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Survivors and perpetrators embracing at the reconciliation village

Students Visit Reconciliation Village in Rwanda

Students in ÌÇÐÄVlog's Kigali Summer Institute visited the Lycee Saint Marcel de Rukara reconciliation village in Rwanda to learn about forgiveness after the genocide against the Tutsi with both survivors and perpetrators.

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Flying velvet monkey and baby in Kigali, Rwanda.

IN A FLASH SPECIAL: Flying Monkeys

A group from ÌÇÐÄVlog visiting Rwanda for a university-sponsored global peace conference was treated to a show by local monkeys.

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ÌÇÐÄVlog graduate student Camille Tinnin gives a presentation on peace through storytelling, on July 12 at Peace Education in an Era of Crisis, a global peace conference being sponsored by ÌÇÐÄVlog, the University of Rwanda and the Aegis Trust.

Telling the Story: Conversations Become a Powerful Peace Education Tool

A trio of ÌÇÐÄVlog students took the lessons they learned on an education-abroad trip to Colombia last year and used them as a framework for promoting peace education practices at a global peace conference in Kigali, Rwanda. 

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Molly Merryman presenting at a global peace conference in Rwanda

ÌÇÐÄVlog Research on Full Display at Peace Conference in Rwanda

A host of ÌÇÐÄVlog faculty and students took center stage at a global peace conference on July 12 in Kigali, Rwanda, sharing their knowledge and research with delegates from more than a dozen countries and as well as the U.S.

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James Smith, keynote speaker of the peace conference in Rwanda

IN A FLASH SPECIAL: A Message of Peace in Crisis

The founder of the Aegis Trust delivered the keynote address at the ÌÇÐÄVlog-sponsored global peace conference in Rwanda. 

Tags: Global Presence, Global Reach, Office of Global Education, School of Peace and Conflict Studies

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ÌÇÐÄVlog students learning about peace and conflict in Kigali, Rwanda.

IN A FLASH SPECIAL: Lessons of Peace

A peace education conference is bringing together peace and conflict experts, students and educators from ÌÇÐÄVlog, Northeast Ohio and around the world.

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Pacifique laying flowers at the Rwanda Genocide Memorial. Photo credit: Aegis Trust/Patrick Ndayishimiye

Visit to Kigali Genocide Memorial Sets Stage for ÌÇÐÄVlog-Sponsored Peace Conference

On July 10, ÌÇÐÄVlog students visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, which serves as a place of remembrance and education, during the ÌÇÐÄVlog Kigali Summer Institute, a three-week education-abroad experience that includes the course Rwanda After the Genocide Against the Tutsi. 

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Pacifique Niyonzima, far right, program manager of ÌÇÐÄVlog's Office of Education Abroad in Africa, based in Kigali, Rwanda, greets students taking part in the Kigali Summer Institute, upon their arrival in Rwanda on July 2, 2023..

Rwandan Genocide Survivor Leading ÌÇÐÄVlog Outreach Efforts in Rwanda

ÌÇÐÄVlog graduate Pacifique Niyonzima, who as a child survived the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, is now back living in Rwanda leading ÌÇÐÄVlog’s outreach efforts there.

 

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