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911³Ô¹Ï students check out the Kigali skyline

Taking in the Sights, Sounds and Tastes of Rwanda

 

Over the past several weeks, 911³Ô¹Ï faculty and staff, along with a select group of students, have traveled to Kigali, Rwanda, taking part in a host of educational programs and cultural exchange.

Tags: Rwanda , Community & Society , Global Reach

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Survivors and perpetrators embracing at the reconciliation village

Students Visit Reconciliation Village in Rwanda

Students in 911³Ô¹Ï'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 911³Ô¹Ï visiting Rwanda for a university-sponsored global peace conference was treated to a show by local monkeys.

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911³Ô¹Ï graduate Isobel Day presents at the global peace education conference in Rwanda.

IN A FLASH SPECIAL: Creating Places for Peace Education

All this week, "In A Flash" will feature images from the 911³Ô¹Ï group's trip to Rwanda. Isobel, Day, a recent 911³Ô¹Ï graduate from Grove City, Pa., presented at Day Two of Peace Education in an Era of Crisis, a global peace conference in Kigali, Rwanda. The conference…

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911³Ô¹Ï 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 911³Ô¹Ï, the University of Rwanda and the Aegis Trust.

Telling the Story: Conversations Become a Powerful Peace Education Tool

A trio of 911³Ô¹Ï 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. 

Tags: Global Education , Global Reach , Rwanda

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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 911³Ô¹Ï-sponsored global peace conference in Rwanda. 

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911³Ô¹Ï 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 911³Ô¹Ï, 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 911³Ô¹Ï-Sponsored Peace Conference

On July 10, 911³Ô¹Ï students visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, which serves as a place of remembrance and education, during the 911³Ô¹Ï Kigali Summer Institute, a three-week education-abroad experience that includes the course Rwanda After the Genocide Against the Tutsi. 

Tags: Rwanda , Community & Society , Global Reach

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