Events in UCIS

Sunday, September 11 until Sunday, September 25

(All day) Cultural Event
Remember September
Web Site:
http://Pahellenicfoundation.org/RememberSeptember
Conection Link:
https://pahellenicfoundation.org/RememberSeptember/page/
Sponsored by:
Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs along with Greek Nationality Room Committee, Israel Heritage Room Committee, Armenian Nationality Room Committee, Classrooms Without Borders, The American Hellenic Foundation of Western PA, The European Art Center of Greece and and the Department of Greek Education of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
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“Remember September”

"HRIPSIME'S AGONY, ATHENA'S MOURNING, AND RACHEL'S HEARTBREAK"

A Centennial Memorial of the Martyrs of the Christian Genocide in Asia Minor, the Pontus, Anatolia (1915-1922),
and the Jewish martyrs of the Holocaust

September 11 – 25, 2022

For Details: Pahellenicfoundation.org/RememberSeptember and https://www.rememberseptemberpa.com/

7 PM, Sunday September 11, 2022: Genocide in Asia Minor, the Pontus, and Anatolia (1915-1923) as the "Final Solution's" Inspiration. Formal Opening of the Program and Greetings by Distinguished Guests.

7 PM, Monday September 12, 2022 : "Tetraodeon Tribute to the Neomartyrs of Asia Minor". A musical/hymnologic commemoration of the Greeks in Anatolia, The Pontus, and Asia Minor who were slaughtered in the Christian Genocide.

7 PM, Tuesday September 13, 2022: “Etty: Writing as Resistance”. Adapted from the diaries of Etty Hillesum and performed by Susan Stein. Directed by Austin Pendleton. In-Person Event. Details at: Pahellenicfoundation.org/RememberSeptember.

7 PM, Wednesday September 14, 2022 : "A Prisoner of War’s Story" by Stratis Doukas. For the first time ever, the story will be presented in its English translation.

3 PM, Thursday September 15, 2022 : "The Students of Umberto Primo” - a post-film discussion with Alessandra Maioletti (director ), Diane Boulanger (Executive Producer) & Avi Ben Hur. Details at Pahellenicfoundation.org/RememberSeptember

7 PM, Friday September 16, 2022 : "Experience and Creations: Vaggelis Anetopoulos".

3 PM, Saturday September 17, 2022: Commemorating the Armenian Genocide Through Testimony: An Interactive Discussion with the University of Southern California Shoah Foundation - The Institute for Visual History and Education.

7 PM, Sunday September 18, 2022 : "HRIPSIME'S AGONY, ATHENA'S MOURNING, AND RACHEL'S HEARTBREAK". A Musical and poetic Centennial commemoration of, and tribute to the martyrs of the Christian Genocide in Anatolia, the Pontus, and Asia Minor, and the Jews in the Holocaust.

5 PM, Sunday September 25, 2022: "Mapping Migration, Learning from Oral History: Ottoman Greek Immigration to Western Pennsylvania", A Lecture-Presentation by Dr. Yiorgo Topalidis, Ph.D., Samuel Proctor Oral History Project, University of Florida.

Sunday, September 25

5:00 pm Cultural Event
Mapping Migration, Learning from Oral History
Web Site:
http://Pahellenicfoundation.org/RememberSeptember
Conection Link:
https://pahellenicfoundation.org/RememberSeptember/page-10/
Sponsored by:
Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs along with Greek Nationality Room Committee, Armenian Nationality Room Committee, Israel Heritage Room Committee, Classrooms Without Borders, United Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh and American Hellenic Foundation of Western Pennsylvania
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Until now, little was known about Greeks in the Ottoman Empire who migrated to America surrounding the Christian Genocide. For the first time ever, Dr. Topalidis will shone a spotlight on those who settled in Western Pennsylvania through a lecture-presentation on his groundbreaking research.

This event is part of the month-long commemoration "Agape and Hope Resurrected in Hripsime's Agony, Athena's Mourning, and Rachel's Heartbreak." The Greek, Armenian, and Jewish Communities of Western Pennsylvania are coming together in September 2022 to mark 100 years since 1922, a point between 1915 and 1923 when Christians and Jews were systematically exterminated for their faith and culture. We will commemorate those who perished and use this milestone in our histories to show that in the face of despair and death, creation and inspiration can be fostered and nurtures for a better and more tolerant world.