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Issue date: 4/10/07 Section: Happenings
Homelessness discussion

A fishbowl-style dialogue titled, "Can Denver End Homelessness?" is being held tonight. The discussion will include students, faculty and community members voicing their views and experiences with homelessness.

The event will be held in Driscoll Gallery from 7-9 p.m. Food will be provided. For more information, email engage@du.edu.



Middle East peace lecture

The Institute Study of Israel in the Middle East (ISIME) is hosting a lunch lecture titled, "The Way Forward in the Middle East Peace Process," tomorrow from 12-2 p.m. in the Renaissance Room North in Mary Reed Hall. Dr. Ziad Asali, president and founder of the American Task Force on Palestine, will be speaking. Asali has testified before the U.S. House Committee on International Relations on this topic and before the Senate on the issue of Palestinian education.

RSVP is required for this event. To RSVP, email isime@du.edu or call 303.871.6576.



Holocaust and genocide awareness week

Never Again!, a DU student organization, is hosting Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Week: And Then They Came for Me from Sunday, April 8 to Monday, April 16. Its purpose is to make connections between the Holocaust and modern genocide. Numerous events will be held throughout the week, including movies and an open mic night.

Tonight Lani Silver, an oral historian and political activist, will be speaking about her experiences with interviewing Holocaust survivors and the connection between the Holocaust and genocide today, human rights abuses and racism. Her talk begins at 7 p.m. in Lindsay Auditorium.

A panel discussion with two Holocaust survivors and a local refugee from Darfur will talk place on Thursday at 7 p.m. in Lindsay Auditorium.

Sunday is Holocaust Remembrance Day. An inter-faith memorial service will be held in front of the DU campus chapel.

The weeklong event concludes next Monday, April 16, with a lecture by Stuart Schoffman titled, "Memory and Justice: A Jewish-Arab Journey to Auschwitz." It begins at 7 p.m. in the Gottesfeld Room at the Ritchie Center.
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