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Past Event
Seminar

Preventing Genocide: A Blueprint for U.S. Policy Makers

RSVP Required Open to the Public

The GENOCIDE PREVENTION TASK FORCE, convened by the United States Holocaust Museum, The American Academy of Diplomacy, and the United States Institute of Peace and co-chaired by Madeleine Albright and William Cohen, released Preventing Genocide: A Blueprint for U.S. Policymakers on December 8, 2008. The report explains why genocide and mass atrocities threaten core American values and national interests, and how the U.S. government can prevent these crimes in the future.

Date: Time: Location: Boston Public Library

About

Moderated by:

  • Meghan O'Sullivan, Ph.D.
    Lectured in Public Policy, Belfer Center for Science in International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

Presenters:

  • John Heffernan
    Director, Genocide Prevention Initiative, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

  • Lawrence Woocher
    Senior Program Officer, Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention, United States Institute of Peace.

RSVP: Sara Weisman at sweisman@ushmm.org or by calling 202.314.0316.

 

This program is organized in partnership with the U.S. institute of Peace and in cooperation with the harvard Humanitarian initiative and the Jewish Community Council.