On Saturday, October 21st at 3pm, join us for a closing reception of the exhibit, Assyrians in Yonkers, a Tale of Hope and Survival.
The reception will be preceeded by a 1pm free screening of the documentary, Our Last Stand, which follows one woman's journey to reveal the plight of Christians in Iraq and Syria.
About the exhibit: Assyrians are an indigenous people living in the Middle East whose history dates back to 6767 BC. Since the early 20th century, Yonkers has been home to a cohesive Assyrian community. This exhibition helped to tell their story.
About the film: In Our Last Stand, Helma, an Assyrian-American school teacher from New York, spends her summer traveling to Iraq and Syria to help raise awareness of the plight of Assyrian and other Christian communities threatened by civil war and ISIS. Her journey takes her from refugee camps struggling to care for Christians who have fled ISIS in Northern Iraq, to the militias helping to defend and retake villages in the Nineveh Plain to Helma’s family’s hometown of Qamishli in Northern Syria.