Chapel Haven Schleifer Center (CHSC) is honored to once again join with the Yellow Lights Program to present “Flick the Switch,” marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
All are invited to join us on campus at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 26 as we light up the campus in yellow to honor the victims of the Holocaust and shine a spotlight on the lessons of this atrocity.
Register here to join us Jan. 26
Last year, CHSC joined 25 area organizations in the region to observe this international day of remembrance by “flicking” the switch.
About the event
The International Holocaust Remembrance Day, or the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, is a UN-recognized international memorial day on the 27th of January that commemorates the victims of the Holocaust, which resulted in the genocide of one-third of the Jewish people, along with countless members of other minorities by Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945, an attempt to implement its “final solution” to the Jewish question. The 27th of January was chosen to commemorate the date when the Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated by the Red Army in 1945.
The Yellow Lights program started in 2022 in New York State, as “New York State Lights Up”. A volunteer committee felt the need to bring greater awareness to International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The volunteers reached out to landmarks in the state, requesting that they light up yellow on Jan 27 to honor the victims of the Holocaust and to shine a spotlight on the lessons of this atrocity.
In 2022, partnering landmarks like the Empire State Building, One World Trade Center, Niagara Falls, Penn Station, Grand Central, airport terminals, and prominent bridges throughout neighboring N.Y. joined in lighting up yellow.
In 2023, Governor Lamont added a Connecticut location, the Travelers Towers in Hartford. Active volunteers in greater New Haven have since added over 25 New Haven landmarks, as we join this effort to light up yellow. CHSC is proud to be one of those landmarks. Look for a billboard at the I-95/91 interchange celebrating this important milestone.
Flick the Switch is a free event and open to all!
