A leading China expert from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) testified before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China at a hearing on “Factories and Fraud in the PRC: How Human Rights Violations Make Reliable Audits Impossible.” During the two-hour… Read More
VOC’s President and CEO, Dr. Eric Patterson, writes about the need for Congress to ensure that American investments uphold ethical standards rather than aiding human rights abuses, such as the forced labor of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.
Dr. Elizabeth Spalding, Chairman of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and Founding Director of the VOC Museum, spoke with Alice Popovici of Smithsonian Magazine about the importance of exposing the “sober” and “troublesome” aspects of life under communism.
VOC’s President and CEO, Dr. Eric Patterson, writes for Providence Magazine on the historic package of foreign policy funding that was passed by Congress to aid Taiwan, Ukraine, and Israel.
On February 8, VOC hosted an exclusive event entitled “Voices for Freedom” which featured nearly a dozen witnesses of communism, including a keynote by Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares. He spoke about the stark differences between free countries and those under communist rule.
The International Labor Organization has adopted nearly all of the recommendations detailed in a research paper from VOC, in a major update to its forced labor guidelines not seen in over a decade.
VOC’s Director of Government Relations, Karina Lipsman, was appointed to the Virginia General Assembly’s Office of New Americans Advisory Board.
On April 17, 2024, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation (SB 1264) which strengthens Florida’s education standards that require teaching on the dangers and evils of Communism.
