MAINE — Join us on April 17, 2025, as we mark the 50th anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh to the Khmer Rouge regime. The event will be held in the Sam L. Cohen Community Hall at the Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine,  1342 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04102, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm.

Event is free and open to the public. Due to limited space, REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

This presentation offers a critical update on the Khmer Rouge Tribunal’s judicial phase, completed in 2023, highlighting the convictions and life sentences handed down to three senior leaders deemed most responsible for these atrocities.

Our speaker, Theresa de Langis, PhD, is currently developing a curriculum on the Tribunal’s legacy for university students in Cambodia. With over two decades of experience in teaching, research, and practice within the U.S. government, the United Nations, and academia, Dr. de Langis is an expert in trauma-informed oral history and its role in transformative meaning-making and family history. Her work, focusing on women’s rights in conflict and post-conflict scenarios, bridges law, political science, literature, and film to provide deep insights into genocide, gender, and historical memory.

This event will explore not only the judicial outcomes of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal but also the ongoing efforts to support survivors and engage the younger generation in understanding this dark chapter of human history. The session will include a question-and-answer segment, inviting participants to reflect on how these historical events resonate with today’s uncertain global future.

We invite community members to join us for an evening of thoughtful dialogue and remembrance as we link the lessons of the past with the challenges of our present.