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February 20, 2008
Sayon Soeun, a genocide orphan from Cambodia, will share his story of being raised as a child soldier in the Khmer Rouge labor camps on Feb. 27 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Technology Center of Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill.
The presentation is part of the college's genocide series.
Soeun was taken away from his family at the age of 5 and raised as a child soldier. This is the story of his experience as a genocide orphan. He lives in Lowell and is the executive director of Light of Cambodian Children Inc. and a member of the Massachusetts Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee.
The college's Diversity Committee is sponsoring a series of speakers in support of this spring's production of "The Diary of Anne Frank" by the Top Notch Players. Throughout the semester, guest speakers will address various issues related to genocide. In addition, faculty and staff have incorporated related topics into their curriculum.
Other topics in this series will include "Can Democracy Prevent Genocide?" presented by Richard Kamber, March 26 from noon to 1 p.m.; and "The Holocaust: Lessons for the 21st Century" presented by Sonia Schreiber Weitz, a Holocaust survivor, poet, educator, and human rights activist, April 2 from noon to 1 p.m. in the E Building, Room 155.
February 20, 2008
Sayon Soeun, a genocide orphan from Cambodia, will share his story of being raised as a child soldier in the Khmer Rouge labor camps on Feb. 27 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Technology Center of Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill.
The presentation is part of the college's genocide series.
Soeun was taken away from his family at the age of 5 and raised as a child soldier. This is the story of his experience as a genocide orphan. He lives in Lowell and is the executive director of Light of Cambodian Children Inc. and a member of the Massachusetts Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee.
The college's Diversity Committee is sponsoring a series of speakers in support of this spring's production of "The Diary of Anne Frank" by the Top Notch Players. Throughout the semester, guest speakers will address various issues related to genocide. In addition, faculty and staff have incorporated related topics into their curriculum.
Other topics in this series will include "Can Democracy Prevent Genocide?" presented by Richard Kamber, March 26 from noon to 1 p.m.; and "The Holocaust: Lessons for the 21st Century" presented by Sonia Schreiber Weitz, a Holocaust survivor, poet, educator, and human rights activist, April 2 from noon to 1 p.m. in the E Building, Room 155.
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