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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

PROCLAIMING APRIL TO BE "HOLOCAUST & GENOCIDE AWARENESS MONTH" IN

THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Boylan, Kazarian, Kislak, Knight, Shekarchi,
Blazejewski, Ackerman, Finkelman, Biah, and Cruz

     Date Introduced: March 29, 2023

     Referred To: House read and passed

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     WHEREAS, The State of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island General Assembly passed

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legislation in 2016 requiring Holocaust and genocide education for secondary public education;

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and

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     WHEREAS, The State of Rhode Island passed legislation establishing the RI Holocaust

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and Genocide Education Commission to oversee the implementation of Holocaust and genocide

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education in the state’s secondary schools with the hopes of better understanding how the

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Holocaust and genocides can be averted in the future; and

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     WHEREAS, Each year the RI House of Representatives overwhelmingly passes

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resolutions remembering the Holocaust, Armenian Genocide and other genocides, recognizing the

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importance of “Never Again”; and

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     WHEREAS, It is essential to our State and our Nation that we educate our youth about

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the millions of men, women, and children who have and continue to be slaughtered and

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ostracized simply because of their beliefs and their heritage, or their strength or frailty, in order to

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not let this brutality and senseless hatred and carnage continue; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

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proclaims April to be “Holocaust & Genocide Awareness Month” and strongly encourages Rhode

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Island’s history and social science educators to incorporate lessons on past and current genocide

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atrocities into their curriculum and classroom discussions in order to encourage and foster a new

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generation with insight and the pledge to work to eradicate bigotry, prejudice, brutality, and

 

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injustice; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Angélica Infante-Green, Commissioner of the

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Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Rhode Island

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Holocaust and Genocide Education Commission.

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