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Supporting the Yezidi Community Ten Years After Genocide

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A Yezidi woman prays on the sacred grounds of Lalish. Iraq, 2015. Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin for the US Holocaust Memorial Museum

A Yezidi woman prays on the sacred grounds of Lalish. Iraq, 2015. Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin for the US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Please join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, Free Yezidi Foundation, Sinjar Academy, and Yazda for an event commemorating the tenth anniversary of the genocide. Hear from members of the Yezidi community and US policy makers on the urgent actions needed to support victims and survivors.

This event is free and open to the public, but reservations are required.

For more information, please contact genocideprevention@ushmm.org.

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