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S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N
PROCLAIMING APRIL TO BE "HOLOCAUST & GENOCIDE AWARENESS MO NTH" IN
THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
Introduced By: Senators Miller, Gallo, and Tikoian
Date Introduced: March 30, 2023
Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration
WHEREAS, The State of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island General Assembly passed 1
legislation in 2016 requiring Holocaust and genocide education for secondary public education; 2
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WHEREAS, The State of Rhode Island passed legislation establishing the RI Holocaust 4
and Genocide Education Commission to oversee the implementation of Holocaust and genocide 5
education in the State’s secondary schools with the hopes of better understanding how the 6
Holocaust and genocides can be averted in the future; and 7
WHEREAS, Each year the RI Senate overwhelmingly passes resolutions remembering 8
the Holocaust, Armenian Genocide and other genocides, recognizing the importance of “Never 9
Again”; and 10
WHEREAS, It is essential to our State and our Nation that we educate our youth about 11
the millions of men, women, and children who have and continue to be slaughtered and 12
ostracized simply because of their beliefs and their heritage, or their strength or frailty, in order to 13
not let this brutality and senseless hatred and carnage continue; now, therefore be it 14
RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby proclaims April to be 15
“Holocaust & Genocide Awareness Month” and strongly encourages Rhode Island’s history and 16
social science educators to incorporate lessons on past and current genocide atrocities into their 17
curriculum and classroom discussions in order to encourage and foster a new generation with 18
insight and the pledge to work to eradicate bigotry, prejudice, brutality, and injustice; and be it 19
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to 2
transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Angélica Infante-Green, Commissioner of the 3
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Rhode Island 4
Holocaust and Genocide Education Commission. 5
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