Goze, an 85-year-old Iraqi Yezidi woman, makes it to a refugee camp after escaping from ISIS in August 2014. Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin for the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Goze, an 85-year-old Iraqi Yezidi woman, makes it to a refugee camp after escaping from ISIS in August 2014. Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin for the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Since the summer of 2014, the self-proclaimed Islamic State, or ISIS, has carried out a violent campaign against civilians in Ninewa province in northern Iraq, home to many of Iraq’s ethnic and religious minorities. These actions have decimated millennia-old communities and irrevocably torn the social fabric of the once-diverse region. The United States government has determined that the ongoing violence constitutes genocide. Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for a conversation about what the genocide determination means now and what can be done for civilians in Iraq.

Genocide and ISIS: Civilians at Risk
Thursday, December 8
7 PM
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
100 Raoul Wallenberg Pl, SW
Washington, DC
Get tickets now.

Speakers

  • Pari Ibrahim, Executive Director, Free Yezidi Foundation
  • Youhanna Yousif Toma Posa, human rights advocate, Hammurabi Human Rights Organization
  • Frank Wolf, Distinguished Senior Fellow, 21st Century Wilberforce Initiative


Moderator

  • Naomi Kikoler, Deputy Director, Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Follow the conversation on social media using @CPG_USHMM and #iraqcrisis.

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