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The
Genocide Education Project Launches "Higher-Ed" Division
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James Sahagian, director
of
The Genocide Education Project's
Higher Education
Division |
SUFFERN, NY - The Genocide
Education Project is launching a new division focused on
institutions of higher education in the United States. The new
division will expand the organization's reach by sponsoring
courses, lectures, exhibits and conferences at colleges and
universities.
"Our organization's mission is
to help educators teach the history and consequences of
genocides, particularly the Armenian Genocide. This new division
is an important extension of what The Genocide Education Project
has been doing on a high-school level since its establishment,"
said Raffi Momjian, Executive Director of The Genocide Education
Project.
The new division is led by
James Sahagian, a financial advisor and Rutgers University
alumnus. Sahagian has also been actively involved in promoting
Armenian Studies for nearly 20 years. Since 1992, he and a
committed group of volunteers have been responsible for raising
funds and providing logistics for the campus's Armenian Studies
Program. This has included offering Armenian language courses
every semester on the New Brunswick campus, as well as five
different courses on Armenian history.
"There has been a long-time
need for the establishment of an organization that will support
the ongoing study of the Armenian Genocide from both a
historical and modern human rights perspective," said Sahagian.
"As we approach the one hundredth year since the campaign to destroy the Armenian nation was launched, it is our
duty as justice-seeking people to make sure that the Armenian
Genocide is not referred to as the "Forgotten Genocide" any
longer."
Beginning with an Armenian
Christmas party at Sayat Nova Restaurant in Hackensack, New
Jersey on January 7, 2012, a development campaign is underway to
ensure the success of GenEd HigherEd and the progress of the
Rutgers Armenian Studies Program.
The Genocide Education Project
is a nonprofit organization founded in 2004, assisting educators
in teaching about human rights and genocide, particularly the
Armenian Genocide. GenEd develops and distributes instructional
materials, provides access to teaching resources and conducts
educational workshops.
Information about The Genocide
Education Project can be found at
www.GenocideEducation.org.
Information regarding the January 7th Armenian Christmas party
and The Genocide Education Project's Higher-Education division
is available at (201) 739-0901.
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The Genocide Education
Project is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization that
assists educators in teaching about human rights and genocide,
particularly the Armenian Genocide, by developing and
distributing instructional materials, providing access to
teaching resources and organizing educational workshops.
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