In an effort to raise awareness of mass violence around the world, a group of students and activists have organized a weeklong series of events focusing on the issue of genocide.
Genocide Awareness Week: A Call to Conscience runs March 12-18, and features programs, speakers, films, discussions and events to examine the scope and operations of group and state-sponsored terror. Programs during the week will address genocidal events in Darfur, Armenia, Guatemala, Rwanda, Yugoslavia, East Timor, Ireland, Cambodia, the USA, Europe and elsewhere.
The event is being coordinated by the Portland Coalition for Genocide Awareness, and sponsored by the Portland State University Progressive Student Union, Oregon Peace Institute and other groups and individuals.
For more information, visit www.genocideawareness.net, or call 503-282-1108.
6:15 p.m., Guild Theater, 829 SW Ninth Ave.
PSU Multicultural Center, all day
Smith Memorial Union, second floor,
1825 SW Broadway.
(Darfur) 7 p.m.
Gallery night, 6-9 p.m.
Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center,
5340 N. Interstate Ave.
Culture Night, 6:45 p.m.
First Unitarian Church,
1011 SW Twelfth Ave.
Interfaith Dialogue, 3 p.m.
Resolutions Northwest,
1827 NE 44th Ave. Ste. 300
Evening Peace and Memorial Vigil, 7 p.m., Oregon Holocaust Memorial, Washington Park.