Events Listing
Ride Against Genocide: Promoting Awareness and Action in Colorado
Mon, 08/30/2010 - 9:30am - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 5:30pm
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Statewide Event -- Colorado RIDE AGAINST GENOCIDE: PROMOTING AWARENESS AND ACTION
WHY?
Recognizing that our fight against genocide is only as strong as the number of people fighting and that true results can only come from actively pressuring our government to take action against the crimes in Darfur, CCGAA will be launching Ride Against Genocide: Promoting Awareness and Action at the end of this month. Ride Against Genocide will serve as an educational tour stopping in many cities throughout Colorado and will include brief rest stops in additional cities. The objective of the tour is to increase media awareness of, and promote advocacy against genocide. It will also serve to inform Coloradans about genocide and provide them with tools of action to help stop this current genocide and prevent future genocides.
WHAT?
The tour which will cover over 1500 miles in a four day period, will commence in Denver featuring a press conference at the state capitol and will end in Golden, Colorado. The Ride Against Genocide van will act as a moving billboard which will feature CCGAA’s website and logo. CCGAA volunteers will erect a 10x10 tent and information table outside the van at each stop. At that point, we will display Deadweight of Complacency, a 20 panel exhibit that travels through a series of genocides that marks the destructive nature of mankind, distribute promotional materials, collect petition signatures, answer questions and provide interviews with the press. Riding in the van will be several CCGAA volunteers, Sudanese refugees and Essie Garrett, 1996 Colorado Olympic Torchbearer.
*We plan to spend one or two hours in each city, patterning our tour after the historical “whistle stop” campaigns of the twentieth century.
WHERE?
Monday Aug. 30, 2010
9:30 AM: Denver; Press Conference at Capitol
11:30-12:30: Colorado Springs; Pioneer Museum
1:30-2:30: Pueblo; El Pueblo History Museum
3:30-4:30: Walsenburg; Mining Museum
Day Two - Tuesday Aug. 31, 2010
8:00-8:30: Alamosa; Cole Park
11:15-12:15: Durango; Buckley Park
1:00-2:00: Ignacio; TBA
4:45-5:45: Telluride; North Spruce Mall (Main St.)
Day Three - Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010
8:00-8:30: Montrose; Autozone (257 E. Main St.)
9:45-10:45: Gunnison; IOOF Park
1:05-2:05: Grand Junction; 1st Congregational United Church of Christ
3:45-4:45: Glenwood Springs; Centennial Park
Day Four - Thursday Sept. 2, 2010
9:00-10:30: Aspen; Cooper Mall
12:30-1:30: Vail; Betty Ford Park, East Lot
2:15-3:15: Breckenridge; Blue River Plaza
5:00-5:30: Golden; Clear Creek Water Park
Contact Info:
Roz Duman -- 303.856.7334 Press Conference for Ride Against Genocide
Mon, 08/30/2010 - 9:30am
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Capitol We will be holding a press conference to launch Ride Against Genocide at the capitol. This press event will also highlight Genocide Awareness Days, which will be proclaimed by a representative from Governor Ritter's office to launch our tour.
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Roz Duman -- 303.856. 7334 Attorney Mark Geragos to Speak on the Armenian Genocide in Littleton
Sat, 04/17/2010 - 1:30pm
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Waring Theatre, Arapahoe Community College, 5900 S. Santa Fe Dr., Littleton Celebrated Los Angeles attorney Mark Geragos will discuss the aftermath of the WWI Armenian Genocide in his 'Reparations: Beyond Recognition' speech at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 17, 2010, at the Waring Theatre of Arapahoe Community College (main campus) at 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive in Littleton, Colorado. The lecture is organized by Armenians of Colorado Inc. with support from Sigma Phi chapter of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, Colorado Coalition for Genocide Awareness and Action, and Facing History And Ourselves. Free admission. A Q&A will follow the talk as will a coffee reception. Parking will be free in Arapahoe Community College parking lots. Mark Geragos is a civil and criminal defense attorney whose precedent setting courtroom accomplishments have distinguished him as one of the nation's leading lawyers. Born in Los Angeles, Mr. Geragos received his Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School in 1982. Practicing law since 1983, Mr. Geragos is managing partner at the Law Offices of Geragos and Geragos where he handles criminal defense and civil litigation. Mr. Geragos occasionally appears as both guest and legal commentator on the Today Show, Good Morning America, 60 Minutes, On the Record, and has appeared numerous times on CNN's Larry King Live, including its twentieth anniversary show. Mr. Geragos is active in the Armenian community where he has delivered victories in winning Armenian genocide recognition through insurance litigation. He was one of the lead lawyers in a pair of groundbreaking federal class action lawsuits against New York Life Insurance and AXA for insurance policies issued in he early twentieth century during the time of the Armenian Genocide. These two cases settled for over $37.5 million in 2004 and 2005. Mr. Geragos' lecture will be part of the Armenian Genocide awareness and remembrance events in Colorado that will include a commemoration program on Saturday, April 24 at 2:00 p.m. at the State Capitol's Armenian Genocide Memorial Plaque located in the NE quadrant of the State Capitol grounds, Colfax and Grant. The Armenian genocide was carried out by the Ottoman Turks during and after WWI. It resulted in the near complete extermination of modern Turkey's indigenous Armenian population, and in the annihilation of Armenian cultural artifacts dating back thousands of years. The Turkish government to this day denies that the Armenian Genocide ever happened despite scholars', historians', and most western governments' published reports and archives affirming the facts of the genocide. The term 'genocide' was coined in 1944 (by Raphael Lemkin) to describe, in part, what happened to Armenians during World War I.
A History of Slavery: From the Past to the Present - featuring Francis Bok
Wed, 03/24/2010 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Lindsay Auditorium, Room 281 in Sturm Hall (2000 E. Asbury), University of Denver Tonight's event will be cancelled due to the fact that the University of Denver is closed. We will be bringing Mr. Bok back to Denver at a later date. We are extremely disappointed to have to cancel this event, but stay tuned by checking with our website, and signing up for our mailing list. The Colorado Coalition for Genocide Awareness and Action is proud to welcome Francis Bok, author of Escape From Slavery, to speak about his experience of being captured at the age of seven, and the ten years he spent as a slave. Included will be a panel discussion focusing on three different slaveries throughout history: the Jewish Exodus, the African Slave Trade, and modern-day slavery in Darfur. Speakers will include Francis Bok; Barbara Shannon-Banister from the City of Aurora, Chief of Community Relations Division; Rabbi Selwyn Franklin, BMH-BJ Synagogue of Denver; and Pastor Heidi McGinness, Director of Outreach, Christian Solidarity International-USA. We thank our partners: African Community Center, Anti-Defamation League, Christian Solidarity International-USA, Congregation Har Hashem, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Colorado Holiday Commission, Facing History and Ourselves, Human Trafficking Clinic, Mizel Museum.
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Francis Bok at Community College of Aurora
Tue, 03/23/2010 - 11:00am - 12:15pm
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Community College of Aurora; 16000 E. Centre Tech Pkwy, Classroom Building, Room C107 Francis Bok book signing
Mon, 03/22/2010 - 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
West Side Books, 3434 32nd Avenue, Denver, CO 80211 Francis Bok, author of "Escape from Slavery" will be at West Side Books to sign his book.
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Roger Winter lecture
Tue, 12/08/2009 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
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University of Denver Leadership Institute of New Sudan (LIONS) presents Roger Winter, former US Special Envoy to Sudan will speak at the University of Denver on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm
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My Neighbor My Killer film screening, presented by Denver Film Society
Sun, 11/15/2009 - 4:00pm - 5:30pm
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Starz FilmCenter, 900 Auraria Parkway, Denver, CO The film was presented by the Denver Film Society, as part of the Denver Film Festival, in cooperation with the Colorado Coalition for Genocide Awareness and Action.
Deadweight of Complacency Lecture Series
Wed, 09/30/2009 - 5:00pm - Fri, 10/30/2009 - 7:00pm
Location:
Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library Co-sponsored with the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library to host our "Deadweight of Complacency" exhibit. Opening reception, featuring Colorado Speaker of the House Terrance Carroll; Lecture series on Bullying and Genocide, International Law and Genocide, and Modern Day Slavery in Darfur. Co-sponsored with Urban League of Metro Denver, Anti-Defamation League and Mizel Museum.
Genocide Awareness Day
Wed, 08/05/2009 - 9:00am
Location:
West Steps, State Capitol CCGAA Press Event, Guest Speaker Governor Bill Ritter, Jr.
Survivors Lecture Series: Continent of North America.
Mon, 01/26/2009 - 7:00pm
Location:
Colorado History Museum, 1300 Broadway, Denver Moderated by Tim Kubik; Speakers: Rick Williams, American Indian College Fund; Ernest House, Jr., Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs; Jerilyn DeCoteau, First Nations Development Institute.
Survivors Lecture Series: Continent of Africa.
Mon, 01/05/2009 - 7:00pm
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Mizel Museum, 400 S. Kearney St, Denver Moderated by Tim Kubik; Speakers: Dr. Peter Van Arsdale, School of International Studies; survivors Kur Kur of Sudan and Omhagain Dayeen of Darfur.
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(303) 394-9993 Survivors Lecture Series: Continent of Asia.
Mon, 12/15/2008 - 7:00pm
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Mizel Museum, 400 S. Kearney St, Denver Moderated by Tim Kubik, Speakers: Ved Nanda; Denise Gentilini, 2nd generation survivor of Armenian Genocide; and a survivor of Cambodian Genocide.
Contact Info:
(303) 394-9993