Supporting Tolerance
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The Embassy's Activities in Support of Tolerance
Last Updated on 02/05/2013
March of the Living 2010 - (Left to right) Peter Feldmajer (Chairman of the Confederation of the Jewish Communities in Hungary), Ambassador Kounalakis and Minister without portfolio Peter Kiss (Embassy Photo)
The U.S. Embassy is committed to promoting tolerance, believing strongly in speaking against hate speech and any manifestations of racial, ethnic and religious bigotry, and homophobia.
Below are noted some of the Embassy's public activities in support of the conviction that society must not tolerate discrimination against any minority group. Also attached are some of the Embassy remarks from these events.
Remarks and Statements
- Remarks by Ambassador Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis at the launch of “LGBT History Month in Hungary” (February 1, 2013)
- U.S. Embassy Statement on Anti-Semitic Remarks (November 27, 2012)
- Remarks by Ambassador Kounalakis at Henryk Sławik Memorial Conference (September 14, 2012)
- Joint Statement Expressing Support for the Budapest EuroGames 2012 and the Budapest Pride Festival (June 28, 2012)
- Remarks by Deputy Chief of Mission Timothy Betts at EuroGames Opening Ceremony (June 28, 2012)
- Remarks by Ambassador Kounalakis at the Hatter Support Society Active Citizenship Award Ceremony (June 25, 2012)
- Ambassador Kounalakis: Joining You With Pride (June 19, 2012)
- Remarks by Ambassador Kounalakis at Hungarian House in Auschwitz (April 19, 2012)
- Remarks by Ambassador Kounalakis at Opening of the Centropa Exhibition “Stories from a Family Album: Hungarian Jews Remember the 20th Century” (March 20, 2012)
- Remarks by Ambassador Kounalakis at Raoul Wallenberg Commemoration (February 24, 2012)
- Remarks by Ambassador Kounalakis Delivered at Chabad Menorah (December 27, 2011)
- Remarks by Ambassador Kounalakis at the Combating Racism, Xenophobia, and Extremism Against Immigrants in Central Europe Workshop (October 26, 2011)
- Joint Statement Expressing Support for Budapest Pride Festival (June 17, 2011)
- Remarks by Deputy Chief of Mission Timothy Betts at the Opening Ceremony of Budapest Pride Week (June 12, 2011)
- Remarks by Ambassador Kounalakis at the EU Conference on the Christian-Jewish-Muslim interfaith dialogue (June 2, 2011)
- Remarks by Ambassador Kounalakis at the Celebration of International Roma Day (April 8, 2011)
- Statement by Ambassador Kounalakis (March 22, 2011)
- Joint Statement Expressing Support for Budapest Pride Festival (July 2, 2010)
- Remarks by Ambassador Kounalakis on International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27, 2010)
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Chargé Levine's Remarks at the Gay Pride Festival Opening (August 30, 2009)
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Deputy Chief of Mission's Remarks on the Hajdúhadház Desegregation Case (January 1, 2009)
Public Activities
- Judy and Dennis Shepard Visit Hungary (September 14-16, 2012)
- Remembering the Roma Holocaust (August 2, 2012)
- Special Envoy Hannah Rosenthal Honors March of the Living Hungary (July 20, 2012)
- Ambassador Kounalakis Participates in Budapest Pride March (July 7, 2012)
- Basketball Player Sue Wicks Visits Budapest in Support of EuroGames (June 27-30, 2012)
- Active Citizenship Award Given to Háttér (June 25, 2012)
- Ambassador, Special Envoy Attend Wallenberg Commemoration (January 17, 2012)
- Embassy English Language Summer Camps (July 2011)
- 2011 International Women of Courage Awards (March 8, 2011)
- Roma Symposium Facilitates Government-NGO Dialogue (December 15, 2010)
- Roma Films Screened on International Human Rights Day (December 10, 2010)
- Building Bridges through English (August 12, 2010)
- Remembering Roma Victims of the Holocaust (August 2, 2010)
- Roma and Friends Camp: A Week of Building Tolerance (July 17-24, 2010)
- U.S., German and Israeli Embassies Honor Holocaust Teachers (July 12, 2010)
- Ambassador Kounalakis Opens Budapest Pride Film Festival (July 4, 2010)
- Tolerance Video Competition Awards Presentation (June 1, 2010)
- Desktop Computers Donated to a “Tanoda” in Bátonyterenye (May 14, 2010)
- Embassy Supports CEU Youth LGBTQ Activism Forum (May 6, 2010)
- Ambassador Kounalakis joins March of the Living procession (April 18, 2010)
- Embassy Supports Music Against Racism (March 21, 2010)
- International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27, 2010)
- Embassy Fellowship Program Graduates First Group (January 15, 2010)
- U.S. Embassy Fellow's Success (December 16, 2009)
- Embassy Commemorates Human Rights Day with Roma Documentary Film Makers (December 10, 2009)
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Chargé Levine Visits Nyíregyháza (December 3, 2009)
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Jazz Night to Promote Respect and Dialogue in Hungary (October 16, 2009)
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Joint Statement Expressing Support for Budapest Pride Festival (August 30, 2009)
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Roma Fellowship Program (August 28, 2009)
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Embassy Helps Rock against Racism (August 11, 2009)
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Teaching Tolerance through English (August 1-15, 2009)
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Chargé Levine Commemorates the Roma Holocaust (August 2, 2009)
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Chargé Levine Visits Roma and Friends Summer Camp (July 28, 2009)
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Hungarian Roma NGO recognizes U.S. Embassy Employee (June 26, 2009)
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Chargé Levine Commemorates the Hungarian Holocaust Remembrance Day (April 16, 2009)
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Public Affairs Section Celebrates International Roma Day (April 8, 2009)
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Embassy Outreach Trip to Hajdúhadház (01/08/2009)
Publications by the U.S. Department of State
Related Links
- Teaching Tolerance - A project of the Southern Poverty Law Center
-- Teaching Tolerance Magazine
-- 10 Steps to Take Action - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM)
Education resources on non-Jewish victims:
-- Sinti & Roma: Victims of the Nazi Era
-- Homosexuals: Victims of the Nazi Era
More links at the USHMM web site - Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education
- The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, University of Minnesota
- March of the Living International
- Remembrance and Beyond: United Nations Outreach Program
- International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)
- European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC)
