April 1, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E839 CALLING FOR ACTION ON genocide advocates—will honor those who Kit, reside in Pasadena, CA in the 29th Con- AND TO PREVENT GENOCIDE were lost and those who survived. And we gressional District and he worked at the Los will urge immediate action to stop the ongo- Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation ing . Authority for the past eight years, located in HON. JERROLD NADLER Our collective voices will remind the inter- the 34th Congressional District. OF NEW YORK national community to make its commit- Over the past 45 years, Roger has applied IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ment to mass atrocity prevention absolute. Until we do, we are destined to repeat the tremendous skill and leadership to create bet- Wednesday, April 1, 2009 most shameful chapters in human history. ter public transportation systems for all of his communities. As a result, he has distinguished Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I rise today Advocacy Project, Aegis Trust, Ameri- cans Against the Darfur Genocide, Ar- himself as one of the Nation’s foremost ex- to call attention once again to the crisis in menian Assembly of America, Amer- perts and practitioners in the transportation Darfur and to thank the Genocide Prevention ican Jewish World Service, Armenian sector. He began his transportation career in Project, Darfur advocates, and survivors of National Committee of America, Arme- 1965 as a planner for the TriCounty Regional past genocides who have come together to nian National Committee of Canada, Planning Commission in Akron, Ohio. He then mark this April as Genocide Prevention Month Armenian Youth Federation, Eastern USA, Awareness Unlimited, Bronfman moved on to work for Akron’s Metro Transit in order to raise critical awareness. district in 1971. And in 1973, Roger moved to In April 2009, the slaughter in Darfur will Center for Jewish Student Life at NYU, Cambodian Americans for Human California and worked his way through the enter its seventh year. During that time rough- Rights and Democracy (CAHRAD), Ca- ranks of planning and scheduling to be the ly 450,000 have been killed and more than nadians Against Slavery and Torture President and General Manager of the San two million displaced. It is an international dis- in , Center for Social Develop- Diego Transit Corporation. grace that on this April anniversary of the start ment (Phnom Penh, Cambodia), Colo- Always wanting to challenge himself, Roger of the genocide, the people of Darfur are suf- rado Coalition for Genocide Awareness went on to serve as President and Executive fering more than ever. Just recently thirteen and Action, Council for Prejudice Re- Director of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Dis- international aid organizations were expelled duction, Citizens for Global Solutions, Damanga Coalition for Freedom and trict (DART) for seven and a half years. In from the area, severing the final lifeline. It is Democracy, Darfur Alert Coalition, 2001, Roger was appointed to serve as Chief imperative that they be allowed to return. Dear Sudan, Do Something, Dream for Executive Officer for the Los Angeles County Along with Darfur, past civilian slaughters Darfur. Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), similarly mark anniversaries in April. These in- Educating Against Prejudices, Bosnian a multimodal transportation agency respon- clude the tragedies of the Holocaust, Rwanda, Library at the Conrard Sulzer Public sible for bus and rail operations, planning and Bosnia, Cambodia, and Armenia. With this sig- Library of Chicago, Foundation Rwan- construction in Los Angeles County. During nificance of April in mind, survivors of atrocity da, FRA Nor Seround—Nouvelle his seven and a half years at Metro, Roger Ge´ne´ration Arme´nienne, Generations crimes have untied with advocates to observe of the Shoah International, Genocide has guided the agency through successful Genocide Prevention Month this month—as a Intervention Network, Genocide Pre- openings of the Metro Gold and Orange Lines, way to remind the world of its responsibility to vention Project, Genocide Watch, introduced scores of popular Metro Rapid the people of Darfur and to protect other civil- Great Rainbow, I Stop Genocide, Lines, and seen Metro named ‘‘America’s best ian populations under threat. In April, sur- IBUKA, Institute for the Study of large transit agency.’’ He also co-founded the vivors, and their descendents and supporters, Genocide, International Association of Mobility-21 Coalition and was instrumental in Genocide Scholars, Investors Against 1 will honor their dead with more than one hun- the passage of Measure R, a ⁄2 cent sales dred events. The plea at these events will be Genocide, Kentuckiana Interfaith tax that will fund a comprehensive package of Taskforce on Darfur, Khmer Legacies, for protection for the people in Darfur and an Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre, Jew- new transit, street and highway improvements effective global genocide prevention system. ish Community Relations Council of in Los Angeles County for the next 30 years. To launch the month-long commemoration, the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, Roger has won numerous awards through- more than sixty survivor and anti-genocide or- Liquidnet Holdings, Massachusetts Co- out his transportation career. The American ganizations from around the world have alition to Save Darfur, Minnesota Public Transportation Association (APTA) signed the following statement: Interfaith Darfur Coalition, Miracle named Snoble ‘‘Transit Manager of the Year’’ Corners of the World, Mothers of ‘‘Remarkably, six genocides have major in 1998. Under his leadership, Metro was Srebrenica. named by APTA as ‘‘Outstanding Public anniversaries in the month of April—a tragic New Jersey Commission on Holocaust testament to the international community’s Education, New Jersey Responds to the Transportation System’’ in 2006, and DART inexcusable failure to stop inhuman and bar- Crisis in Darfur Coalition, Pittsburgh was cited by APTA as the ‘‘Transit Agency of barous acts. Darfur Emergency Coalition, Public In- the Year’’ in 1997. This April, we—survivors of genocide and terest Projects, Righteous Pictures, Although we know Roger primarily through mass atrocities, their descendants, and anti- Save Darfur Coalition, Second Genera- his role in transportation, Roger and his wife, genocide advocates—will honor those who tion of Los Angeles (Children of Holo- Kit, are founding members of the African Con- were lost and those who survived. And we caust Survivors), Society for Threat- servation Fund, which assists communities in will urge immediate action to stop the ongo- ened People, South African Holocaust ing Darfur genocide. the East Africa in creating economic opportu- Foundation, Southeast Asia Resource nities that result in improved wildlife manage- Our collective voices will remind the inter- Action Center, Southern Sudanese national community to make its commit- Voice for Freedom, STAND, Stop Geno- ment and wealthier and healthier communities. ment to mass atrocity prevention absolute. cide Now, Survivors Fund (SURF), The In addition, Roger has served on the boards of Until we do, we are destined to repeat the Center for Holocaust and Humanity the San Diego Zoo, Dallas Zoological Associa- most shameful chapters in human history.’’ Education, The Sparks Fly Upward tion and the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Asso- I now would like to enter into the CONGRES- Foundation, Three Generations, UN ciation. He recently joined the Living Desert Watch, Voice of Witness, Youth Initia- SIONAL RECORD a copy of this statement along Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert, CA. tive for Human Rights. with a list of the organizations that have Through these experiences, Roger has a vast signed it. I want to thank all of those involved f photojournal library that will continue to ex- pand in his retirement as he leads safaris to in this effort. Their work is critical in making A TRIBUTE TO ROGER SNOBLE sure people never forget the human suffering educate communities about the importance of in Darfur and commit themselves to preventing conservation as well as economic develop- or stopping genocide, wherever and whenever HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF ment opportunities in surrounding areas. He it may occur. OF CALIFORNIA also has extended his photojournalist editing skills to many local non-profits as another ex- GENOCIDE PREVENTION MONTH STATEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ample of his passion to help others. Remarkably, six genocides have major an- Wednesday, April 1, 2009 We extend our warm congratulations and niversaries in the month of April—a tragic testament to the international community’s Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Speaker, I rise today, appreciation to Roger and his wife Kit for Rog- inexcusable failure to stop inhuman and bar- along with Congresswoman LUCILLE ROYBAL- er’s tireless service to the public transportation barous acts. ALLARD, to celebrate the 45-year transpor- communities in Akron, OH, San Diego, CA, This April, we—survivors of genocide and tation career of Roger Snoble, who will retire Dallas, Texas and Los Angeles County and mass atrocities, their descendants, and anti- on April 8, 2009. Roger Snoble, and his wife wish him well in retirement.

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