BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//91Ó°ÊÓ//Events//EN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Ecocide: Environmental Destruction from the Holocaust to Today DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20261118T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20261118T183000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260824T110030Z UID:3h8iv215pfc2kajsigh25cv74n@google.com DESCRIPTION:At this webinar\, Dr. Ellen Kennedy will examine the weaponiza tion of environmental destruction during the Holocaust and in Syria\, Ukra ine\, and Nagorno-Karabakh and steps for justice. Ecocide is the mass dama ge and destruction of nature: severe\, widespread\, or long-term environme ntal devastation caused by unlawful or wanton acts. It is a ‘force multi plier’ of violence and often a precursor of genocide and mass atrocities . Ecocide is criminalized in countries and regions around the world\, pena lizing individuals and organizations that cause it and establishing proced ures to prevent it.This event is free and open to the everyone but registr ation is required. Please note that\, due to the use of copyrighted materi als\, we are not able to record this talk. This will be a fully synchronou s offering.REGISTER HERE--Speaker Biography: Ellen J. Kennedy\, Ph.D.\, Ex ecutive Director of World Without Genocide\, has received many awards for her work\, including the Director’s Community Leadership Award from the FBI\, Distinguished Alumni Award from Northern Michigan University\, Woman of Valor Award from Forward Global Women\, among many others\, and she is designated as a Prominent Minnesotan for her human rights work. Kennedy h as a BA degree from the University of Michigan\, three masters’ degrees\ , and two doctorate degrees from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Kennedy is the representative of World Without Genocide to the UN Department of Gl obal Communications. World Without Genocide has Special Consultative Statu s to the United Nations.This event is part of the 2026-2027 series on "Gen ocide and the Environment" being offered by the Cohen Institute for Holoca ust and Genocide Studies at 91Ó°ÊÓ. Speakers in this series r epresent a wide range of scholarly research and views\; our guests' perspe ctives should not be taken as representative of the Cohen Institute or Kee ne State College as a whole. The lecture is made possible through donor fu nding. If you would like to make a gift to support this lecture or other I nstitute offerings\, please visit our website. LOCATION:Zoom Webinar URL:http://www.keene.edu/news/events/detail/23528/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR