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Armenian Heritage Foundation
25 Flanders Road
Belmont, MA 02478
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ArmenianHeritagePark.org/
Date & Time
Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 7:30pm
Doors open at 7pm
Place
Faneuil Hall
Boston, Massachusetts
Mayor's Remarks
Martin J. Walsh
Mayor, City of Boston
Introduction
Courtney Radsch, PhD
Advocacy Director, Committee to Protect Journalists
Speakers
Ray Suarez
Host of Inside Story on Al Jazeera America and
America Abroad on Public Radio on International
Stephen Kurkjian
Founding member and former chief of The Boston
Globe Investigative Spotlight Team and former editor
of its Washington Bureau
Thomas Mucha
Editor, GlobalPost
Free and open to the public
Reception follows at the Millennium Bostonian Hotel with the speakers and leadership
from:
Boston University College of Communication
Thomas Fiedler, Dean of the College of Communications and Professor of the Practice
in Journalism
Emerson College
Jerry Lanson, Associate Chair of Journalism and Associate
Professor
New England Center for Investigative Journalism
Jenifer McKim, Assistant Managing Editor/Senior Investigative
Reporter; Clara Germani, Investigations Editor and
Beth Daley, Investigative Reporter/Director of Partnerships
Northeastern University School of Journalism
Dan Kennedy. Acting Director and Associate Professor
WGBH
Phillip Martin. Senior Investigative Reporter
NAJARIAN LECTURE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AT FANEUIL HALL
An endowed public program of Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway, Boston
Honorary Chairs
Governor Deval L Patrick
Mayor Martin J. Walsh
Armenian Heritage Foundation
Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian
Secretary Rachel Kaprielian
Honorary Chairs
James M. Kalustian
President
In Partnership with the
Boston Women's Heritage Trail
Maria D'Itria
Chair, Board of Directors
The Bostonian Society
Joshua Young
Chair, Board of Directors
Brian W.J. LeMay
Executive Director
Millennium Bostonian Hotel
Robert Rivers
General Manager
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy
Georgia Murray
Chair, Board of Directors
Jesse Brackenbury
Executive Director
Co-Chairs
Charlie Clements
Executive Director
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Michael A. Grodin, MD
Director
Global Lawyers and Physicians:
Working Together for Human Rights, Boston University
David Hollenbach, SJ
Director
Center for Human Rights and
International Justice, Boston College
Shant Mardirossian
Chair, Board of Directors
Near East Foundation
Kevin Murray
Executive Director
The Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy,
Northeastern University School of Law
Deborah W. Nutter, PhD
Senior Associate Dean
Fletcher School of Law and
Diplomacy, Tufts University
BalakrishnanRajagopal, PhD
Founding Director
Program on Human Rights and Justice, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Joshua Rubenstein
Activist and scholar
FORMER SPEAKERS
2013 Siddharth Kara
Cherie Jimenez
Liam Lowney
Sheriff Peter Koutoujian
2012 Ambassador Edward Djrejeian
2011 Paul Rusesabagina 2010 Kerry Kennedy
LECTURE COMMITTEE
Carolann Najarian, MD
George Najarian
Joyce Barsam, PhD
Phyllis Dohanian
Linda Kaboolian, PhD
Audrey Kalajian
Barbara Tellalian
in collaboration with
Stephen Kurkjian
Friends of Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway
Karen Dederyan, Treasurer
Lucy Hoosian, Liason
Further information, please email
[email protected]
TRUTH TO ACTION: MEDIA FREEDOM
Protecting Human Rights Globally
Everyone has the right to seek, receive and impart ideas without fear
and interference. Yet throughout the world, journalists, bloggers and
others face the harassment and imprisonment for exercising their
rights to free speech...Freedom of expression is essential to the
attainment of all other rights...and is closely linked to the right to
hold opinions and the right to freedom of thought, conscience and
religion...
- Amnesty International
_________________________________________________
About the Najarian Endowed Lecture on Human Rights at Faneuil Hall The
purpose of the lecture series, endowed by K. George and Carolann
S. Najarian, MD, is to advance understanding of human rights issues
and societal abuses worldwide, and to increase awareness of the work
of individuals and organizations so that we are all more actively
engaged.
This endowed lecture at Faneuil Hall has been inspired by the New
England women and men - intellectuals, politicians, diplomats,
religious leaders and citizens - who from 1895-1918 at Faneuil Hall
heard the eyewitness accounts of the atrocities taking place against
the Armenian minority of the Ottoman Empire and spoke passionately
about the urgent need for intervention. Relief workers, missionaries
and diplomats including the U.S. Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
Henry Morgenthau provided accounts.
Many who heard these accounts were moved to action. Distinguished
Bostonians, among them Julia Ward Howe, Clara Barton, Charlotte
Perkins Gilman and Alice Stone Blackwell, heard these accounts and
were moved to assist the Armenians. As a result, the American Red
Cross launched its first international mission with Clara Barton
bringing aid to the Armenians. Philanthropists nationwide raised over
$100 million in support. This was America's first internationally
focused human rights movement.
A Century Later Just as these brave and noble witnesses gave voice to
those in crisis and mobilized the gathering of Bostonians at Faneuil
Hall, which was to spark a nationwide response, it is our hope that
this lecture will serve to refocus our attention, not only on past
events, but upon the critical human rights issues of today, inspiring
us to meaningful action.
This endowed lecture on human rights is in my father's honor as he
taught so many about the need to pay attention, spot injustice and
speak out wherever and whenever it occurs. Carolann S. Najarian, MD
The Najarian Lecture on Human Rights at Faneuil Hall is an endowed
public program of Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway, the key
initiative of the Armenian Heritage Foundation, comprised of
representatives of 42 Armenian-American parishes and organizations
within Massachusetts.
Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway and its endowed public programs
are a gift to the City of Boston and the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
www.ArmenianHeritagePark.org [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001iTU1UYjFE9V7twyZOt2p0F7brEBXr2yAnTvW76 yJrJQVY1ror397YWXFwwF6j_3Md3Tsz--zZEdKrCuZHYrRh27EavFEPlX2MwEDalBSo0bzAptffWvAKSGdT l7Gk4B9eWbr6CwmiSuSvxMYPjPa_KehisJiyFmXJ-I-6UWtoJ_JauV08kd2yA==&c=VtrTzt3fo_p_3iBLtL-EQO_JTp4YbIWBoD3I2BtBOCko-NFq7u2WpQ==&ch=1BzyA7R8ls6AHcYNFJU2n6741HdtmEs1G05 pf41TCODjUiddBemd8w==]
For further information,
[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Armenian Heritage Foundation
25 Flanders Road
Belmont, MA 02478
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ArmenianHeritagePark.org/
Date & Time
Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 7:30pm
Doors open at 7pm
Place
Faneuil Hall
Boston, Massachusetts
Mayor's Remarks
Martin J. Walsh
Mayor, City of Boston
Introduction
Courtney Radsch, PhD
Advocacy Director, Committee to Protect Journalists
Speakers
Ray Suarez
Host of Inside Story on Al Jazeera America and
America Abroad on Public Radio on International
Stephen Kurkjian
Founding member and former chief of The Boston
Globe Investigative Spotlight Team and former editor
of its Washington Bureau
Thomas Mucha
Editor, GlobalPost
Free and open to the public
Reception follows at the Millennium Bostonian Hotel with the speakers and leadership
from:
Boston University College of Communication
Thomas Fiedler, Dean of the College of Communications and Professor of the Practice
in Journalism
Emerson College
Jerry Lanson, Associate Chair of Journalism and Associate
Professor
New England Center for Investigative Journalism
Jenifer McKim, Assistant Managing Editor/Senior Investigative
Reporter; Clara Germani, Investigations Editor and
Beth Daley, Investigative Reporter/Director of Partnerships
Northeastern University School of Journalism
Dan Kennedy. Acting Director and Associate Professor
WGBH
Phillip Martin. Senior Investigative Reporter
NAJARIAN LECTURE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AT FANEUIL HALL
An endowed public program of Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway, Boston
Honorary Chairs
Governor Deval L Patrick
Mayor Martin J. Walsh
Armenian Heritage Foundation
Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian
Secretary Rachel Kaprielian
Honorary Chairs
James M. Kalustian
President
In Partnership with the
Boston Women's Heritage Trail
Maria D'Itria
Chair, Board of Directors
The Bostonian Society
Joshua Young
Chair, Board of Directors
Brian W.J. LeMay
Executive Director
Millennium Bostonian Hotel
Robert Rivers
General Manager
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy
Georgia Murray
Chair, Board of Directors
Jesse Brackenbury
Executive Director
Co-Chairs
Charlie Clements
Executive Director
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Michael A. Grodin, MD
Director
Global Lawyers and Physicians:
Working Together for Human Rights, Boston University
David Hollenbach, SJ
Director
Center for Human Rights and
International Justice, Boston College
Shant Mardirossian
Chair, Board of Directors
Near East Foundation
Kevin Murray
Executive Director
The Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy,
Northeastern University School of Law
Deborah W. Nutter, PhD
Senior Associate Dean
Fletcher School of Law and
Diplomacy, Tufts University
BalakrishnanRajagopal, PhD
Founding Director
Program on Human Rights and Justice, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Joshua Rubenstein
Activist and scholar
FORMER SPEAKERS
2013 Siddharth Kara
Cherie Jimenez
Liam Lowney
Sheriff Peter Koutoujian
2012 Ambassador Edward Djrejeian
2011 Paul Rusesabagina 2010 Kerry Kennedy
LECTURE COMMITTEE
Carolann Najarian, MD
George Najarian
Joyce Barsam, PhD
Phyllis Dohanian
Linda Kaboolian, PhD
Audrey Kalajian
Barbara Tellalian
in collaboration with
Stephen Kurkjian
Friends of Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway
Karen Dederyan, Treasurer
Lucy Hoosian, Liason
Further information, please email
[email protected]
TRUTH TO ACTION: MEDIA FREEDOM
Protecting Human Rights Globally
Everyone has the right to seek, receive and impart ideas without fear
and interference. Yet throughout the world, journalists, bloggers and
others face the harassment and imprisonment for exercising their
rights to free speech...Freedom of expression is essential to the
attainment of all other rights...and is closely linked to the right to
hold opinions and the right to freedom of thought, conscience and
religion...
- Amnesty International
_________________________________________________
About the Najarian Endowed Lecture on Human Rights at Faneuil Hall The
purpose of the lecture series, endowed by K. George and Carolann
S. Najarian, MD, is to advance understanding of human rights issues
and societal abuses worldwide, and to increase awareness of the work
of individuals and organizations so that we are all more actively
engaged.
This endowed lecture at Faneuil Hall has been inspired by the New
England women and men - intellectuals, politicians, diplomats,
religious leaders and citizens - who from 1895-1918 at Faneuil Hall
heard the eyewitness accounts of the atrocities taking place against
the Armenian minority of the Ottoman Empire and spoke passionately
about the urgent need for intervention. Relief workers, missionaries
and diplomats including the U.S. Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
Henry Morgenthau provided accounts.
Many who heard these accounts were moved to action. Distinguished
Bostonians, among them Julia Ward Howe, Clara Barton, Charlotte
Perkins Gilman and Alice Stone Blackwell, heard these accounts and
were moved to assist the Armenians. As a result, the American Red
Cross launched its first international mission with Clara Barton
bringing aid to the Armenians. Philanthropists nationwide raised over
$100 million in support. This was America's first internationally
focused human rights movement.
A Century Later Just as these brave and noble witnesses gave voice to
those in crisis and mobilized the gathering of Bostonians at Faneuil
Hall, which was to spark a nationwide response, it is our hope that
this lecture will serve to refocus our attention, not only on past
events, but upon the critical human rights issues of today, inspiring
us to meaningful action.
This endowed lecture on human rights is in my father's honor as he
taught so many about the need to pay attention, spot injustice and
speak out wherever and whenever it occurs. Carolann S. Najarian, MD
The Najarian Lecture on Human Rights at Faneuil Hall is an endowed
public program of Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway, the key
initiative of the Armenian Heritage Foundation, comprised of
representatives of 42 Armenian-American parishes and organizations
within Massachusetts.
Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway and its endowed public programs
are a gift to the City of Boston and the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
www.ArmenianHeritagePark.org [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001iTU1UYjFE9V7twyZOt2p0F7brEBXr2yAnTvW76 yJrJQVY1ror397YWXFwwF6j_3Md3Tsz--zZEdKrCuZHYrRh27EavFEPlX2MwEDalBSo0bzAptffWvAKSGdT l7Gk4B9eWbr6CwmiSuSvxMYPjPa_KehisJiyFmXJ-I-6UWtoJ_JauV08kd2yA==&c=VtrTzt3fo_p_3iBLtL-EQO_JTp4YbIWBoD3I2BtBOCko-NFq7u2WpQ==&ch=1BzyA7R8ls6AHcYNFJU2n6741HdtmEs1G05 pf41TCODjUiddBemd8w==]
For further information,
[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]