An Evening With Carl Wilkens & a documentary on Roméo Dallaire

Hi everyone,
We have a couple of very exciting events coming up next week.  On Friday Oct 9th, we are screening Shake Hands With The Devil, a documentary that follows General Roméo Dallaire during his first return trip to Rwanda, on the 10th anniversary of the genocide, revisiting the killing fields that still haunt him today.  [...]

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Genocide Commemorators Seek Medical Treatment

During Rwanda’s Genocide Commemoration Week last month, more than 400 people were admitted to hospitals or trauma handling centers.
Vigils and ceremonies brought survivors of the genocide back to 1994 – back to the horror and the unimaginable and inexcusable slaughter of hundreds of thousands of Tutsis and moderate Hutus. Wounds were reopened and memories came flooding [...]

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Ghosts of Rwanda, Thursday April 16th

Hi everyone,15 years ago this month, 800,000 human beings were slaughtered over 100 days.  How could it happen that the world stood aside and did nothing?
I hope you will join us this Thursday as we remember the Rwandan genocide by screening the exceptionally moving and well-done Frontline documentary, Ghosts of Rwanda.  See a clip from [...]

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Bashir Promises Justice; Rwanda Holds Vigil

Today, at a rally in Darfur, Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir vowed to bring Darfur war criminals to justice (without help from the West of course) -
We know about justice between us and we know how to solve our problems…we will investigate those who are criminals and those who committed crimes and those who killed and [...]

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Rwandan Genocide Victims to be Reburied

15 years ago, at least 800,000 people were massacred in Rwanda. Thousands of bodies were dumped into rivers – ultimately ending up in Uganda’s Lake Victoria to be buried by villagers.
Now, those victims will receive “proper burials” in three permanent mass graves in Uganda. The exhumation and reburials will begin after Easter and will be [...]

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“Us” Versus “Them”

During a recent speaking engagement at Penn State, Carl Wilkens, the only American to stay in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide, shed light on the Darfur crisis by drawing upon his personal experiences.
According to Wilkens, exclusionary thinking is behind genocide -
Genocide stems from thinking that says “My world would be better without you in it”…Don’t fall [...]

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Genocide Investigator Killed

I am sure that all of you are aware of Thursday’s Flight 3407 crash outside Buffalo, NY, which killed 50 people.
However, you may be unaware that the crash took the life of an individual who spent a large portion of her existence defending human rights for those unable or afraid to speak up.
Doctor Alison Des Forges was the [...]

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