The Holocaust Remembrance Committee (HRC) is the young leadership committee of the Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois and the new Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center. The groups mission is to educate younger adults about the Holocaust, learn the stories of Holocaust survivors, and raise awareness about the new museum.
For more information about the Holocaust Remembrance Committee, please contact Julie Avchen at the Project Office, either by phone (847) 491-0905, or by email, hrc@hmfi.org.
Get Involved
- Attend monthly HRC Meetings
- Join a Committee
- Education Event Planning
- Outreach Event Planning
- Fundraiser - Survivor Cookbook
- Generation to Generation Program
Generation to Generation Program
Generation to Generation: The Stories Live On, is a program that will pair a member of the Holocaust Remembrance Committee (HRC) with a survivor, with the eventual goal of these young leaders becoming the next generation of museum speakers.
Generation to Generation is based on the idea that young leaders will bear the responsibility to express the survivors' stories when they are no longer able to do so themselves. The pairs will form a relationship through shared activities, such as meeting for coffee, playing golf, or attending a cultural event.
For more information about the Generation to Generation: The Stories Live On program and the Holocaust Remembrance Committee, please contact Julie Avchen at the Project Office 847.491.0905 or by email hrc@hmfi.org.
Past Events
2nd Annual Kick-off Party
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
We had a fantastic turn out with many new faces. We hope you enjoyed yourselves and learned more about our young leadership group and the new Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center. We hope that you will choose to stay involved by supporting the new museum and joining HRC in any of the following ways:
- Attend monthly HRC Meetings
- Next Meeting - Tuesday, February 26th, 6:30pm, Kendall College
email hrc@hmfi.org if you are interested in attending.
- Join a Committee
- Education Event Planning
- Outreach Event Planning
- Fundraiser - Survivor Cookbook
- Generation to Generation Program
- Attend HRC events hosted multiple times throughout the year
To be placed on the HRC email list to receive meeting notices and other information, or to ask questions, please email Julie at hrc@hmfi.org.
HRC Presents John Prendergast
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
More than 175 people gathered at Loyola Law School to hear John Prendergast's inspirational discussion about his ongling work in Darfur and surrounding areas affected by the genocide.
He engaged the audience with his stories of his travels in Africa and the projects he is currently working on, and then led an extensive question and answer session. He concluded the evening by signing copies of his newest book, “Not On Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond” co-authored with Don Cheadle.
Most importantly, Prendergast suggested ways people could get involved and make a difference towards stopping this ongoing gendocide.
- Contact your representative by asking for a meeting, writing a letter, or calling 1-800-GENOCIDE. Call the White House at 1-202-456-1414 or email comments@whitehouse.gov.
- Write a letter to the editor or op-ed of your paper and demand action.
- Contact your local television stations that you watch to encourage them to provide more coverage of the crisis in Sudan. Go to www.beawitness.org.
- Support divestment by encouraging university endowments, state pension funds and mutual funds that are currently invested in Sudan to divest. For more information, go to www.sudandivestment.org.
- Protest China | they are underwriting the human destruction in Darfur. Visit www.sudanreeves.org to learn what actions you can take.
Night on the River - View Pictures Online
Tuesday, June 12th
"We look at it as our responsibility to know the history and help."
- Becky Shiffman, 26
The Holocaust Remembrance Committee was highlighted in the Daily Herald on July 4, 2007. Read Ruth Silverman's article here.
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