Wall of commitment
Add your comments to the electronic wall of commitment.
This City Council reaffirms:
- its commitment to remembering the Holocaust and all victims of Genocide; and
- its determination to ensure that it will NEVER AGAIN be allowed to happen.
Through its "Life-long Learning" policies and practices the City Council will continue to:
- remember the genocides of the twentieth century and ensure that the lessons are learned for the future;
- raise awareness and understanding of the holocaust as a continuing issue for all humanity and reflect on recent atrocities that raise similar issues;
- react by highlighting the values of a tolerant and diverse society and the crucial importance of demonstrating RESPECT for others as a key to genocide prevention.
In furtherance of this reaffirmation, the City Council was successful in its bid to host the national commemoration programme on behalf of the UK which involves:
- providing schools with resources to enable our children to learn the lessons of the holocaust and other genocides;
- establishing a book, and an electronic wall of commitment, to be available in the period leading up to the memorial day for all members of the community to pledge their support for the National Statement of Commitment;
- using the memorial stone in St John's Gardens as a focal point for remembrance of the victims of Nazi persecution (Jewish people, homosexuals, disabled people, black people, Roma, trade unionists and asylum seekers) as well as the victims of other genocides by arranging a "laying of flowers" ceremony on 14 January 2008, involving survivors, civic and community representatives;
- co-ordinating a comprehensive community programme of cultural activities from 14 to 27 January 2008, including the UK's main national commemoration event which will take place at the Philharmonic Hall on Sunday 27 January 2008.