Voices of Rwanda

VOR at IAGS in Siena, June 19-22 (Italy)

admin — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:00:37 +0000

Thanks to the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) for including VOR in their 10th Biennial Conference “The Aftermath of Genocide: Victims and Perpetrators, Representations and Interpretations,” which will be held in Siena.
(June 19-22, 2013)

VOR in Salt Lake City, April 21 (UT)

admin — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 06:02:42 +0000

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

VOR at Oberlin College, April 9 (OH)

admin — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:43:34 +0000

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)

19th Commemoration, April 7 (DC)

admin — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 04:36:46 +0000

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)

NYU Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis, March 1-3 (NY)

admin — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 04:45:56 +0000

Many thanks to Sue Grand, Deborah Liner, and Jill Salberg for planning such a thoughtful, personal, and moving conference. “The Wounds of History” hosted by NYU’s Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis provided a special opportunity to share VOR testimonies with a community of practitioners who care deeply about issues of trans-generational transmission of trauma.
Co-Panelists: Eric V. Hachikian screened excerpts from his film Voyage to Amasia; VOR’s director Taylor Krauss screened testimonies from the archive; and Socheata Poeuv screened testimonies from Khmer Legacies. (March 1-3, 2013)

VOR at Limmud Philly, April 29 (PA)

admin — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:46:50 +0000

The 4th Annual LimmudPhilly widens the conversation by including VOR testimonies of the survivors of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi. Thanks so much!
(April 29, 2012)

Dominican Academy HS, April 24 (NY)

admin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:08:03 +0000

Thanks to Sister Barbara Kane, O.P., Lindsay Sudeikis, and Katherine Leo for welcoming VOR on campus at Dominican Academy High School. Special thanks to the girls who decided their Genocide Awareness Fund would be contributed to VOR.
(April 24, 2012)

Urakoze Murekatete, April 15 (NY)

admin — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:36:49 +0000

Many thanks to Jacqueline Murekatete and the MCW team for coordinating such a moving commemoration and for including VOR in the program.

Co-panelists Zachary Kaufman, Valentina Iribagiza, VOR’s director Taylor Krauss, and Robert Van Lierop, paid tribute to those killed in the genocide, while simultaneously reminding all in attendance of the ongoing challenges survivors must bear, 18 years after the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi.

Mémorial de la Shoah, April 10 (Paris)

admin — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:40:17 +0000

VOR testimonies presented at the 18th Commemoration of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in partnership with Ibuka-France and the Mémorial de la Shoah on April 10th, 19h, in the Edmond J. Safra auditorium (map): 17, rue Geoffroy-l’Asnier 75004 Paris.

Discussion moderated by Yves Ternon to follow: Marcel Kabanda, president of Ibuka-France; Régine Waintrater and Janine Altounian, psychoanalysts; Frédéric Jacquet, VP of Médecins du Monde; and Taylor Krauss, director of VOR.

Followed by screening of film “Sonatubes – Nyanza” by Arnaud Sauli featuring Jeanne Uwimbabazi’s testimony.

VOR at Rutgers U, Feb 27 (NJ)

admin — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:08:07 +0000

VOR will be hosted by Rutgers University’s Center for International Social Work at the School of Social Work in partnership with the Center for African Studies, Rutgers University Libraries, and the Centers for Global Advancement and International Affairs (GAIA Centers) as part of the Technologies Without Borders: Technologies Across Borders series for a screening of testimonies and conversation with VOR’s director at 4-5:30pm. Rutgers U., Alexander Library, 4th FL Lect. Hall, CAC.
Click here for directions.