Event Details
Virtual March of the Living
April 21, 2020 @ 4:00 pm
Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 March of the Living cannot take place on Yom HaShoah (April 20). However, the vital educational mission of the March of the Living remains as urgent as ever.
The International March of the Living and the Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience at Rutgers University, in association with USC Shoah Foundation, are pleased to present a specially-produced media event—the 2020 Virtual March of the Living Ceremony—aired on Jewish Broadcasting Service and available for transmission around the world on all March of Living social media platforms.
The program will include:
- Special address by the President of Israel Reuven Rivlin
- First-hand testimony from noted Holocaust survivors Edward Mosberg and Irving Roth
- USC Shoah Foundation: 360 Holocaust Survivor Testimony Initiative, in cooperation with March of the Living
- Keynote Address from Dr. Mehnaz Afridi, Director, Holocaust, Genocide & Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan College
Addresses by:
- Paul S. Miller of the Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience, Rutgers University
- March of the Living President, Phyllis Greenberg Heideman
- Dean Renée A. Middleton, The Patton College of Education, Ohio University
- John J. Farmer Jr., Director of Miller Center and of Eagleton Institute
- Statements of March of the Living alumni from around the world
- Musical presentations by former March of the Living performers
The 2020 Virtual March of the Living is a FREE broadcast available to anyone who wants to watch. It will premiere at 7PM EDT (4PM PDT).
