Armenian Genocide Commemoration: Pain, Healing, Joy
Choose one or all days to participate from March 3 – 5, 2025
Museum of Tolerance in partnership with The Genocide Education Project invites educators and students in grades 6-12 to join in a reflective three-day event commemorating the Armenian Genocide in community with survivors of the Holocaust.
Bring educators and students to this engaging field trip and professional development opportunity!
“When was the last time you sang? When was the last time you danced? When was the last time you shared a story?” West African Proverb
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Program Highlights:
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Multi-modal activities for educators to include art, poetry, dialogue, and movement aligned with social studies, ELA, and SEL standards.
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Workshops on Armenian history and culture and modern significance of the genocide.
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Special speakers including survivor testimonies and scholar led workshops.
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Turn-key ready resources including lesson plans for educators to bring back to their school and classroom communities.
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Lunch and free materials included!
Workshops Offered:
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Day 1: Introduction and historical grounding, artwalk featuring the art of Varaz Samuelian and Gabriella Karin, survivor testimony with Gabriella Karin, genocide denial workshop with special speaker, curriculum based workshop.
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Day 2: Historical grounding, active listening and storysharing workshop, 2G+3G survivor testimonies, curriculum based workshop, how to teach the Armenian Genocide.
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Day 3: Armenian folk-dancing and music, "The Red Scarf" film screening and art workshop with Arpi Krikorian, Armenian bird letter activity.
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Program Highlights:
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Multi-modal activities for students to include art, poetry, dialogue, and movement aligned with social studies, ELA, and SEL standards.
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Multi-generational survivor testimonies.
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Workshops on Armenian history and culture and modern significance of the genocide.
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Participate in an art workshop led by MET featured Armenian artist Arpi Krikorian.
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Lunch and free materials included for all participants!
Workshops Offered:
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Day 1: Introduction and historical grounding, artwalk featuring the art of Varaz Samuelian and Gabriella Karin, SEL grounded poetry workshop, reflective art workshop, memory and storytelling workshop, survivor testimony with Gabriella Karin.
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Day 2: Teach U.S. historical grounding, active listening and storysharing workshop, 2G+3G survivor testimonies, narrative based workshop-healing focused.
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Day 3: Armenian folk-dancing and music, "The Red Scarf" film screening and art workshop with Arpi Krikorian, Armenian bird letter activity.
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Guest Speakers and Artists:
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Arpi Krikorian is a distinguished artist, illustrator, and storyteller celebrated for her dynamic and expressive works that blend cultural heritage, personal narrative, and contemporary themes. As a proud Armenian-American, Arpi’s art is deeply influenced by her roots, focusing on resilience, identity, and the rich traditions of her heritage. In addition to her artistic endeavors, Arpi is the founder of Arpi Publishing, a pioneering book publishing house focused on producing young-adult books exclusively written in Western Armenian, a language on UNESCO's list of endangered languages. Most recently, Arpi helped produce the short animated film "The Red Scarf," which explores themes of hope and survival after the Armenian genocide. Through her art, film, and publishing projects, Arpi strives to preserve and honor her cultural heritage while empowering others to embrace and share their own stories.
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Gabriella Karin is a survivor of the Holocaust and was born in Bratislava, Slovakia. She is dedicated to educating young people at the Holocaust Museum Los Angeles and the Museum of Tolerance. She has been invited to schools, synagogues, youth camps, and many other events to help students understand the history of the Holocaust.
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Dr. Taner Akçam is the inaugural director of the Armenian Genocide Research Program of the Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA. Previously, he was the Kalloosdian and Meugar Chair in Modern Armenian History and Genocide at the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University. Dr. Akçam is widely recognized as one of the first Turkish scholars to write extensively on the Ottoman-Turkish Genocide of the Armenians in the early twentieth century. His latest book is entitled Killing Orders: Talat Pasha’s Telegrams and the Armenian Genocide (Palgrave 2018). He is the founder of the Krikor Guerguerian Online Archive which is a collection of documents relating to perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide. |
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