A Fond Farewell (Voices on Genocide Prevention)
Series: Voices on Genocide Prevention
From: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Length: 00:18:09
As he prepares to take on his new role as Executive Director of the Save Darfur Coalition, Jerry Fowler, former Voices on Genocide Prevention host and Committee on Conscience Staff Director, reflects on his time at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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Piece Description
As he prepares to take on his new role as Executive Director of the Save Darfur Coalition, Jerry Fowler, former Voices on Genocide Prevention host and Committee on Conscience Staff Director, reflects on his time at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Broadcast History
Posted to US Holocaust Memorial Museum's Web site on January 31, 2008 and is available on various Web-based distribution sites, namely iTunes.
Transcript
JANUARY 31, 2008, A FOND FAREWELL
BRIDGET CONLEY-ZILKIC: With me today is Jerry Fowler, former host of "Voices on Genocide Prevention" and staff director of the Committee on Conscience at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Jerry will soon be leaving the museum to take over the position of executive director of the Save Darfur Coalition. Jerry, thank you for joining me today.
JERRY FOWLER: It's my pleasure.
BRIDGET CONLEY-ZILKIC: I wanted to start actually with your time before you came to the Museum. You were working as a well paid, successful lawyer in a private firm and you gave up that to work on human rights issues. Can you talk about that decision and why you made it?
JERRY FOWLER: Well, I was working for a big law firm here in Washington and I think I was enjoying it. I mean it was a good firm. It was intellectually stimulating work. But what happened was that I starte...
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