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Media
Advisory
New Classroom Program in Quebec to Combat Antisemitism,
Racism and Hatred To Be
Unveiled at École internationale de Montréal Public School
MONTREAL, April
26, 2005 – The
founders of Fighting Antisemitism Together (FAST) will launch their
first French-language education program, Choose Your Voice, before
an audience of students and educators of the École internationale
de Montréal, on Monday, April 30, 2007, at 10 a.m.
The event will feature the presentation of a made-in-Quebec DVD named Choose
Your Voice, with testimonials of survivors of the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide,
and victims of hatred in Canada. The DVD and support materials, which will be
made available to all Quebec schools, are intended to spark discussion in the
classroom on the dangers of prejudice in all of its manifestations.
What: |
Launch of
FAST's made-in-Quebec Choose Your Voice program |
When: |
Monday, April
30, 2007 at 10 a.m. |
Where: |
École
internationale de Montréal, member of the Commission scolaire
de Montréal
11 Chemin Côte St-Antoine (off Sherbrooke Street near Clarke)
Westmount |
Who: |
Tony Comper,
FAST Founder and Immediate Past President and CEO,
BMO Financial Group
Adam Atlas, Officer of the Board, Canadian Jewish Congress, Quebec Region
Rupert Bazambanza, survivor of the Rwandan genocide
Guylaine Cormier, Principal, École internationale de Montréal |
Media wishing to attend should register in advance by calling Sabrina
Bercovitch at (514) 345-6411
#3170 or Ronald Monet at (514) 877-1873.
About FAST
FAST (Fighting Antisemitism Together) is a coalition of non-Jewish Canadian
business and community leaders who have come together to speak out against
antisemitism and to fund education and other projects that encourage other
non-Jews to speak out. This coalition was founded by Elizabeth and Tony Comper
in response to the documented increase in vicious anti-Jewish incidents in
Canada.
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Contacts:
Sabrina Bercovitch, Canadian Jewish Congress, Quebec Region,
(514) 345-6411 # 3170 or (514) 512-9056
Ronald Monet, BMO Financial Group, (514) 877-1873 or (514) 594-2501
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