About Voices of Rwanda
Voices of Rwanda is dedicated to recording and preserving testimonies of Rwandans, and to ensuring that their stories inform the world about genocide and inspire a global sense of responsibility to prevent human rights atrocities.NYU Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis, March 1-3 (NY)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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.
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.
