Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2012 10:54:03 GMT -5
Office of Multicultural Affairs Hosting Human Rights Day Program on Dec. 10
(Chattanooga, TN)--The Office of Multicultural Affairs will commemorate the universal Human Rights Day with a free program on Monday, December 10, 2012, from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. at the Chattanooga Choo Choo’s Imperial Ballroom. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Leon Bass, author of the book, Good Enough: One Man’s Memoir on the Price of the Dream.
Dr. Bass will tell his compelling story that has been presented to audiences throughout the United States and across the world. Its emotional core will strike at the heart of every listener:
• A World War II veteran who participated in the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp in 1945 as a 19-year-old soldier serving in a segregated unit of the U.S. Army
• Appeared in the Academy Award-nominated Documentary, “Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II”
• Recipient of the Pearlman Award for Humanitarian Advancement from Jewish Women International
• A former teacher and high school principal who transformed Philadelphia’s lowest performing school
• Keynote Speaker at the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust and International Liberators Conference Participant
The Human Rights Day program is free and open to the public. Reservations are not required. A book signing with Dr. Bass will take place after the event.
December 10 will mark the 64th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. The United Nations theme for this year’s universal observance is “My Voice Counts.”
For information about the OMA Human Rights Day program, call 423-643-6706 or email oma@chattanooga.gov.
(Chattanooga, TN)--The Office of Multicultural Affairs will commemorate the universal Human Rights Day with a free program on Monday, December 10, 2012, from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. at the Chattanooga Choo Choo’s Imperial Ballroom. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Leon Bass, author of the book, Good Enough: One Man’s Memoir on the Price of the Dream.
Dr. Bass will tell his compelling story that has been presented to audiences throughout the United States and across the world. Its emotional core will strike at the heart of every listener:
• A World War II veteran who participated in the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp in 1945 as a 19-year-old soldier serving in a segregated unit of the U.S. Army
• Appeared in the Academy Award-nominated Documentary, “Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II”
• Recipient of the Pearlman Award for Humanitarian Advancement from Jewish Women International
• A former teacher and high school principal who transformed Philadelphia’s lowest performing school
• Keynote Speaker at the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust and International Liberators Conference Participant
The Human Rights Day program is free and open to the public. Reservations are not required. A book signing with Dr. Bass will take place after the event.
December 10 will mark the 64th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. The United Nations theme for this year’s universal observance is “My Voice Counts.”
For information about the OMA Human Rights Day program, call 423-643-6706 or email oma@chattanooga.gov.