Holocaust Remembrance Program Descriptions

AEPi – We Walk to Remember

“We Walk to Remember” was initiated at Alpha Epsilon Pi’s Alpha Chapter at New York University in 2007.
This AEPi-wide Holocaust remembrance initiative is aimed at ensuring that the memory of the Holocaust and
its lessons remain at the forefront of civil discourse on college campuses. By taking action and participating
in “We Walk to Remember,” thousands of AEPi brothers will remind their peers and community members that the
Holocaust is a human issue that deserves our collective remembrance.

On Thursday, April 19, or anytime the week before or the week after, chapters across North America will participate
in “We Walk to Remember.” In honor of Yom Ha’Shoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, the brothers of Alpha Epsilon Pi
will walk their respective campuses in silence, wearing signs that read “Never Forget” and handing out literature
describing the meaning of this most solemn occasion. The total time commitment could be as little as 30 minutes
or as long as you choose.

BBI – “Unto Every Person There Is a Name”

“Unto Every Person There Is a Name” is a program which can be done before or after the “Walk.” We encourage
you to hold this ceremony at a central point on campus.

The worldwide Holocaust memorial project, “Unto Every Person There Is a Name,” is a unique project designed to
perpetuate the memory of the Jewish victims of the Shoah as individuals by publicly reciting their names on
Yom Ha’Shoah. By personalizing the individual tragedy of its victims and survivors, this project seeks to defy
dangerous trends of indifference and ignorance toward World War II and the Holocaust.

Ceremonies during which names of Holocaust victims are recited, together with information including age, place
of birth, and place of death, personalize the tragedy of the Holocaust. We therefore remember individuals, not
just the intangible term, “the Six Million.”

The 2012 theme suggested by Yad Vashem is “My Brother’s Keeper – Jewish Solidarity during the Holocaust” which
provides the basic framework for ceremonies and observances around the world.