1,000,000 bones on display - National Mall - Washington D.C.

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After years of planning - partnering with thousands of persons around the world - under the leadership of fellow Carl Wilkens Fellow Naomi Natale, her inspiring idea about a large scale art exhibit to raise awareness about Genocide - will come to full reality this weekend!




I'm thankful for many persons from Oklahoma - and persons in OKC and many students from SNU & SWCU (where I teach) and Putnam City Public Schools and Bethany Public Schools  nearby - to have been participants in the project.

More news at this link from the Washington Post.

Toward eupan ~

~ marty alan michelson, ph.d.

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