The Center for Holocaust, Genocide, and 

Human Rights ​Education of North Carolina 


Holocaust Speakers Bureau 


New York Medical College (NYMC) and Touro University (TU) commemorate
International Holocaust Remembrance Day & Black History Month


Tuesday, January 28, 2025 4:30pm-5:45pm
Free to attend live or online:https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RzozisSWT_SfeV5SgagjUg#/registration
Registration is required.


The Segregated US Military and the Liberation of the Concentration Camps


PROGRAM
Host: Marie T. Ascher, M.S., M.P.H.
Lillian Hetrick Huber Endowed Director, Phillip Capozzi, M.D., Library, NYMC

Putting the story in historical context: a brief history of racial segregation in the U.S. military: Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A.
Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer, NYMC; Provost for Biomedical Affairs, TU

My father’s story of racial segregation in the military and the liberation of a concentration camp: John Withers II
Ambassador, United States Department of State, Retired

Q&A and Reflections: Mill Etienne, M.D. ’02, M.P.H.
Vice Chancellor of Diversity and Inclusion, Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Associate Professor of Neurology and of Medicine

Reflections: My Father’s Story - Anne Bayefsky, M.A., L.L.B.
Director, Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust, TU

Reflections:Rabbi Baruch Fogel. Campus Rabbi, TU

Accreditation Statement: New York Medical College is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  
Credit Designation Statement: New York Medical College designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.


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