Since its establishment in 1979, the Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education (Chhange) at Brookdale Community College has carried out its mission to educate about the Holocaust, genocide, and human rights; promote the elimination of racism, antisemitism and all forms of prejudice; and develop creative programs regarding these crucial human issues.

Our permanent exhibit, “Journeys Beyond Genocide: The Human Experience” engages visitors with the compelling human story behind the Armenian Genocide, the Holocaust, and the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Using video testimony and archival items of local survivors, personal history becomes the dynamic vehicle with which visitors connect the lessons of genocide to today’s world. Visits conclude with Stand Up for Human Rights, an interactive technology section which enables visitors to explore, process, and take action.