July 6, 2009, Washington, DC:  The Advocacy Project (AP) will host an event commemorating the 1995 Srebrenica massacre on Tuesday, July 14.

The event will feature a memorial quilt made by the women of Bosnian Family (BOSFAM), an AP partner based in Tuzla, Bosnia. Many of BOSFAM’s weavers lost relatives in the massacre, and each of the quilt’s panels honors an individual victim.

There will also be a multimedia presentation that includes video and photos from 2009 Peace Fellows who attended the July 11 burial ceremony for recently-identified victims in Potocari, Bosnia.

Srebrenica, a Muslim enclave, was designated a UN safe haven during the war in the Balkans. But on July 11, 1995, a lightly-armed Dutch peacekeeping force capitulated to the Bosnian Serbs, who seized the town and murdered over 8,000 men and boys over the age of 15. The women and children were bused out of Srebrenica to Muslim-controlled territory.

To date, about 2,900 massacre victims have been re-buried, and hundreds more will be added to the total during this year’s ceremony.

The Washington event will be held  from 5:30 to 8 p.m. July 14 at AP’s offices, located at 1326 14th St. NW.

BOSFAM souvenir carpets and refreshments will be available for purchase. Proceeds from the event will benefit BOSFAM and AP’s fellowship program.