{"id":51691,"date":"2017-04-05T10:06:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T23:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-holocaust-survivor-eva-kor-presents-the-power-of-forgiveness-at-the-carrollton-school-of-the-sacred-heart-tonight\/"},"modified":"2017-04-05T10:08:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T14:08:12","slug":"eva-kor-sobreviviente-del-holocausto-presenta-esta-noche-el-poder-del-perdon-en-la-escuela-carrollton-del-sagrado-corazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/eva-kor-sobreviviente-del-holocausto-presenta-esta-noche-el-poder-del-perdon-en-la-escuela-carrollton-del-sagrado-corazon\/","title":{"rendered":"Holocaust Survivor Eva Kor Presents the Power of Forgiveness at the Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart Tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">MIAMI<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 4, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Recipient of the 2017 Sachem award, the highest honor in the state of <span class=\"xn-location\">Indiana<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Eva Mozes Kor<\/span> is a survivor of the Holocaust, a forgiveness advocate, and a highly revered public speaker. With the driving message of &#8220;never give up&#8221; in her mind, Eva has emerged through a life filled with trauma as a brilliant example of the power of the human spirit to overcome. Eva is one of the few surviving twins still sharing her personal account of the medical experiments supervised by Nazi doctor <span class=\"xn-person\">Josef Mengele<\/span> at Auschwitz.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg803bleft\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg803bleft\" title=\"Mike and Constance Fernandez with Eva Kor\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Mike and Constance Fernandez with Eva Kor\" align=\"middle\" src=\"http:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/486634\/Carrollton_School_of_the_Sacred_Heart_Eva_Kor_1.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>In addition to the importance of her account of the Holocaust from a historical perspective, Eva&#8217;s life lessons and her message of survival and forgiveness touch the lives of thousands of people. In 1995, Eva chose to forgive the Nazis in her name only. She decided that they would no longer have power over her life. She describes forgiving the Nazis as an act of self-healing, self-liberation, and self-empowerment; to Eva, forgiveness is not about the perpetrator, not about forgetting. It is one step toward repairing the world by helping victims free themselves from perpetrators and remove anger and hatred.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am forever grateful to <span class=\"xn-person\">Shimon Peres<\/span> for introducing me to <span class=\"xn-person\">Eva Kor<\/span>, as she exemplifies the healing power of forgiveness,&#8221; states <span class=\"xn-person\">Mike Fernandez<\/span>, who came to America as a teenager after his family was forced out of <span class=\"xn-location\">Cuba<\/span>. &#8220;As one of two million Cuban exiles, I have been able to learn, move forward, and free my mind from the pain of the past through forgiveness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Eva&#8217;s account of her survival of the Holocaust offers many relevant lessons on the dangers of hate speech and prejudice, and the importance of being an informed citizen. Eva&#8217;s message of healing reaches around the globe and across social, economic, and cultural boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>In 1995, Eva opened CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center in <span class=\"xn-location\">Terre Haute, IN<\/span>, with a mission to illuminate the world with hope, healing, respect, and responsibility through education about the Holocaust. The only Holocaust museum in <span class=\"xn-location\">Indiana<\/span>, CANDLES is also the only organization in the world dedicated to the memory of the twin victims and survivors of medical experimentation at Auschwitz.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight Eva is speaking to an audience of over 800 people in the Fernandez and Argiz Families Wellness Center at the Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart in <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami, FL.<\/span> As the only all-girls school grades preK-12 in the <span class=\"xn-location\">State of Florida<\/span>, Carrollton serves as the leading advocate for girls&#8217; education, believing that single gender schools provide the most powerful, transformative learning environments for students. Carrollton&#8217;s tradition of excellence in all-girls&#8217; education dates back to 1801 and the founding of the first Sacred Heart School in Amiens, <span class=\"xn-location\">France<\/span>. For more than 200 years <span class=\"xn-org\">Sacred Heart<\/span> students have been held to the highest expectations and have been encouraged to become confident learners, critical thinkers, and self-starters. Carrollton&#8217;s all-girls&#8217; environment yields rewards that last a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>The event tonight is made possible by the collaboration of Head Master Olen Kalkus, <span class=\"xn-person\">Mike Fernandez<\/span>, and the great team of administrators and parents at Carrollton. Head Master Kalkus wanted to bring Eva to the school in order to share her message of survival, hope, healing, and forgiveness with the students and the community: &#8220;During these times when anger, incivility, and even violence based on retribution and retaliation seem to be on the rise and turning into the norm of political discourse in our country and the world, it is especially important to hear the message that <span class=\"xn-person\">Eva Kor<\/span> shares.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For more information about <span class=\"xn-person\">Eva Kor<\/span> or the CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center, please contact <span class=\"xn-person\">Dorothy Chambers<\/span> at 812-234-7881 or <a href=\"mailto:dorothy@candlesholocaustmuseum.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">dorothy@candlesholocaustmuseum.org<\/a>. For more information about Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, please contact 305-446-5673.<\/p>\n<p><b>Media Contact:\u00a0<br \/><\/b>Smilka Melgoza<br \/>305-662-2669<br \/><a href=\"mailto:news@smilka.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">news@smilka.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg2baeleft\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg2baeleft\" title=\"Olen and Kim Kalkus with Eva Kor\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Olen and Kim Kalkus with Eva Kor\" align=\"middle\" src=\"http:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/486635\/Carrollton_School_of_the_Sacred_Heart_Eva_Kor_2.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/486634\/Carrollton_School_of_the_Sacred_Heart_Eva_Kor_1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/486634\/Carrollton_School_of_the_Sacred_Heart_Eva_Kor_1.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/486635\/Carrollton_School_of_the_Sacred_Heart_Eva_Kor_2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/486635\/Carrollton_School_of_the_Sacred_Heart_Eva_Kor_2.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">MIAMI<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 4, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Recipient of the 2017 Sachem award, the highest honor in the state of <span class=\"xn-location\">Indiana<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Eva Mozes Kor<\/span> is a survivor of the Holocaust, a forgiveness advocate, and a highly revered public speaker. 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