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'Speak Truth' through June 24
2018-06-13
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Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center will present the Midwest debut of "Speak Truth to Power," a major touring exhibition based on the book, Speak Truth to Power: Human Rights Defenders Who Are Changing Our World, by Kerry Kennedy, president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights.
The exhibition will run through June 24 at the museum, 9603 Woods Dr., Skokie.
"Speak Truth to Power" highlights activists who have worked tirelessly to defend justice in the areas of political rights, freedom of expression, honor killings, demilitarization, environmental activism, mental health, children's rights, national self-determination and more.
See ILHolocaustMuseum.org/speaktruthtopower . |
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