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World Without Genocide

September 24 webinar, Starvation: A War Crime – Global Prosecutions

Posted: September 12, 2024
Webinar, Starvation: A War Crime – Global Prosecutions Tuesday, September 24, 2024 7:00 – 8:00 pm CT Civilian starvation is a tragic feature in armed conflicts, yet no court has entered a conviction for an international crime on this charge. This webinar examines challenges in prosecuting starvation as a war crime in situations such as …

September 24 webinar, Starvation: A War Crime – Global Prosecutions

August 26 webinar: Germany and Genocide: From the Herero to the Armenians to the Holocaust

Posted: August 26, 2024
August 26 webinar: Germany and Genocide: From the Herero to the Armenians to the Holocaust 7:00 – 8:00 pm CT This webinar examines continuity across three genocides: the Herero and Nama people in Africa; the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire (now Turkey); and the Holocaust. These genocides, orchestrated by Germany’s Second and Third Reichs, illustrate …

August 26 webinar: Germany and Genocide: From the Herero to the Armenians to the Holocaust

June 12 webinar: Genocide and Ecocide

Posted: June 12, 2024
June 12 webinar: Genocide and Ecocide 7:00 – 9:00 pm CT The climate crisis worsens food insecurity, displacement, infectious diseases, water scarcity, poverty and inequality, and violence. The speakers examine: ecocide, the deliberate or negligent criminal destruction of the natural environment ecocide as a force multiplier of conflict strategies for prevention and intervention   Register …

June 12 webinar: Genocide and Ecocide

June 12 webinar: Genocide and Ecocide

Posted: May 28, 2024
Genocide and Ecocide Wednesday, June 12, 7:00 – 9:00pm CT   The climate crisis worsens food insecurity, displacement, infectious diseases, water scarcity, poverty and inequality, and violence. The speakers examine: ecocide, the deliberate or negligent criminal destruction of the natural environment ecocide as a force multiplier of conflict strategies for prevention and intervention Register by …

June 12 webinar: Genocide and Ecocide

April 21 webinar: Whose Stories? The Holocaust Survivor, The Girl, and The Legacy

Posted: April 2, 2024
Genocides are never over; the trauma echoes across generations. This webinar explores the little-known French Kindertransports, or children’s transports, which allowed Jewish children in France to escape to safety in the US. Author Lilly Maier’s story begins when she was 11 years old.  A Kindertransport participant, now 75 years old, knocked on the door of …

April 21 webinar: Whose Stories? The Holocaust Survivor, The Girl, and The Legacy

Course on Transgender Rights, Fall 2024

Posted: March 26, 2024
Transgender Identity: Rights and Challenges Locally and Globally, #4106, will be offered this fall on Thursdays, 6:00-7:55pm CT, in a synchronous remote format, for 2 elective credits. The course will be taught by Judge Tara Kalar and Dr. Ellen Kennedy, Executive Director of World Without Genocide. Mitchell Hamline is among the very few U.S. law …

Course on Transgender Rights, Fall 2024

March 27 webinar: Bodily Autonomy – From Reproduction to End-of-Life Options

Posted: March 25, 2024
Webinar: Bodily Autonomy – From Reproduction to End-of-Life Options Wednesday, March 27, 2024 7:00 – 9:00 pm CT The UN states that bodily autonomy is a fundamental right about individual choice, dignity, power, and agency. This webinar examines strategies to guarantee and support this human right throughout the life course. Betty Folliard, Founder of ERA …

March 27 webinar: Bodily Autonomy – From Reproduction to End-of-Life Options

March 14: Write to Political Prisoners in Russia at the Germanic-American Institute

Posted: March 13, 2024
[PDF – 3-14-2024 Write to Political Prisoners in Russia at G-AI title graphic PDF] Over 20,000 political dissidents are imprisoned in Russia for protesting the war in Ukraine. Join us to write letters to these prisoners. Prisoners getting letters receive better treatment because guards know that the prisoners aren’t alone. Letters are sent electronically to …

March 14: Write to Political Prisoners in Russia at the Germanic-American Institute

Course on Transgender Rights, Fall 2024

Posted: March 8, 2024
Course on Transgender Rights, Fall 2024 Transgender Identity: Rights and Challenges Locally and Globally, #4106, will be offered this fall on Thursdays, 6:00-7:55pm CT, in a synchronous remote format, for 2 elective credits. The course will be taught by Judge Tara Kalar and Dr. Ellen Kennedy, Executive Director of World Without Genocide. Mitchell Hamline is …

Course on Transgender Rights, Fall 2024

March 27: Bodily Autonomy – From Reproduction to End-of-Life Options

Posted: March 7, 2024
[PDF – 3-27-24 Bodily Autonomy – From Reproduction to End-of-Life Options title graphic PDF] The UN states that bodily autonomy is a fundamental right about individual choice, dignity, power, and agency. This webinar examines strategies to guarantee and support this human right throughout the life course. Betty Folliard, Founder of ERA Minnesota and former member …

March 27: Bodily Autonomy – From Reproduction to End-of-Life Options