HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL TO BE "HOLOCAUST & GENOCIDE AWARENESS MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N
PROCLAIMING APRIL TO BE "HOLOCAUST & GENOCIDE AWARENESS MONTH" IN
THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Introduced By:
Representatives Kislak, Kazarian, Knight, Boylan, Shekarchi,
Blazejewski, Chippendale, Biah, Finkelman, and Ackerman

Date Introduced:
April 16, 2026

Referred To:
House read and passed
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WHEREAS, The State of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island General Assembly passed
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legislation in 2016 requiring Holocaust and genocide education for secondary public education;
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and
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WHEREAS, The State of Rhode Island passed legislation establishing the RI Holocaust
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and Genocide Education Commission to oversee the implementation of Holocaust and genocide
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education in the state’s secondary schools with the hopes of better understanding how the
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Holocaust and genocides can be averted in the future; and
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WHEREAS, Each year, the RI House of Representatives overwhelmingly passes
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resolutions remembering the Holocaust, Armenian Genocide and other genocides, recognizing the
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importance of “Never Again”; and
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WHEREAS, It is essential to our State and our Nation that we educate our youth about
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the millions of men, women, and children who have and continue to be slaughtered and
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ostracized simply because of their beliefs and their heritage, or their strength or frailty, in order to
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not let this brutality and senseless hatred and carnage continue; now, therefore be it
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RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby
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proclaims April to be “Holocaust & Genocide Awareness Month” and strongly encourages Rhode
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Island’s history and social science educators to incorporate lessons on past and current genocide
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atrocities into their curriculum and classroom discussions in order to encourage and foster a new
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generation with insight and the pledge to work to eradicate bigotry, prejudice, brutality, and

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injustice; and be it further
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to
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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Angélica Infante-Green, Commissioner of the
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Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Rhode Island
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Holocaust and Genocide Education Commission.
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