Friday, Oct. 19, 2018@ 7 pm
A Talk by Patricia Perez Valdes, Cohen Center Global Fellow
“Honoring the Victims of the Pinochet Years at Chile’s Museum of Memory and Human Rights”
118 Elliot
118 Elliot St., Brattleboro
Free and Open to the Public
Coffee/Tea/Conversation at 7:00 pm,
Talk begins promptly at 7:30
Q&A to follow
Patricia Perez Valdes will address this topic drawing from her years of experience with the Museum of Memory and Human Rights, located in Santiago, Chile. Her talk will focus on the legacy of Chile’s military dictatorship from 1973-1990, the importance of memorialization in the construction of memory as a society, and the challenges faced by the museum since it was inaugurated in January of 2010.
Wall of Disappeared Persons at the Museum
The Museum of Memory and Human Rights seeks to draw attention to human rights violations committed by the Chilean state between 1973 and 1990. Its mission is to allow dignity for victims and their families, stimulate reflection and debate and to promote respect and tolerance in order that these events never happen again.
Patricia Perez Valdes is the Cohen Center Global Fellow for the fall semester. This is a program between the Auschwitz Institute For Peace and Reconciliation and The Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College. They invite one person that is part the Auschwitz Institute alumni community for an entire semester of sharing with the college community.
Read an article in the Keene State newspaper explaining Patricia’s program.
On Aug. 24 WWAC brought you”El Salvador Beyond the Headlines.”
Were you at the talk, or did you miss it?Would you like to help the development efforts in El Salvador that we learned about in the talk?
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