After a long winter night's sleep we had a nice hotel breakfast and headed out at 915 for a brisk walk to the Holocaust Museum.
We spent a couple powerful hours going through the permanent exhibit. New January 1, they allow non-flash photography.
When we got out the snow had started.
We met our driver for the afternoon Anthony and he took us to the Museum of the American Indian to grab lunch. Then we started our Monument tour at the Jefferson.
Then we headed to the FDR.
And finally to the Lincoln Memorial
and the Vietnam Memorial.
An unforgettable day of the monuments in the snow. Anthony then dropped us off at the Conference which started at 4. After getting our packets and mingling with the other conferees, the conference opened with an amazing talk/rap by Omekongo Dibinga.
Check him out at http://upstanderinternational.com We got to talk with him and have invited him to come visit MRHS.
We watched a screening of the documentary Watchers of the Sky which connects the story of Raphael Lemkin (this conference is named in his honor) with people struggling to combat genocide today - and had pizza during the film. Finally we heard from Dydine Umunyana, a survivor of the Rwandan Genocide (introduced by HHS alum Mac Hamilton).
We survived an icy walk back to the hotel - let's hope for better weather tomorrow!
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