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Newcastle Holocaust Memorial Day “Speak Up, Speak Out”

Sunday, January 29, 2012 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM (GMT)

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Newcastle Holocaust Memorial Day “Speak Up, Speak Out”

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Event Programme

Newcastle Holocaust Memorial Day “Speak Up, Speak Out”
Banqueting Suite and Pandon Balcony Civic Centre
3.00pm – 5.00pm Sunday 29 January 2012

Order of Event

  1. Welcome and outline of the event from Master of Ceremonies (Katie Mullin and Carina Brown (Ashington High School) 
  2. Introduction from Cllr Nigel Todd, Chair, Newcastle HMD (2 minutes)
  3. Choir Performance by Ouseburn Young Voices  (10 minutes)
  4. Leader of the Council – Cllr Nick Forbes (5 minutes)
  5. Bosnian Genocide – Ed Vulliamy (journalist and writer) and Nerma Jelacic (journalist and spokeswoman for the ICTY Hague tribunal) (10 minutes)
  6. Leader of the Opposition – Councillor David Faulkner (5 minutes)
  7. Interfaith and Intergenerational study trip to Auschwitz – Birkenau 
    1. Shared prior learning and reason for involvement from local interfaith representatives: Rabbi A. Lipsey, The Very Reverend Christopher Dalliston, Iman Mohammed Roziur Rahman, Jaswinder Singh (20 minutes)
    2. Young people’s response from Esti and Joel Harrison
       (5 minutes)
  8. Holocaust speaker (Ruth Barnett) “Speak Up Speak Out” (10 minutes)
  9. Personal experience from the young people from across the city. “Lessons from Auschwitz” project and the individual testimonials. This includes 
     a. Dame Allans school Student - Lizzy Mansfield 2minutues
     b. Heaton Manor school Students -  4 minutes
     c. Sacred Heart RC High school Students -  4 minutes
  10. Ceremony – Lighting of Candle (Lord Mayor)  (2 minutes)
  11. Two minute silence (2 minutes)
  12. Choir Performance by Ouseburn Young Voices  (10 minutes)
  13. Digital media project based on a city wide multi school project asking young people to consider what you see and hear around you, and to use your voices to Speak Up against hatred and discrimination.
      Photography and digital project based in the foyer

When & Where



Banqueting Suite
Civic Centre, Newcastle City Council
Barras Bridge
NE99 1RD Newcastle Upon Tyne
United Kingdom

Sunday, January 29, 2012 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM (GMT)


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Holocaust Memorial Day Trust



The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (HMDT) is a national charity formed in 2005. Our vision is that the Holocaust and subsequent genocides are known; that victims are commemorated and lessons learnt are translated into contemporary action in the UK.

We are responsible for the annual, national commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day. We produce free advice and resources for the hundreds of event organisers in the UK who hold events on or around 27 January each year.

Through HMD we raise awareness, inform and educate about the Holocaust and its contemporary relevance – especially to issues of racism; prejudice and discrimination. We prompt action in the UK in favour of diversity; equality and harmony between communities.
Our website contains a wealth of resources including poetry, survivor testimony, a free Campaign Pack and artwork which provides further information for those wishing to find out more. In addition, we provide free resources for UK teachers on our education website

The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust was officially registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales on 8 May 2005 (Registered Charity Number: 1109348). HM The Queen agreed to be the Patron of the Trust in June 2006.