections on Holocaust and Genocides” is scheduled for
Sunday, January 25, 2009 at 5:30 pm. until 7:30 pm at The
Unity Church of Dallas at 6525 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX
75230.
The event will include
prominent speakers, prayers; and the keynote speaker will be
Bryan Mark Rigg, Ph.D., a noted local historian and
published author. The goal of the event is to create
awareness of the inhumanity in all of us, and discover and
create solutions for peaceful co-existence.
An art installation
designed by artist Nancy Rebal and composer James Neel will
be presented to encourage participation by capturing the
recorded voices of Dallas/Fort Worth citizens and friends in
attendance. After the event, the art installation will be
delivered to the people of Rwanda in recognition of the 15th
anniversary of the genocide that occurred. On February 13th
leaders from around the world will come together in
Kigali, Africa to memorialize the victims. Among the
first words the Rwandans will hear emitting from the art
installation will be the voices of the citizens of
Dallas/Fort Worth along with such leaders as Desmond Tutu
who champion peace, tolerance and understanding.
Imam Zia Shaikh, an Islamic Scholar and past supporter of
local interfaith gatherings, will serve as the moderator for
the event. Imam Shaikh has been invited to participate in
the event on behalf of The World Muslim Congress for Peace.
It is the hope of all involved organizations that this
exchange will be one of the first small steps towards
healing tensions between Dallas’ own Jewish and Muslim
communities.
Mike Ghouse, president of The World Muslim Congress For
Peace and chairperson of the event explains, “The mission of
The Muslim World Congress for Peace is to work for a world
of co-existence through inclusiveness and participation. As
a member of diverse family of faiths, our efforts will be
directed towards justice and equity to attain peace for
humankind with a firm grounding in commonly held values. We
cannot have advantages at the cost of others. Such benefits
are temporary and deleterious to lasting peace. We believe
what is good for Muslims has got to be good for the world,
and vice versa, to sustain it.”
Mary Ann Thompson-Frenk a Dallas leader and
president/co-founder of The Memnosyne Foundation, which is a
major sponsor of the event, adds, “This event has the
potential to turn a local community gathering commemorating
the Holocaust into a symbol that can help heal others beyond
our own borders. The Jewish and Muslim community leaders who
stepped forward to make this collaboration happen have made
the courageous choice to walk their talk. It will be their
unified voice that prays for peace, tolerance and
non-violence that will be delivered to the genocide
survivors in Rwanda. For it’s not enough that we challenge
others to cross barriers towards creating a more peaceful
world, we must also challenge ourselves to become living
demonstrations of the world we dream of for our
grandchildren. That is why the symbolism of this event is
so vitally important.”
Admission is free, open to the public and seating is
limited. Guests may R.s.v.p. at
ConfirmAttendance@gmail.com The event is being
underwritten by The Memnosyne Foundation and supported by
the World Muslim Congress for peace, Dallas Peace Center,
The Foundation for Pluralism and graciously hosted by Unity
Church, The United Nations General Assembly designated
January 27th as an annual international day of commemoration
to honor the victims of the Nazi era.
Further
information may be obtained by calling Mike Ghouse at
214-325-1916
or visiting
www.HolocaustandGenocides.org in
www.FoundationforPluralism.com
ABOUT THE MEMNOSYNE
FOUNDATION – EVENT SPONSOR
The Memnosyne Foundation was co-founded by Mary Ann Thompson
and her husband Joshua Frenk in 2005 . The mission of The
Memnosyne Foundation to help the diverse people of the world
consciously encourage an evolution for themselves and for
future generations by providing mankind with the means to
encourage positive, peaceful global collaboration in all
areas of knowledge.
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