Professor Ron Weisberger, Director of the BCC Holocaust Center presented on "The Holocaust and Human Behavior" at a session of Confronting Discrimination held at the Fall River Boys and Girls Club on April 19, 2019. Professor Weisberger described what led up to the Holocaust and suggested that many of the same elements continue to exist in the United States and other parts of the world. The discussion centered on how to confront discrimination against any group by becoming an "upstander" rather than a "bystander" when witnessing this kind of behavior. The goal of the series is to increase understand the connection between oppression and violence, understand the significance of empathy in healthy community relations, understand how insensitive rhetoric can create tension in community relations, recognize the role of privilege and how to use privilege to be an anti-oppression ally. The training is a project of United Neighbors of Fall River and Partners and was led by United Neighbors Executive Director Wendy Garf-Lipp. Click here for a 53-minute video of the presentation and discussion. Click here, here, and here for other sessions. For more information about the series, contact Wendy at 508-324-7933  For more information about the presentation, contact BCC Holocaust Center Director Ron Weisburger at 508-678-2811, Ext. 2444.