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The Difficulty of “Never Again” and Heading off Atrocities in the Moment
It is sometimes easy for us in the United States to sit behind our oceans, relative political stability, and economic prosperity and think all is fine…
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Jack Wentworth
The hope of a refugee
USU and Kepler students at Lake Kivu, Rwanda. Photo by Dr. Shannon Peterson This past May, as part of a study abroad experience to Rwanda, I met with my…
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Tyson Holman
Polar Opposite Realities
On July 15, 1994, the nightmare ended. It had been 100 days and nearly a million Tutsis were dead. Even though 85% of the population in Rwanda was Hutu…
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Jose Bernal
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Planting the Seeds of Reconciliation
Twenty-eight years after the start of its genocide, in which some 800,000 people were killed, Rwanda is rebuilding with hope and shining with a new…
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Emily Richins
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Jose Bernal
Cultural Crossroads
Finding connection in conflict, and the issues of "othering"
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Camryn Rigby
The Constitution of Justice
Photo by Jose Bernal The Constitution of Justice In the Spring of 1994, a small country in Africa experienced one of the most horrific genocides in…
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Tyson Holman
Embracing Ubumuntu
More "you and I," less "us and them."
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Emily Gilbert
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Unfinished Walls of Names
Mukamurenzi Francoise. Mukamunga Editta. Mukamwezi Usta. The list of “M” names runs on and on, white letters on black stone. A tribute to the dead…
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Sabrina Ellis
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Student reflections on the genocide, reconciliation, and peace building process in Rwanda

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