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Media Students design artwork for Holocaust Memorial Day

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Carshalton College was recently invited by the Chief Executive’s Office at the London Borough of Sutton to take part in their Holocaust Memorial Day.

50 students from the BTEC Diploma in Creative Media Level 2 and Level 3 were set a project to design a photograph, poster or artwork in response to the theme of ‘Speak Up, Speak Out’

In small groups the students worked on ideas before individually or in pairs undertaking production of the images. The students choose original photography and drawing artwork for their final pieces. Mark Gatehouse, Tutor for Interactive Media at the College said

“The project was a brilliant experience for the students to come up with original and thought provoking ideas and then to go through the process of hanging work in an exhibition external to the College. The work was at the Europa Gallery in Sutton Library before being displayed in the College reception.”

Please find below a summary of the event from the London Borough of Sutton

Sutton remembers on Holocaust Memorial Day 31.01.12

People from across Sutton gathered to remember victims of genocide on Holocaust Memorial Day 2012.

School children, religious leaders and councillors attended the civic service in Sutton Library's Europa Gallery on Friday 27 January, exactly 67 years after Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp was liberated.

The theme of this year's event, which is celebrated across the world on this date each year, was 'Speak Up, Speak Out'.

Cllr Simon Wales, Sutton Council's Executive Member for Communities, Transport and Voluntary Sector, said that it was important that people find the strength to speak out against injustice.

He said: "It takes real courage to speak out – but we need to look into our hearts and find the strength to do so. On Holocaust Memorial Day we remember those who have lost their lives to hatred and intolerance, but an important part of the event is looking forward to how we can create a better, safer future for all."

The audience listened to speeches from Mayor of Sutton Councillor Gerry Jerome, Holocaust survivor Marcel Ladenheim, Reverend Meir Lev, Minister of Sutton and District Synagogue and Meddie Kakyama-Mayanja, a teacher at Stanley Park High School, who spoke about African genocide.

Members of Sutton Youth Parliament closed the speeches by telling the audience what they would take away from the event. An exhibition exploring intolerance and the importance of speaking out was on display in the Europa Gallery during the speeches and over the weekend.

During a speech about his experiences living in occupied France during World War Two, Mr Ladenheim said: "It is so important to speak out against racial intolerance, religious fanaticism and homophobia. We must remember what can happen when these attitudes are allowed to continue. I lived through an age where innocent men, women and children were murdered, and I don't want to see people forget that while I'm alive."

An exhibition on the themes of tolerance and speaking out was on display in the Europa Gallery after the service. Holocaust Memorial Day was organised with the help of SREC, Black History Month Group, Joe Bishop, Julie Duffy, shOUT and Carshalton College.