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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

20th Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda

An excerpt from the panel can be found here.

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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

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

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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)

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Urakoze Murekatete, April 15 (NY)

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

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.

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