DID YOU KNOW?  -- Three years before the 1995 Srebrenica Genocide, Serbs torched Bosniak villages and killed at least 3,166 Bosniaks around Srebrenica. In 1993, the UN described the besieged situation in Srebrenica as a "slow-motion process of genocide." In July 1995, Serbs forcibly expelled 25,000 Bosniaks, brutally raped many women and girls, and systematically killed 8,000+ men and boys (DNA confirmed).

21 October, 2010

STOCKTON COLLEGE PRESENTS "GENOCIDE: NEVER AGAIN?"

The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, home to the nation’s first Master of Arts degree program in Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center, has been hosting a series of events, throughout October, in commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide.

Please visit their blog Bosnia Remembrance and join their efforts!!!

October Events:

Tuesday, October 5, 2010
4:30-5:45 p.m., Richard Stockton College, Room F-207
Internationally renowned Balkan scholar, Dr. Sabrina Ramet will present her lecture, "Bosnia-Herzegovina Since the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords."

Monday, October 11, 2010
4:30-6 p.m., Richard Stockton College, Alton Auditorium
In Remembrance of Srebrenica's Victims - Dutch artist/activist Jehanne van Woerkom will speak, followed by the film "Smoke Rings - Srebrenica and Its Aftermath Through One Mother's Story."

Thursday, October 14, 2010
6:30-9 p.m., The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ

Join us for a special reception and viewing of Woerkom's work.
(On display at the Noyes Museum from October 8th - January 16, 2011).

Wednesday, October 20, 2010
7-9 p.m., Richard Stockton College, Alton Auditorium
"A Patch of Earth"
Directed by Stockton's Christine Farina, the play tells the story of a soldier in the Bosnian-Serb army during the Srebrenica massacre. (Followed by a Q&A with Kitty Felde).

Thursday, October 21, 2010
6:30-9 p.m., The Noyes Mueseum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
"A Patch of Earth" & Reception for playwright Kitty Felde:
Directed by Stockton's Christine Farina, the play tells the story of a soldier in the Bosnian-Serb army during the Srebrenica massacre. (Followed by a Q&A with Kitty Felde).

Monday, October 25, 2010
7-9 p.m., The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
A special evening with Zlata Filipovic:
Often referred to as the "Bosnian Anne Frank," author of Zlata's Diary, Zlata Filipovic is a child-survivor of the Bosnian War. She will join us to discuss her experiences and the experiences of children in war time.

***ULTRA CREDIT AVAILABLE TO ALL STOCKTON STUDENTS***

October events benefit the women & children of Srebrenica, still suffering the effects of war 15 years later.

Aid Organizations Include:

SNAGA ZENE
A local Bosnian NGO that works to help the women of Srebrenica - many of whom lost every male member of their family - get such things as medical attention, psychiatric counseling, and other basic human needs. Economically, mentally, and socially destroyed, without homes, family or income, many of these survivors still live in refugee camps 15 years later. Snaga Zene works toward the health, well-being, and economic empowerment of these women so they may get back on their feet.

EDUCATION BUILDS BOSNIA
A local Bosnian NGO that operates across ethnic lines to help empower Bosnian youth, particularly those most vulnerable to the lingering effects of the war like orphans and children of rape victims. This group works to provide access to high quality educational opportunities to help Bosnian youth imagine and achieve a better future through education. To this end, Education Builds Bosnia provides scholarships for higher education, financial assistance for basic needs of primary and secondary education, and inter-ethnic interactive educational summer youth programs.

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

The Noyes Museum of Art is located at 733 Lily Lake Road, Oceanville, NJ 08231. For more information, please contact the Noyes Museum at (609) 652-8848, or Dr. Christina Morus at Christina.Morus@stockton.edu.