Archive for the ‘Commemoration’ Category
Univ of Minnesota, April 16-17 (MN)
Thursday, April 17th, 2014
VOR’s director gives opening address at the University of Minnesota’s Genocide and its Aftermaths: Lessons from Rwanda conference hosted by the Institute for Global Studies, The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and the
Human Rights Program.
(April 17, 2014)
Press Release here
Tags: Adama Dieng, Alejandro Baer, Alessandro Marazzi Sasson, Austin Dufort, Barbara Frey, Chris Uggen, Curt Goering, Dan Wildeson, Daniel Hirschel-Burns, David Wippman, Emily Jensen, Eric Schwartz, Evelyn Davidheiser, Gregory Gordon, Herbert B. Ferguson Augustus, Hollie Nyseth Brehm, Isadora da Conceicso Santos, Jean-Damscène Gasanabo, Jean-Pierre Karegeye, Kaela McConnon, Kayla Nomina, Lars Jorgen Roed, Leigh Payne, Marie Berry, Nicole Fox, Rachel Mullin, Samuel Totten, Sarah Haugen, Selena Ranic, Tanja Andic, Thomas Rhys Dunn, Wahutu Siguru, Yagmur Karakaya, Zachary Patterson
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Yale 20th Commemoration, April (CT)
Monday, March 31st, 2014
Many thanks to David Simon at Yale’s Genocide Studies Program for including VOR in the Yale University Symposium on the 20th Anniversary of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda. VOR testimonies were screened as part of the “The Genocide’s Legacies in Rwanda” panel. @Yale
(March 31, 2014)
20th Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda
An excerpt from the panel can be found here.
Tags: Consolee Nishimwe, David Simon, Edward Luck, James Traub, Jan Holton, Joseph A. Olzacki, Taylor Krauss, Yvette Rugasaguhunga, Zachary Kaufman
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VOR in Salt Lake City, April 21 (UT)
Thursday, April 18th, 2013
Many thanks to Eric Nkurunziza for his commitment to survivors and for bringing together so many community members for a commemoration this year in Salt Lake City. We are pleased to welcome Mathilde Mukantabana, Rwanda’s new envoy to the United States. Mukantabana is also the President of Friends of Rwanda Association (FORA), a non-profit American relief association for orphaned children in Rwanda. Other speakers will include Consolee Nishimwe and Jacqueline Murekatete, and Zachary Kaufman. Please join us at 10-2 at the IJ & Jeanné Wagner Jewish Community Center, Salt Lake City, UT. Click here for directions. (April 21, 2013)
Zachary Kaufman, Taylor Krauss, Consolee Nishimwe, Mathilde Mukantabana, and Jacqueline Murekatete at the 19th Commemoration for the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Salt Lake City, Utah
Tags: Consolee Nishimwe, Eric Nkurunziza, Fred Rwaramba, Jacqueline Murekatete, Mathilde Mukantabana, The Last Survivor, Zachary Kaufman
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VOR at Oberlin College, April 9 (OH)
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
Thanks to Rabbi Shimon Brand, Samia Mansour, and Malachi Kanfer at Oberlin College Hillel for including VOR as part of Yom HaShoah week on campus. A special shout-out to Elana Meyers, VOR’s former intern and current Oberlin student, for her past work and continued engagement with Rwanda.
(April 9, 2013)
Tags: Elana Meyers, Malachi Kanfer, Oberlin College, Oberlin Hillel, Samia Mansour, Shimon Brand, Yom Hashoah
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19th Commemoration, April 7 (DC)
Sunday, April 7th, 2013
It was an honor for VOR to be included in the 19th National Commemoration hosted by the Rwandan Embassy. VOR’s director Taylor Krauss shared his thoughts on the power of testimonies in Rwanda today. Other speakers included Ambassador Eng. James Kimonyo along with testimonies from Tabitha Mugenzi and Kalima Kizito.
(April 7, 2013)
Tags: 19th Commemoration, Alice Umutoni, Augustin Mutemberezi, Chantal Kalisa, Clotilde Mbaranga Gasarabwe, Cynthia Akuetteh, David Mwambari, Edouard Kayihura, Emmanuel Mutangana, Gatsinzi Basaninyenzi, Genocide Against the Tutsi, Immaculate Busingye, Jacqueline Murektate, James Kimonyo, Jason Nshimiye, Jean-Baptiste Rudatsikira, Kalima Kizito, Mutoni Karasanyi, Patricia Crisafulli, Rwandan Embassy to the United States, Rwandan Embassy to the USA, Tabitha Mugenzi, Taylor Krauss, Yvette Rugasaguhunga, Zachary Kaufman
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Why Antoinette Speaks
Click here to witness more testimoniesThanks to Constitutional Hill, Cape Town Holocaust Centre, Columbia University, Concordia University, Bates College, UNISA, JAFFA, Habonim, Albuquerque Academy, Friends Academy, Hillel International, Project One, Audiobraille, The AJC, and George Washington University for hosting Voices of Rwanda.
To inquire about bringing Voices of Rwanda to your school, email us.
Thank you to Bartle Bogle Hegarty for hosting our first photograph exhibit.
We were thrilled to be part of Limmud South Africa in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban, and thank Limmud for including us.
