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Genocide, Black history bill is signed into law - The Ellsworth American

Luchini bill seeks to add minority history, genocide education to the curriculum - The Ellsworth American

Luchini bill seeks to add minority history, genocide education to the curriculum ELLSWORTH Three Ellsworth High School students stepped into the world of politics and legislation when they testified to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs on May 10. Senior Kylie Robidoux and juniors Ellie Kane and Paige Sawyer spoke in support of LD 187, a bill introduced by Sen. Louie Luchini (D-Hancock County) titled “An Act to Require Education About African-American History and the History of Genocide.” All three students are enrolled in a year-long elective course on the Holocaust and genocide taught by Heidi Omlor. “It was actually very interesting, and I was overall surprised at how easy it was to be able to sign up and testify,” Kane said. “Now, when any bill comes out, I can just sign up and offer my opinion. Having it be easier than I expected, I would definitely do it again.”

Bills would mandate Holocaust and Black history education in Maine

Bills would mandate Holocaust and Black history education in Maine The legislation before the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee would require all Maine public schools to include curriculum on genocide and Black history in their courses of study. Share For Holocaust survivors like Charles Rotmil, the genocide committed against Jews by Nazi Germany in World War II should not be an optional subject in public education. “We need to know what happened during this period so that it will never happen again,” Rotmil, 88, of Portland, told members of the Legislature’s Education and Cultural Affairs Committee Monday. As a child, Rotmil was rescued and hidden by monks in Belgium at age 7. He and his brother survived the war, but his mother and sister died in a train crash and his father was arrested by the Nazis and executed in the gas chambers at Auschwitz. Rotmil has told his stories of survival to thousands of Maine students over the years. He said mandating education arou