The Summer Institute is an affiliated Teacher CoSer of Erie One BOCES, Jane Ogilvie, Division Director and Bob Carlson, Operations Manager, (716) 821-7550
SCHEDULE & BASIC INFO
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| Dates: | July 27th to August 7th, 2009 |
| Location: | Hamburg High School |
| Times: | 9am - 3pm |
| Fee: | $80 for students; $160 for teachers |
| Who Can Attend: | Any high school student or teacher - (incoming 9th Graders are welcome, as are graduating Seniors) |
What you can expect to do as a participant:
- Learn from survivors and experts in the field about the Holocaust and the genocides in Rwanda and Darfur, as well as the role of the United States in responding to these genocides
- Find out what other students and teachers around the nation have done to address Human Rights atrocities
- Meet other students and teachers who share your passion to change the world
- Build your leadership skills, and develop a real plan for action in your community
Participants in the Summer Institute will experience:
Dynamic Speakers: Including...- Joe Diamond - Auschwitz Survivor
- Victor Habinshuti - Rwandan Genocide Survivor
- Fidele Diing Dhan - Former "Lost Boy of Sudan"
- Mr. Charles Zappo and Mr. Miron Wasik - WW II Liberators of Dachau
- Carl Wilkens - the only U.S. citizen to remain in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide. His choice to stay prevented the massacre of hundreds of children over the course of the one hundred day atrocity.
- Professor David Crane - the Founding Chief Prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone (and International War Crimes Tribunal), appointed by the Secretary General of the United Nations
- Dr. Allida Black - the Head of the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project, and perhaps the world's expert on Mrs. Roosevelt?s contribution to the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights
- Mr. Henry King - Assistant Prosecutor at the 1946 Nuremberg Trials of the Nazis
- Mr. Eli Rosenbaum - Chief Nazi Hunter of the U.S. Department of Justice
- Mr. Gabriel Bach - Assistant Prosecutor of leading Nazi Adolph Eichmann
- Darfur activist Mark Hanis of the Genocide Intervention Network
- Gregory L. Peterson - President of the Robert H. Jackson Center
- Pam Kefi - Executive Director for the International Institute of Buffalo
- Sometimes In April
- Band of Brothers
- Blood Diamond
- 24 - Redemption
- Facing Sudan
- CNN Presents: "Scream Bloody Murder" - A Documentary on Genocide
- Schindler's List
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Simulations
- U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Panel
- United Nations Security Council
- "Refugee Lunch" Small Group Debates
- "Who's Guilty of Genocide?"
- "Should Auschwitz Have Been Bombed?" Taking an Active Role
- Letter Writing and Phone Calls to Community and National Leaders Connecting with Other Students
- Participation a closed online social network for Summer Institute participants
- Student Presentations on past projects and activities And Exclusively for Teachers
- A Daylong Teacher Session - Using the web to teach about Genocide
- Teacher Training - How To Set Up a Semester Course on Human Rights
- Elie Wiesel at the Chautauqua Institute
- The Robert H. Jackson Center in Jamestown
- The International Institute of Buffalo
- At the Chautauqua Institute ? The Third Annual International Humanitarian Law Dialogs Conference, a gathering and audience with the world's past and current genocide tribunals?
Please note: Due to a variety of factors, the Summer Institute acknowledges that any of the speakers of activities mentioned above may change due to factors outside our control. Thank you for your understanding in advance?