This page lists some of the activities that took place in 2004.
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Sponsored by The Center for the Prevention of Genocide, Peacebuilding and Development Institute at American University, Society for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Student Organization for African Studies, and the Office of the University Chapel
5:30pm until 6pm: Awards for Outstanding Humanitarian Service Ceremony SIS Front Steps
6pm until 6:30pm: Survivors of Genocide Speak
6:30pm: Rwanda Vigil Departs from American University From SIS Front Steps down Massachusetts Ave.
7:30 until 8pm: Vigil Participants Arrive at the Embassy of Rwanda 1714 New Hampshire Ave., NW
8pm until 8:30pm: Rwanda Embassy Official: Welcoming Remarks
* For More Information, please contact the Center for the Prevention of Genocide at 703.528.1002
When:
Sunday APRIL 11, 2004
Place: Theatre Corona, 2490 Rue Notre Dame Ouest, Montreal, Quebec
TIckets: $25.00 for more information and to order tickets call (514) 790-1245.
For full details visit the Concert Web Site:
www.dufatanye.com
Click here to view and download colour PDF version of event flyer
REMEMBERING
RWANDA COMMEMORATION ACTIVITIES FOR WASHINGTON, D.C.
Click here for full activity schedule (PDF Version)
Contact: Howard Wolpe ( hwolpe@aol.com ) or Louise Mushikiwabo ( lmushikiwa@aol.com )
Background
Almost ten years have passed since a million Tutsis and politically moderate Hutus were systematically decimated in just 100 days in Rwanda. It was the worst genocide humanity had to witness since the Holocaust, and the wounds are still fresh in the memory of survivors.
The 10 th Anniversary of the Genocide needs to be commemorated by the International Community and by Canadians in a major way. The activities planned in the nation's capital region to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 1994 Genocide are being coordinated by Humura Association with the input, and participation of the Rwandan Association of Ottawa Gatineau members, concerned groups and individuals in the region. Humura Association will put together a series of events that will give survivors of the genocide, Rwandans, friends, academics, politicians and human rights activists in the region a meaningful space for reflection and expression of their perspectives.
HUMURA is a Canadian association for survivors of the 1994 genocide of the Batutsi of Rwanda. It was created in Ottawa-Gatineau in Canada on June 30, 2001, by genocide survivors and those who lost their relatives to alleviate the suffering and consequences of the genocide on the survivors in Canada and Rwanda. Since its creation, Humura has organized three commemorations, conducted a campaign in francophone high schools in the Ottawa- Gatineau to raise awareness on the plight of their counterparts, survivors in Rwanda. The result of this initiative has been a meaningful engagement between Canadian and Rwandan youth in the form of letter exchange. Humura continues to mobilize the Rwandan community in the capital region and the general public for justice and commemorative issues. Hence, Humura endorses Remembering Rwanda Project and will continue to work with other organizers across the country to ensure that the goals of the 10 th Anniversary Memorial Project are reached.
Logic and Guiding Principles :
The memory of the victims and conditions in which survivors live will take center-stage. Therefore, the process leading to the implementation of activities will be participatory, and Rwandans will contribute to the content that adequately represents their culture and perspective. Furthermore, the planning committee has achieved a balanced male-female participation to ensure that content and decision making remain un-gendered.
The involvement of Rwandan will be especially encouraged in the drafting of testimonies, the making of a documentary focusing on their reflections of the last 10 years and the meaning of being a (female) survivor, and in producing a play.
Public education and outreach beyond the circles of Rwandan community will be the secondary goal key and a factor for success. For that, we will reach out to community organizations, African organizations, and like-minded groups, including Jewish and Armenian organizations.
Partner Organizations include The Rwandan Association of Ottawa- Gatineau , World Inter-action Mondiale , and CKCU Radio. Other organizations, groups and individuals may include, but not limited to: Committee on Women, Peace and Security; the Independent Filmmakers' Cooperative of Ottawa, Broken English Theatre Company, Festival Couleurs d' Afrique planning committee, Gallery 101, Saw Gallery, etc.
Particular efforts will be made to lobby the Government of Canada) to declare April 7/or April in memory of the 1994 Genocide, and b) to erect a memorial for the victims. The mayors of Ottawa and Gatineau will also be approached to declare April 7 the day of remembrance.
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Vues d'Afrique ( an African film festival group that is celebrating their 20th anniversary this year),
Concordia University (their public relations director is a very good friend of Rwanda),
Fonds Africa ( their founder and director is a Rwandan human rights activist),
Images Interculturelles (the group that organizes a very high profile "week against racism" every year) a very dynamic group of students and recent graduates residing in Montreal and using the name "1minute silence group" and PAGE-Rwanda.
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Activities
Planned for Halifax: Click
here for planned activities
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Conference to be held in Kigali, Rwanda on 16 and 17 February 2004 |
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Call for submissions to a special issue of "International Insights" on Remembering Rwanda |
Remembering
Rwanda: The 10th Anniversary Memorial Project: The Toronto Commemorative
Conference
The commemorative conference
being held in the Toronto community is scheduled to take place at Harbourfront
Centre from June 25th to the 27th, 2004.
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ASSOCIATION
OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THE GENOCIDE VICTIMS
(PAGE-RWANDA)
5072
Victoria Ave, Montreal, QC, H3W 2N3
THE ORIGIN:
Following the genocide against the Tutsi population of Rwanda from April
to July 1994, Rwandans and Canadians of Rwandan origin and their friends
created a non profit organisation to help the survivors, keep the memory
alive and to fight impunity.
THE ORGANIZATION:
Family and friends:
Association of family and friends of the victims of the genocide against
the Tutsi population of Rwanda.
The association was incorporated on October 27, 1994 by the government
of Quebec, and its head office is in Montreal.
THE OBJECTIVES:
Information: To collect,
organise, store and communicate at large all information in relation with
the genocide against the Tutsi population of Rwanda.
Memory: To preserve and
respect the memory of all the victims of the genocide against the Tutsi
population of Rwanda.
Justice: To collaborate
with judicial processes national and international, to promote the justice
and fight against impunity.
Help the victims:
To promote acts of solidarity aiming to help the survivors of the genocide;
Partnerships for rehabilitation:
Seek, encourage and guide NGO’s, both in Canada and elsewhere, toward
helping the survivors of the genocide overcome there many challenges.
NEVER AGAIN:
Promotion of a setting for reflection, discussions and communication towards
the members of our Association, their friends and as many people as possible
all over the world, so that no other genocide may ever occur again.
For more information, please contact: Tel.: (514) 733-9659 E-mail:
page_rwanda@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 08:13:33 -0800 (PST)
From: Page Rwanda <page_rwanda@yahoo.com>
Subject: Thank you
To: caplang@rogers.com
Dr Gerry Caplan,
Thank you for your reply on December 30, 2002. We were delighted to hear from you, and especially to know that you have accepted our organization as part of your very noble initiative.
We were also very relieved to know for sure that we are on the same side, as you reassured us of your intentions and your level of understanding regarding all the political and ideological issues around this very sensitive issue of genocide.
We want to give you our commitment that we will be a very active participant in your initiative, since commemoration in Montreal has been our number one goal in the last 8 years since our loved ones were taken away mercilessly. In order to accomplish this, Page-RWANDA has asked me to be your primary contact, and I would like to suggest this email address to be the main communication channel, while remaining open to any other suggestions you may have in that regard.
We are just now beginning to make plans for 2004, and do not have anything solid to present at this time, but would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your generosity in making valuable suggestions for potential partners in Montreal, and promise to follow up on that. We will also welcome any other ideas and/or suggestions coming from you or anyone else in your initiative.
As you requested, I am attaching an information pamphlet describing our organization. Should you require anything further, please do not hesitate to let me know, and it will be provided very promptly.
In closing, I would like to wish you and everyone involved in Remembering Rwanda a very good 2003, filled with joy and great success in all your endeavours.
Jean-Paul Nyilinkwaya
Page-RWANDA
2004 Commemoration Committee.
Robert Miller, Executive Director, The Parliamentary Centre, Canada. Hope for Rwanda's Children FundHope for Rwanda's Children Fund (HRCF) is a Canadian non-profit charitable organization dedicated to assisting children in need. It assesses the needs of individual children in Rwanda, and sponsors primary and secondary school students so that they can continue their education.
For more information about Hope for Rwanda's Children Fund, visit their web site: www.www.hopefund.on.ca
White Pine Pictures, Peter Raymont, PresidentWhite Pine Pictures is an independent, Canadian film and television production company based in Toronto, Ontario. They specialize in docu-dramas and documentary films (Rwanda: In Search of Hope) and television series (A Scattering of Seeds).
For more information about White Pine Pictures visit their web site: www.whitepinepictures.com
Canadian Baptist Ministries
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Toronto
Rwanda 10th Anniversary Committee
For full details of the initiatives put forward by this committee to date:
*June
11, 2002 (PDF
Format)
*July
9, 2002
(PDF Format)
Washington,
DC
10th anniversary organizing committee. Coordinator: Louise Mushikiwabo.
Boston,
MA
New England 10th anniversary organizing committee.
For full details of
the initiatives put forward by this committee to date:
*December,
2002 (PDF
Format)