Join DEFY Student Organization for an event in honor of Genocide Awareness Month -- a panel discussion with genocide survivors. Guests will include Holocaust survivor Zenon Neumark and Guatemalan genocide survivor Aracely Garrido.  Discussion begins at 6:00 PM and will be followed by a Q&A with the audience.  Refreshments will be served.  Please RSVP to cagr@usc.edu.

For the final week of “100 Days to Inspire Respect,” students will reflect on how they can turn what they’ve learned into positive action in their communities.

100 Days to Inspire Respect When Philip was 12, he and his family constructed a hiding place to avoid Nazi capture in their hometown of Izbica, Poland. One day, Philip left to gather water for his ailing mother—only to discover a genocide massacre, or "pogrom," was taking place in Izbica.

Holocaust survivor Mira Shelub shares a message of hope for future generations.

Holocaust survivor Tauba Weiss shares her frustration with losing her family and the more general loss of the Holocaust, while also being thankful for being able to share her testimony with Jewish Family and Children's Services.

At this time of remembrance, I hope I am incorrect in thinking that public awareness of the Shoah is eroding. Information about this act of atrocity is still proliferating, so unawareness clearly cannot be attributed to absent knowledge. There is, in fact, an incredible amount of knowledge … and a growing reluctance to understand it.