Terezin: Children of the Holocaust

 The Diversity Forum is excited to make possible performances of Terezin: Children of the Holocaust.  The public performance will be held Thursday, April 4^th, at 7:00pm in the York High School auditorium.  The play features child and teenage actors speaking for those whose voices were silenced at Terezin - an infamous concentration camp in Czechoslovakia where tens of thousands of children were held for months or years before being sent to their deaths on rail transports to Auschwitz.  It portrays the horrors perpetrated by Nazi Germany; but it also speaks to more universal problems such as bullying, harassment, hatred and prejudice that are problems that school-aged children deal with every day.  The play is suitable for ages 13 and older. There is no charge for admission, and all are welcome.

Human Trafficking

At our February meeting, Rebecca Hughes, who works for ARTZUM-Justice Works in Israel, spoke to us about the global problem of human trafficking.  Through Rebecca's presentation, we learned that trafficking is really a modern-day slavery that exploits thousands of men, women, and children throughout the world.  We also came to realize that it is a problem that occurs close to home, in Maine and New Hampshire.