About CCGAA

The mission of the Colorado Coalition of Genocide Awareness and Action is to challenge our society to end complacency towards and raise awareness of genocides past and present and take action to stop genocides present and future.

The Need

In October of 1980, pursuant to an act of Congress, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum set aside one week every April for the Days of Remembrance. This is a week when the world takes time to remember the six million Jews and millions of others who were annihilated by the Nazis during World War II. Every year, during this week, we proclaim “Never Again” and every year we ask the questions “What have we learned from that horrible period in history and how can we use the Holocaust as a vehicle to end hatred and make sure that such atrocities never happen again?”

In a speech delivered at the Darfur Emergency Summit on July 14, 2004, Elie Wiesel said, “How can a citizen of a free country not pay attention? How can anyone, anywhere not feel outraged? How can a person, whether religious or secular, not be moved by compassion? And above all, how can anyone who remembers remain silent?”

The year 2005 marked the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. The U.N. was established shortly after the end of World War II and the Holocaust in part to prevent future world wars and genocides. And yet, sixty years later, we witness one genocide after another, leaving millions of innocent men, women and children maimed and dead. Architects of evil and genocide still continue to practice their despicable trade and the world still reacts too passively, too late.

The Goals

To address these challenges, the Colorado Coalition will:

• Provide education for all Coloradans through awareness programming in order to provide the tools necessary to pressure our political leaders.
• Work with the media to promote this educational process, asking them for expanded coverage on where genocide is occurring around the world.
• Assure our political leaders take the necessary action to stop these horrendous crimes against humanity by putting pressure on governments wherever genocide rears its ugly head.

Coloradans will “Never Again” be complacent and we will take whatever actions are necessary so that the words “Never Again” truly mean “Never Again.”

CCGAA Board Members