Voices of the Generations founder and CEO, Julie Kohner, was the invited speaker at an event hosted by the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday evening, March 12, 2015. VOG was also featured in an article the next day in the Cedar Rapids Gazette.

http://thegazette.com/keeping-hannas-story-from-being-forgotten-20150313

Julie Kohner, CEO and Founder of Voices of the Generations, with Robert Becker of the Thaler Family Foundation and Gail Naughton, President/CEO of the National Czech and Slovak Museum & Library.

Julie also spoke to students and teachers at Excelsior Middle School and Regis Middle School near Cedar Rapids earlier in the day.

Presentation by Julie Kohner at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Thursday, March 12 at 7:00 p.m.
On the web at:
http://www.ncsml.org/Events/20150312/414/Voices-of-the-Generations-Stories-from-the-Holocaust.aspx?isfullsite=true

This Is Your Life Hanna Bloch Kohner and International Holocaust Remembrance Day

An International Holocaust Remembrance Day program featuring Julie Kohner, founder of Voices of the Generations, and Spertus Professor of Holocaust Studies Dr. Elliot Lefkovitz will be presented tonight at 7pm, at the Spertus Institute in Chicago.

The original episode of This Is Your Life, Hanna Bloch Kohner,  will be shared with the audience during this program, along with artifacts from the show. The program will also include conversation about the importance of this TV segment in the American understanding of the Holocaust.  For more information, please see the Spertus Institute web site.

http://www.spertus.edu/programs-events/this-is-your-life

Julie will present Voices of the Generations at the Ojai Women’s Club at 1pm.

VOG founder, Julie Kohner, recently spoke at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. The event was held on May 1, 2014, in the Hale Library on the campus of KSU. Julie was introduced by Karin Westman, Associate Professor and Department Head for the Department of English at KSU.  About 125 students, faculty, and community members were in attendance.

Julie Kohner, Founder of Voices of the Generations, spoke to 500 students, grades 9 – 12, on Thursday,  May 1, at Hayden Catholic High School in Topeka, Kansas. The event was held in  the school gymnasium. Julie was welcomed by Principal Mark Madsen and Assistant Principal Michael Monaghan.

Tonight, Wichita State University and the Wichita Commemoration Council hosted a community wide Yom Ha Shoah program that included Voices of the Generations founder, Julie Kohner, as the guest speaker. More than 100 members of the community attended the program, held at WSU.