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Teaching the Holocaust is about more than history — it’s about shaping compassionate, thoughtful students. 💙

Learn how Holocaust Education can help educators counter bias, strengthen SEL, and foster inclusive communities in our article at Share My Lesson.

https://sharemylesson.com/blog/holocaust-education-inclusion

@histodons

#HolocaustRemembranceDay #HolocaustEducation #SocialEmotionalLearning #Education #Homeschooling #History #Histodons #YomHaShoah #GenocideEducation #Empathy #Edutooters

🕯️🇮🇷 Israel se detiene por completo. Hoy es Yom HaShoah, el día para recordar a las 6 millones de víctimas del Holocausto. 🕍💔 A las 10 AM, todo el país se congeló por 2 minutos bajo el sonido de las sirenas. 🚨✨ Este año es distinto: Netanyahu vinculó la guerra con Irán con la lucha contra el nazismo. 🎖️Miles marchan para decir: ¡Nunca más! 🌍 #auschwitz #BenjaminNetanyahu #holocausto #irán #israel #MemoriaHistórica #onu #YadVashem #YomHaShoah https://soyarmenio.com/israel-yom-hashoah-2026/

Remember Zaromb, one of the many communities wiped from existence by Nazis and their collaborators. Zaromb was near Treblinka and just on the Soviet side of the partition.

“Gone is the shtetele, which was full of Jewish life, which strove for a better, and more secure future. Zaromb was a shtetl of dreamers and fighters, a shtetl always struggling to eke out a living and striving for a better life, both economically and culturally.”

#YomHaShoah #Zaromb #Holocaust #Shoah

https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Zareby/zareby.html

In 1938, a 13-year-old girl in Poland sat down and wrote this letter in Hebrew.

She wrote to the principal of a school in Israel.
She asked for a certificate.
The kind that could save her life.

She had a plan.
She had an older sister in Israel she could stay with.
All she needed was that one piece of paper.

He wrote back and said it wasn't in his hands.

Three years later, Chava Cohen was gone. She was 16.

Swipe to read her words - written in her own handwriting, in Hebrew, in 1938.

These letters are preserved in the Central Zionist Archives in Jerusalem.

Hebrew is not just a language.
It is the key to connecting with our culture.
In the original words.
From the original source.
No translation in between.

That is what I give my students.
That key.

יזכר. We remember.

#yomhashoah #holocaustmemorial #neverforget

Today, I remember my relatives, a whole world erased for being Jewish. My grandparents survived. I light candles in honor of our family that did not. #YomHaShoah

Robbie Spiero, 23 May 1941 - 28 February 1944.

Eveline Rosa Verveer with her aunt Rosette Verveer-Spiero.
The Hague, 28 June 1929 – Auschwitz, 26 August 1942.

Betty Kitty Verveer. The Hague 4 July 1930 - Auschwitz, 12 October 1942.

https://www.europesays.com/iran/66413/ Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day #Holocaust #HolocaustMemorialDay #Israel #YomHashoah

On Yom Ha Shoah:
I spent years writing two books about what happened to people in my family, and what live was and is like after the Holocaust: A personal insight, deeply researched & honestly retold -- Zol Zayn Shulem (may there be peace), Part I/ II (both 2026). #holocaust #yomhashoah #shoah

Many stories of women at Treblinka went untold for decades.

80 years later, new research is finally bringing their suffering, resilience and role in the uprising into the historical record.
https://theconversation.com/80-years-later-scholarship-is-breaking-silence-on-womens-suffering-and-strength-at-treblinka-including-their-role-in-its-uprising-276851

#Holocaust #YomHaShoah

🕯 Plan ahead for Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 14. Teaching Holocaust Education with film can transform history lessons into a moving experience that drives home the enormity of the genocide that took place during World War II.

These Holocaust Education Resources are designed to help you teach about the Holocaust authentically, inspire empathy, and honor the lessons of history. They are based on award-winning films Defiant Requiem, Schindler's List and more.

These resources are appropriate for teaching Holocaust Education, Anti-Bias Education, Genocide Education, and World War II History. Many cover additional subject areas, opening up powerful opportunities for Integrated Studies. 🌟

💡 These materials are for grades 6-12, adult education and higher education. Pick and choose what you want to use.

Learn more:

https://journeysinfilm.org/film/holocaust-education-lessons/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=Social+Media&utm_campaign=YHS&utm_term=plan+ahead&utm_content=link

@histodons

#HolocaustRemembranceDay #YomHaShoah #HolocaustEducation #Education #Homeschooling #History #Histodons #Movies #Documentaries

Our April 2025 protest took place on Yom HaShoah, a day when people who died during the #Holocaust are remembered. We said "Never again!" to #genocide as we protested the Chinese government's genocide of its #Uyghur population.

#YomHaShoah #TikkunOlam #HumanRights #China #Xinjiang #EastTurkistan #NeverAgain

A new wave of research into genocide is overturning stories about victims going meekly to slaughter.

Resistance was frequent, both among the Armenians (against whom the Turks began a genocide #OTD in 1915) and among Jews during the Holocaust.

#ArmenianGenocide #YomHaShoah

Any #YomHaShoah commemoration last week which failed to acknowledge that #Israel is perpetrating a #genocide in #Gaza and the #WestBank was a hypocritical mockery of #Holocaust remembrance and an abject failure to uphold its prime directive, #NeverAgain.
The Holocaust propaganda drummed into my head throughout childhood insisted the point of remembering the Holocaust is to prevent future genocides.
What's the point of remembering the dead if we refuse to learn from what happened to them?

From Jimena, for those still on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/jimena_voice/?hl=en

Click on the icon that looks like this photo:

#Mazeldon #Judaism #Jewish #YomHaShoah #JIMENA #MENA #Sephardi #Mizrahi

On #YomHaShoah יום השואה my fondest wish is that we not repeat the horrors that we today commemorate.

I am not optimistic.

#Shoah #Holocaust #democracy #impeach47 #defundICE #ruleoflaw

Another work for Yom HaShoah, also known as Martyrs and Heroes Day, which ends this evening at dusk. #YomHaShoah #HolocaustRemembrance #arthistory

Below, drawn by Hedwig Brahn in 1944, included in Philipp Manes' memoirs, the 'Tatsachenbericht - Terezín Street, which documents life in the Theresienstadt Ghetto.

From “Holocaust History: Concentration Camps,” Chapman University, Orange, California. “Theresienstadt ghetto and concentration camp were located in Terezín, Czech Republic, in a former military fortress. Initially, it was established as a ghetto for Czech Jews. Later, it served as a concentration and transit camp for German and Western European Jews. In 1942, SS authorities deported Jews to concentration camps, forced-labor camps, and killing centers. In the camp itself, thousands of people died from disease or starvation.

In 1944 the Nazis temporarily beautified Theresienstadt to deceive an investigating committee from the International Red Cross to make a film that pictured the ghetto as a 'spa town' where elderly German Jews could retire. The barracks were removed, houses were painted, and gardens planted, however, this was an elaborate hoax. The Nazis staged social and cultural events for the visitors. The facts were very different. Of the approximately 140,000 Jews transferred to Theresienstadt, 33,000 died, and 90,000 were deported; only about 19,000 survived. Children were sent to Theresienstadt. About 15,000 children passed through, and 90 percent of these children perished in the killing center.”

A new wave of research into genocide is overturning stories about victims going meekly to slaughter.

Resistance was frequent, both among the Armenians (against whom the Turks began a genocide #OTD in 1915) and among Jews during the Holocaust.

#ArmenianGenocide #YomHaShoah #NeverForget
https://theconversation.com/genocide-resisters-long-overlooked-by-history-step-into-the-spotlight-202311 #Histodons

The #Holocaust was the first widely photographed mass atrocity. The #LastSeen project is collecting images of Nazi deportations, often the last photos of victims before their deaths.

The project aims to give previously faceless victims names and a voice. #YomHaShoah #NeverForget
https://theconversation.com/newly-discovered-photos-of-nazi-deportations-show-jewish-victims-as-they-were-last-seen-alive-246929

Today we pause for Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Honouring the memory of those lost and the courage of those who survived. Never forget. ✡️🕯️ #YomHaShoah

Heute ist der Gedenktag #YomHaShoah , mit dem in Israel & vielen jüdischen Gemeinden der sechs Millionen Jüdinnen und Juden erinnert wird, die von den Nationalsozialisten ermordet wurden

Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel. People there remember the horrors of Naziism in Europe, and how Jewish people fled to a place where they would be protected.

Few Israelis want to think of or admit the horrors they're inflicting on their neighbours today.

Never again is now.

#Israel #YomHaShoah #palestine #gaza #hamas

Teaching Holocaust education with film can transform history lessons in grades 6-12 into a moving experience that drives home the enormity of the genocide that took place during World War II.

For Holocaust Remembrance Day, we recommend our step-by-step teaching guide to make teaching about the Holocaust easy for teachers and a profound learning opportunity for students.

https://sharemylesson.com/blog/teaching-holocaust-education-film

#HolocaustRemembranceDay #YomHashoah #NeverAgain #Holocaust #History #Education #Homeschooling #Histodons #Teachers #Teaching @education @edutooters @histodons

[Full article - is behind a paywall] ‘We will not put up with #ICE’: #Students call for #SanctuaryStatus at #UMaine

By Sofia Langlois on April 14, 2025

A rally for sanctuary campus status at the University of Maine was hosted by Students for a Democratic Society (UMO-SDS) in partnership with #JewishVoiceForPeace (JVP) and Triota Epsilon Psi on April 12 in front of Fogler Library. Despite the rainy weekend, dozens of students showed up with handmade signs demanding protections for international students from deportation at an administrative level.

To create a sanctuary campus status at UMaine, the university would need to enact policies that limit Immigrations Customs Enforcement (ICE) access to campus and student information. It would also include a commitment to “non-cooperation” if asked to aid in a search for undocumented students.
SDS Member Gabriel Veilleux led the demonstration with chants before his speech. Some of these rally cries included “Say it once, say it twice: We will not put up with ICE,” “Money for housing and education, not for war and deportation” and “Black Bears, hear us shout: Sanctuary status now.”

Veilleux described current threats of deportation, arrests and detainment that have the potential to reach UMaine. He, like the other participants, believes that university administration must pass a resolution codifying sanctuary status measures to protect immigrants and international students. Veilleux stands firm that the “attack on one is an attack on all” mentality applies to this situation, insisting that UMaine would fail its entire community by remaining neutral.

“We stand here to send a message that the students of UMaine will never yield to the threats and pressure imposed upon us, that we will be steadfast in our #resistance to the #Trump Administration and that we will do all we can to defend our community from ICE invasions and kidnappings,” said Veilleux.
Triota Member Franny Wilson-Charuk addressed the crowd as a proxy for Cheyanne Goroshin, who was absent. Goroshin expressed that UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy cannot uphold her priority to “promote student success” without protecting vulnerable populations on campus. She also emphasized that international students should not be expected to fight for their rights alone. Their ability to succeed may also impact that of their domestic peers and the functioning of UMaine as a whole.

“How do we ensure the success of students when their peers continue to be picked off the streets and detained? How do we ensure student success when admins can’t guarantee that students will be protected from ICE in all buildings on this campus, and when there is no protocol for protecting students who live off campus?,” said Wilson-Charuk.

Wilson-Charuk went on to list multiple ways in which UMaine can take meaningful action. The first is to increase transparency by publishing a list of every building that is restricted or unrestricted from ICE with an explanation as to why. Secondly, to initiate statements from UMPS that agree to prioritize student safety, even from federal agents. The final and primary action is to establish sanctuary status at UMaine.

SDS Member Morgan Ramsay described two situations where international students were targeted as a result of peaceful #activism.

On March 8, Columbia University Graduate Student #MahmoudKhalil was arrested at his apartment by ICE, despite being a permanent resident with a green card. Khalil helped lead protests against Israel. Awaiting trial, Khalil wrote a letter about the circumstances.

At Tufts University, Turkish Doctoral Student #RumeysaOzturk was detained by masked ICE officers dressed in plain clothes on her way to meet friends for dinner on March 25. Ozturk co-authored an op-ed article showing support for Palestinians in Gaza. She had an F1visa and no criminal allegations, but was accused of Hamas alignment according to Ramsay.

“So far, over 600 international students and recent grads across the US have had their visas revoked by the Trump Administration. Many of these visa cancellations are in response to participation in student-led activism…,” said Ramsay. “The Trump Administration is making our constitutional rights increasingly conditional, especially for those who do not hold citizenship status.”

JVP president Talia Cullum mentioned #HolocaustRemembranceDay, or #YomHaShoah next month in connection to the current political climate. Yom HaShoah means “Day of the Catastrophe” in Hebrew. According to Cullum, the phrase “#NeverAgain,” which most frequently refers to the Holocaust, can be applied to issues that are happening now.

“Never again is now. Never again is here. We don’t want a new #gestapo force coming and picking up our students on our campus,” said Cullum.

Cullum also read “First They Came,” a poem written in 1946 by Pastor Martin Niemöller that is meant to inspire mutual advocacy.

Participants holding signs, and a banner that reads “Immigrant students deserve to feel safe at school. Demand sanctuary status now.” Photo by Sofia Langlois
SDS Member Ryan Kennedy shared that one third of immigrants in America are pursuing higher education. He went on to express frustration for federal actions but also for university inaction. Kennedy specifically referenced the Office of Diversity and Inclusion changing its name to the Office for Community and Connections to remove #DEI per the executive order.

“This may be just a name change to some, but what it indicates is fear in the university. When the university is scared, they will turn their back on their students,” said Kennedy. “President Ferrini-Mundy has not made any statements about protections for students, and that is honestly shameful.”

Katelyn Spearrin concluded the speeches by reiterating the rally demands. She insisted that sanctuary status measures must be done prior to harassment from ICE to adequately prepare. Spearrin also thanks participants for their involvement in the cause.

“Everyone who showed up today in support of our international students and staff for the protection of our several vulnerable populations by keeping ICE away from our campus, gaining sanctuary status and advocating for justice, are on the right side of history today,” said Spearrin."

Source:
https://mainecampus.com/category/news/2025/04/we-will-not-put-up-with-ice-students-call-for-sanctuary-status-at-umaine/

#MaineResists #MaineStudentsResist #ResistICE #Deportations #Fascism #Disappeared

[Full article - is behind a paywall] ‘We will not put up with #ICE’: #Students call for #SanctuaryStatus at #UMaine

By Sofia Langlois on April 14, 2025

A rally for sanctuary campus status at the University of Maine was hosted by Students for a Democratic Society (UMO-SDS) in partnership with #JewishVoiceForPeace (JVP) and Triota Epsilon Psi on April 12 in front of Fogler Library. Despite the rainy weekend, dozens of students showed up with handmade signs demanding protections for international students from deportation at an administrative level.

To create a sanctuary campus status at UMaine, the university would need to enact policies that limit Immigrations Customs Enforcement (ICE) access to campus and student information. It would also include a commitment to “non-cooperation” if asked to aid in a search for undocumented students.
SDS Member Gabriel Veilleux led the demonstration with chants before his speech. Some of these rally cries included “Say it once, say it twice: We will not put up with ICE,” “Money for housing and education, not for war and deportation” and “Black Bears, hear us shout: Sanctuary status now.”

Veilleux described current threats of deportation, arrests and detainment that have the potential to reach UMaine. He, like the other participants, believes that university administration must pass a resolution codifying sanctuary status measures to protect immigrants and international students. Veilleux stands firm that the “attack on one is an attack on all” mentality applies to this situation, insisting that UMaine would fail its entire community by remaining neutral.

“We stand here to send a message that the students of UMaine will never yield to the threats and pressure imposed upon us, that we will be steadfast in our #resistance to the #Trump Administration and that we will do all we can to defend our community from ICE invasions and kidnappings,” said Veilleux.
Triota Member Franny Wilson-Charuk addressed the crowd as a proxy for Cheyanne Goroshin, who was absent. Goroshin expressed that UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy cannot uphold her priority to “promote student success” without protecting vulnerable populations on campus. She also emphasized that international students should not be expected to fight for their rights alone. Their ability to succeed may also impact that of their domestic peers and the functioning of UMaine as a whole.

“How do we ensure the success of students when their peers continue to be picked off the streets and detained? How do we ensure student success when admins can’t guarantee that students will be protected from ICE in all buildings on this campus, and when there is no protocol for protecting students who live off campus?,” said Wilson-Charuk.

Wilson-Charuk went on to list multiple ways in which UMaine can take meaningful action. The first is to increase transparency by publishing a list of every building that is restricted or unrestricted from ICE with an explanation as to why. Secondly, to initiate statements from UMPS that agree to prioritize student safety, even from federal agents. The final and primary action is to establish sanctuary status at UMaine.

SDS Member Morgan Ramsay described two situations where international students were targeted as a result of peaceful #activism.

On March 8, Columbia University Graduate Student #MahmoudKhalil was arrested at his apartment by ICE, despite being a permanent resident with a green card. Khalil helped lead protests against Israel. Awaiting trial, Khalil wrote a letter about the circumstances.

At Tufts University, Turkish Doctoral Student #RumeysaOzturk was detained by masked ICE officers dressed in plain clothes on her way to meet friends for dinner on March 25. Ozturk co-authored an op-ed article showing support for Palestinians in Gaza. She had an F1visa and no criminal allegations, but was accused of Hamas alignment according to Ramsay.

“So far, over 600 international students and recent grads across the US have had their visas revoked by the Trump Administration. Many of these visa cancellations are in response to participation in student-led activism…,” said Ramsay. “The Trump Administration is making our constitutional rights increasingly conditional, especially for those who do not hold citizenship status.”

JVP president Talia Cullum mentioned #HolocaustRemembranceDay, or #YomHaShoah next month in connection to the current political climate. Yom HaShoah means “Day of the Catastrophe” in Hebrew. According to Cullum, the phrase “#NeverAgain,” which most frequently refers to the Holocaust, can be applied to issues that are happening now.

“Never again is now. Never again is here. We don’t want a new #gestapo force coming and picking up our students on our campus,” said Cullum.

Cullum also read “First They Came,” a poem written in 1946 by Pastor Martin Niemöller that is meant to inspire mutual advocacy.

Participants holding signs, and a banner that reads “Immigrant students deserve to feel safe at school. Demand sanctuary status now.” Photo by Sofia Langlois
SDS Member Ryan Kennedy shared that one third of immigrants in America are pursuing higher education. He went on to express frustration for federal actions but also for university inaction. Kennedy specifically referenced the Office of Diversity and Inclusion changing its name to the Office for Community and Connections to remove #DEI per the executive order.

“This may be just a name change to some, but what it indicates is fear in the university. When the university is scared, they will turn their back on their students,” said Kennedy. “President Ferrini-Mundy has not made any statements about protections for students, and that is honestly shameful.”

Katelyn Spearrin concluded the speeches by reiterating the rally demands. She insisted that sanctuary status measures must be done prior to harassment from ICE to adequately prepare. Spearrin also thanks participants for their involvement in the cause.

“Everyone who showed up today in support of our international students and staff for the protection of our several vulnerable populations by keeping ICE away from our campus, gaining sanctuary status and advocating for justice, are on the right side of history today,” said Spearrin."

Source:
https://mainecampus.com/category/news/2025/04/we-will-not-put-up-with-ice-students-call-for-sanctuary-status-at-umaine/

#MaineResists #MaineStudentsResist #ResistICE #Deportations #Fascism #Disappeared

[Full article - is behind a paywall] ‘We will not put up with #ICE’: #Students call for #SanctuaryStatus at #UMaine

By Sofia Langlois on April 14, 2025

A rally for sanctuary campus status at the University of Maine was hosted by Students for a Democratic Society (UMO-SDS) in partnership with #JewishVoiceForPeace (JVP) and Triota Epsilon Psi on April 12 in front of Fogler Library. Despite the rainy weekend, dozens of students showed up with handmade signs demanding protections for international students from deportation at an administrative level.

To create a sanctuary campus status at UMaine, the university would need to enact policies that limit Immigrations Customs Enforcement (ICE) access to campus and student information. It would also include a commitment to “non-cooperation” if asked to aid in a search for undocumented students.
SDS Member Gabriel Veilleux led the demonstration with chants before his speech. Some of these rally cries included “Say it once, say it twice: We will not put up with ICE,” “Money for housing and education, not for war and deportation” and “Black Bears, hear us shout: Sanctuary status now.”

Veilleux described current threats of deportation, arrests and detainment that have the potential to reach UMaine. He, like the other participants, believes that university administration must pass a resolution codifying sanctuary status measures to protect immigrants and international students. Veilleux stands firm that the “attack on one is an attack on all” mentality applies to this situation, insisting that UMaine would fail its entire community by remaining neutral.

“We stand here to send a message that the students of UMaine will never yield to the threats and pressure imposed upon us, that we will be steadfast in our #resistance to the #Trump Administration and that we will do all we can to defend our community from ICE invasions and kidnappings,” said Veilleux.
Triota Member Franny Wilson-Charuk addressed the crowd as a proxy for Cheyanne Goroshin, who was absent. Goroshin expressed that UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy cannot uphold her priority to “promote student success” without protecting vulnerable populations on campus. She also emphasized that international students should not be expected to fight for their rights alone. Their ability to succeed may also impact that of their domestic peers and the functioning of UMaine as a whole.

“How do we ensure the success of students when their peers continue to be picked off the streets and detained? How do we ensure student success when admins can’t guarantee that students will be protected from ICE in all buildings on this campus, and when there is no protocol for protecting students who live off campus?,” said Wilson-Charuk.

Wilson-Charuk went on to list multiple ways in which UMaine can take meaningful action. The first is to increase transparency by publishing a list of every building that is restricted or unrestricted from ICE with an explanation as to why. Secondly, to initiate statements from UMPS that agree to prioritize student safety, even from federal agents. The final and primary action is to establish sanctuary status at UMaine.

SDS Member Morgan Ramsay described two situations where international students were targeted as a result of peaceful #activism.

On March 8, Columbia University Graduate Student #MahmoudKhalil was arrested at his apartment by ICE, despite being a permanent resident with a green card. Khalil helped lead protests against Israel. Awaiting trial, Khalil wrote a letter about the circumstances.

At Tufts University, Turkish Doctoral Student #RumeysaOzturk was detained by masked ICE officers dressed in plain clothes on her way to meet friends for dinner on March 25. Ozturk co-authored an op-ed article showing support for Palestinians in Gaza. She had an F1visa and no criminal allegations, but was accused of Hamas alignment according to Ramsay.

“So far, over 600 international students and recent grads across the US have had their visas revoked by the Trump Administration. Many of these visa cancellations are in response to participation in student-led activism…,” said Ramsay. “The Trump Administration is making our constitutional rights increasingly conditional, especially for those who do not hold citizenship status.”

JVP president Talia Cullum mentioned #HolocaustRemembranceDay, or #YomHaShoah next month in connection to the current political climate. Yom HaShoah means “Day of the Catastrophe” in Hebrew. According to Cullum, the phrase “#NeverAgain,” which most frequently refers to the Holocaust, can be applied to issues that are happening now.

“Never again is now. Never again is here. We don’t want a new #gestapo force coming and picking up our students on our campus,” said Cullum.

Cullum also read “First They Came,” a poem written in 1946 by Pastor Martin Niemöller that is meant to inspire mutual advocacy.

Participants holding signs, and a banner that reads “Immigrant students deserve to feel safe at school. Demand sanctuary status now.” Photo by Sofia Langlois
SDS Member Ryan Kennedy shared that one third of immigrants in America are pursuing higher education. He went on to express frustration for federal actions but also for university inaction. Kennedy specifically referenced the Office of Diversity and Inclusion changing its name to the Office for Community and Connections to remove #DEI per the executive order.

“This may be just a name change to some, but what it indicates is fear in the university. When the university is scared, they will turn their back on their students,” said Kennedy. “President Ferrini-Mundy has not made any statements about protections for students, and that is honestly shameful.”

Katelyn Spearrin concluded the speeches by reiterating the rally demands. She insisted that sanctuary status measures must be done prior to harassment from ICE to adequately prepare. Spearrin also thanks participants for their involvement in the cause.

“Everyone who showed up today in support of our international students and staff for the protection of our several vulnerable populations by keeping ICE away from our campus, gaining sanctuary status and advocating for justice, are on the right side of history today,” said Spearrin."

Source:
https://mainecampus.com/category/news/2025/04/we-will-not-put-up-with-ice-students-call-for-sanctuary-status-at-umaine/

#MaineResists #MaineStudentsResist #ResistICE #Deportations #Fascism #Disappeared

[Full article - is behind a paywall] ‘We will not put up with #ICE’: #Students call for #SanctuaryStatus at #UMaine

By Sofia Langlois on April 14, 2025

A rally for sanctuary campus status at the University of Maine was hosted by Students for a Democratic Society (UMO-SDS) in partnership with #JewishVoiceForPeace (JVP) and Triota Epsilon Psi on April 12 in front of Fogler Library. Despite the rainy weekend, dozens of students showed up with handmade signs demanding protections for international students from deportation at an administrative level.

To create a sanctuary campus status at UMaine, the university would need to enact policies that limit Immigrations Customs Enforcement (ICE) access to campus and student information. It would also include a commitment to “non-cooperation” if asked to aid in a search for undocumented students.
SDS Member Gabriel Veilleux led the demonstration with chants before his speech. Some of these rally cries included “Say it once, say it twice: We will not put up with ICE,” “Money for housing and education, not for war and deportation” and “Black Bears, hear us shout: Sanctuary status now.”

Veilleux described current threats of deportation, arrests and detainment that have the potential to reach UMaine. He, like the other participants, believes that university administration must pass a resolution codifying sanctuary status measures to protect immigrants and international students. Veilleux stands firm that the “attack on one is an attack on all” mentality applies to this situation, insisting that UMaine would fail its entire community by remaining neutral.

“We stand here to send a message that the students of UMaine will never yield to the threats and pressure imposed upon us, that we will be steadfast in our #resistance to the #Trump Administration and that we will do all we can to defend our community from ICE invasions and kidnappings,” said Veilleux.
Triota Member Franny Wilson-Charuk addressed the crowd as a proxy for Cheyanne Goroshin, who was absent. Goroshin expressed that UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy cannot uphold her priority to “promote student success” without protecting vulnerable populations on campus. She also emphasized that international students should not be expected to fight for their rights alone. Their ability to succeed may also impact that of their domestic peers and the functioning of UMaine as a whole.

“How do we ensure the success of students when their peers continue to be picked off the streets and detained? How do we ensure student success when admins can’t guarantee that students will be protected from ICE in all buildings on this campus, and when there is no protocol for protecting students who live off campus?,” said Wilson-Charuk.

Wilson-Charuk went on to list multiple ways in which UMaine can take meaningful action. The first is to increase transparency by publishing a list of every building that is restricted or unrestricted from ICE with an explanation as to why. Secondly, to initiate statements from UMPS that agree to prioritize student safety, even from federal agents. The final and primary action is to establish sanctuary status at UMaine.

SDS Member Morgan Ramsay described two situations where international students were targeted as a result of peaceful #activism.

On March 8, Columbia University Graduate Student #MahmoudKhalil was arrested at his apartment by ICE, despite being a permanent resident with a green card. Khalil helped lead protests against Israel. Awaiting trial, Khalil wrote a letter about the circumstances.

At Tufts University, Turkish Doctoral Student #RumeysaOzturk was detained by masked ICE officers dressed in plain clothes on her way to meet friends for dinner on March 25. Ozturk co-authored an op-ed article showing support for Palestinians in Gaza. She had an F1visa and no criminal allegations, but was accused of Hamas alignment according to Ramsay.

“So far, over 600 international students and recent grads across the US have had their visas revoked by the Trump Administration. Many of these visa cancellations are in response to participation in student-led activism…,” said Ramsay. “The Trump Administration is making our constitutional rights increasingly conditional, especially for those who do not hold citizenship status.”

JVP president Talia Cullum mentioned #HolocaustRemembranceDay, or #YomHaShoah next month in connection to the current political climate. Yom HaShoah means “Day of the Catastrophe” in Hebrew. According to Cullum, the phrase “#NeverAgain,” which most frequently refers to the Holocaust, can be applied to issues that are happening now.

“Never again is now. Never again is here. We don’t want a new #gestapo force coming and picking up our students on our campus,” said Cullum.

Cullum also read “First They Came,” a poem written in 1946 by Pastor Martin Niemöller that is meant to inspire mutual advocacy.

Participants holding signs, and a banner that reads “Immigrant students deserve to feel safe at school. Demand sanctuary status now.” Photo by Sofia Langlois
SDS Member Ryan Kennedy shared that one third of immigrants in America are pursuing higher education. He went on to express frustration for federal actions but also for university inaction. Kennedy specifically referenced the Office of Diversity and Inclusion changing its name to the Office for Community and Connections to remove #DEI per the executive order.

“This may be just a name change to some, but what it indicates is fear in the university. When the university is scared, they will turn their back on their students,” said Kennedy. “President Ferrini-Mundy has not made any statements about protections for students, and that is honestly shameful.”

Katelyn Spearrin concluded the speeches by reiterating the rally demands. She insisted that sanctuary status measures must be done prior to harassment from ICE to adequately prepare. Spearrin also thanks participants for their involvement in the cause.

“Everyone who showed up today in support of our international students and staff for the protection of our several vulnerable populations by keeping ICE away from our campus, gaining sanctuary status and advocating for justice, are on the right side of history today,” said Spearrin."

Source:
https://mainecampus.com/category/news/2025/04/we-will-not-put-up-with-ice-students-call-for-sanctuary-status-at-umaine/

#MaineResists #MaineStudentsResist #ResistICE #Deportations #Fascism #Disappeared

[Full article - is behind a paywall] ‘We will not put up with #ICE’: #Students call for #SanctuaryStatus at #UMaine

By Sofia Langlois on April 14, 2025

A rally for sanctuary campus status at the University of Maine was hosted by Students for a Democratic Society (UMO-SDS) in partnership with #JewishVoiceForPeace (JVP) and Triota Epsilon Psi on April 12 in front of Fogler Library. Despite the rainy weekend, dozens of students showed up with handmade signs demanding protections for international students from deportation at an administrative level.

To create a sanctuary campus status at UMaine, the university would need to enact policies that limit Immigrations Customs Enforcement (ICE) access to campus and student information. It would also include a commitment to “non-cooperation” if asked to aid in a search for undocumented students.
SDS Member Gabriel Veilleux led the demonstration with chants before his speech. Some of these rally cries included “Say it once, say it twice: We will not put up with ICE,” “Money for housing and education, not for war and deportation” and “Black Bears, hear us shout: Sanctuary status now.”

Veilleux described current threats of deportation, arrests and detainment that have the potential to reach UMaine. He, like the other participants, believes that university administration must pass a resolution codifying sanctuary status measures to protect immigrants and international students. Veilleux stands firm that the “attack on one is an attack on all” mentality applies to this situation, insisting that UMaine would fail its entire community by remaining neutral.

“We stand here to send a message that the students of UMaine will never yield to the threats and pressure imposed upon us, that we will be steadfast in our #resistance to the #Trump Administration and that we will do all we can to defend our community from ICE invasions and kidnappings,” said Veilleux.
Triota Member Franny Wilson-Charuk addressed the crowd as a proxy for Cheyanne Goroshin, who was absent. Goroshin expressed that UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy cannot uphold her priority to “promote student success” without protecting vulnerable populations on campus. She also emphasized that international students should not be expected to fight for their rights alone. Their ability to succeed may also impact that of their domestic peers and the functioning of UMaine as a whole.

“How do we ensure the success of students when their peers continue to be picked off the streets and detained? How do we ensure student success when admins can’t guarantee that students will be protected from ICE in all buildings on this campus, and when there is no protocol for protecting students who live off campus?,” said Wilson-Charuk.

Wilson-Charuk went on to list multiple ways in which UMaine can take meaningful action. The first is to increase transparency by publishing a list of every building that is restricted or unrestricted from ICE with an explanation as to why. Secondly, to initiate statements from UMPS that agree to prioritize student safety, even from federal agents. The final and primary action is to establish sanctuary status at UMaine.

SDS Member Morgan Ramsay described two situations where international students were targeted as a result of peaceful #activism.

On March 8, Columbia University Graduate Student #MahmoudKhalil was arrested at his apartment by ICE, despite being a permanent resident with a green card. Khalil helped lead protests against Israel. Awaiting trial, Khalil wrote a letter about the circumstances.

At Tufts University, Turkish Doctoral Student #RumeysaOzturk was detained by masked ICE officers dressed in plain clothes on her way to meet friends for dinner on March 25. Ozturk co-authored an op-ed article showing support for Palestinians in Gaza. She had an F1visa and no criminal allegations, but was accused of Hamas alignment according to Ramsay.

“So far, over 600 international students and recent grads across the US have had their visas revoked by the Trump Administration. Many of these visa cancellations are in response to participation in student-led activism…,” said Ramsay. “The Trump Administration is making our constitutional rights increasingly conditional, especially for those who do not hold citizenship status.”

JVP president Talia Cullum mentioned #HolocaustRemembranceDay, or #YomHaShoah next month in connection to the current political climate. Yom HaShoah means “Day of the Catastrophe” in Hebrew. According to Cullum, the phrase “#NeverAgain,” which most frequently refers to the Holocaust, can be applied to issues that are happening now.

“Never again is now. Never again is here. We don’t want a new #gestapo force coming and picking up our students on our campus,” said Cullum.

Cullum also read “First They Came,” a poem written in 1946 by Pastor Martin Niemöller that is meant to inspire mutual advocacy.

Participants holding signs, and a banner that reads “Immigrant students deserve to feel safe at school. Demand sanctuary status now.” Photo by Sofia Langlois
SDS Member Ryan Kennedy shared that one third of immigrants in America are pursuing higher education. He went on to express frustration for federal actions but also for university inaction. Kennedy specifically referenced the Office of Diversity and Inclusion changing its name to the Office for Community and Connections to remove #DEI per the executive order.

“This may be just a name change to some, but what it indicates is fear in the university. When the university is scared, they will turn their back on their students,” said Kennedy. “President Ferrini-Mundy has not made any statements about protections for students, and that is honestly shameful.”

Katelyn Spearrin concluded the speeches by reiterating the rally demands. She insisted that sanctuary status measures must be done prior to harassment from ICE to adequately prepare. Spearrin also thanks participants for their involvement in the cause.

“Everyone who showed up today in support of our international students and staff for the protection of our several vulnerable populations by keeping ICE away from our campus, gaining sanctuary status and advocating for justice, are on the right side of history today,” said Spearrin."

Source:
https://mainecampus.com/category/news/2025/04/we-will-not-put-up-with-ice-students-call-for-sanctuary-status-at-umaine/

#MaineResists #MaineStudentsResist #ResistICE #Deportations #Fascism #Disappeared

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6oBfgkreiu/?igsh=MnpkODZzOTB5eTU4 For 60 seconds, everything stands still as we remember and dedicate our thoughts to the 6 million Jewish people (and many other souls) who were persecuted, murdered, or lived through the holocaust.

We do the same on Yom Hazikaron יום הזיכרון Memorial day for Israel’s Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism.

In a world where too many deny the atrocities of the holocaust, and now do the same with the atrocities done on Oct 7, remembering, reminding, and teaching about the holocaust feels more important than ever.

It is our duty - the people of the free world who want to live in a democracy - to do everything in our power to keep this world free from the present evil, before it is too late. And I do not mean for Jewish people only. I mean for the free world of the west. We must read the signs and learn from the past so that we have a future.

#yomhashoah #holocaust #holocaustmemorial

@Alon Thanks 🙏 for the clarification ⬆️ on why there are multiple days on the calendar called ‘#HolocaustMemorialDay.’

Probably best not to use the winter date (January 27) suggested by #SovietZombies 🧟‍♂️ in #Russia who had previously spread #antisemitic #propaganda. 🤔

#BeLikeCanada and #Israel , wait until 27 Nisan in April/May (#YomHaShoah ) in the Spring. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust_memorial_days

Remember Zaromb.

https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Zareby/zareby.html

#YomHaShoah #Zaromb

"When the last [holocaust survivor] will be gone, a page will be turned. That’s what I say wherever I go, I say to young people to be a witness is to become one, because now you are our witnesses." -Elie Wiesel, speaking to Moment Editor Nadine Epstein in 2013. https://momentmag.com/heart-to-heart-with-elie-wiesel/

#eliewiesel #Interview #Holocaustremembranceday #YomHaShoah #Judaism #Jewish #Religion #Jewsofinstagram #NeverForget #NeverAgain #History

Tonight begins Yom HaShoa, the Jewish Day of Remembrance for the Holocaust, remembering the six million, or roughly half the world's Jews, that were killed in the Holocaust.

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/yom-hashoah-holocaust-memorial-day/

While International Holocaust Remembrance day is was January 27th, when we remember all victims of the Holocaust, today is the Jewish Day of Holocaust Remembrance.

#YomHaShoah #HolocaustRememberanceDay #Holocaust #Jewish

Tonight begins Yom HaShoa, the Jewish Day of Remembrance for the Holocaust, remembering the six million, or roughly half the world's Jews, that were killed in the Holocaust.

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/yom-hashoah-holocaust-memorial-day/

While International Holocaust Remembrance day is was January 27th, when we remember all victims of the Holocaust, today is the Jewish Day of Holocaust Remembrance.

#YomHaShoah #HolocaustRememberanceDay #Holocaust #Jewish

Tonight begins Yom HaShoa, the Jewish Day of Remembrance for the Holocaust, remembering the six million, or roughly half the world's Jews, that were killed in the Holocaust.

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/yom-hashoah-holocaust-memorial-day/

While International Holocaust Remembrance day is was January 27th, when we remember all victims of the Holocaust, today is the Jewish Day of Holocaust Remembrance.

#YomHaShoah #HolocaustRememberanceDay #Holocaust #Jewish

Tonight begins Yom HaShoa, the Jewish Day of Remembrance for the Holocaust, remembering the six million, or roughly half the world's Jews, that were killed in the Holocaust.

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/yom-hashoah-holocaust-memorial-day/

While International Holocaust Remembrance day is was January 27th, when we remember all victims of the Holocaust, today is the Jewish Day of Holocaust Remembrance.

#YomHaShoah #HolocaustRememberanceDay #Holocaust #Jewish

»Die Forderung, daß Auschwitz nicht noch einmal sei, ist die allererste an Erziehung. Sie geht so sehr jeglicher anderen voran, daß ich weder glaube, sie begründen zu müssen noch zu sollen.«

Theodor W. Adorno: Erziehung nach Auschwitz. (1966)

#YomHaShoah #JomHaschoa #WeRemember