Things to know for Wednesday Today is Wednesday, June 20 and if you’re looking for something to do this evening, there are still spaces left for a special tour tonight at 6pm, “Brethren, Bethel, and Basilica” – highlighting Community Worship Sites in and around Boston’s historic North Squre and a rare behind-the-scenes tour of Sacred Read More…
Armenian Heritage Foundation’s The K. George and Carolann S. Najarian, M.D. Inaugural Lecture on Human Rights – an endowed public program of the Foundation, sponsor of Armenian Heritage Park on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, Boston.
The Inaugural Lecture is in recognition of the ground breaking of Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway in 2010.
Date & Time: Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 7pm
Place: Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
Keynote Speaker: Kerry Kennedy
Human Rights Activist; Founder of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, Washington, D.C.; Author of Speak Truth to Power: Human Rights Defenders Who are Changing Our World
Opening Remarks: Peter Balakian
Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor of the Humanities, Colgate University; Author of The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America’s Response – A History of International Human Rights and Forgotten Heroes
Free and open to the public, the lecture is offered in partnership with The Bostonian Society, academic institutions and human rights organizations.
As Spring returns, there will be several interesting events at the Armenian Heritage Park on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway. Mark your calendars! Sunday, April 2, beginning at 8am and continuing through the morning, will be the reconfiguration of the Abstract Sculpture. This annual event is symbolic of all the people who were pulled away from their Read More…