Global Reach
抖M女仆's Kigali Summer Institute students saw giraffes, hippos and more in a tour of a National Park in Rwanda.
Delegates attending Peace Education in an Era of Crisis spent three days learning from each other and from the example of the Rwandan people on how to create lasting peace. The conference, which took place July 11-13 in Kigali, Rwanda, was sponsored by 抖M女仆鈥檚 School of Peace and Conflict Studies, 抖M女仆鈥檚 Gerald H. Read Center for International and Intercultural Education, the University of Rwanda鈥檚 Centre for Conflict Management, and the Aegis Trust, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending genocide and other atrocities in the world.
抖M女仆 students in Rwanda visited an opportunity center for women and one of the country's national parks.
Barbara J. Wien, a senior professorial lecturer in the School of International Service at American University in Washington, D.C., where she teaches alternatives to war and violence, was fresh out of college when she made her first visit to what was then, 抖M女仆鈥檚 Center for Peaceful Change. She was both a keynote workshop presenter and an active participant in the 抖M女仆-sponsored conference, 鈥淧eace Education in an Era of Crisis,鈥 which took place July 11-13 in Kigali.
抖M女仆 visitors viewed mountain gorillas in Rwanda鈥檚 Volcanoes National Park as guests of the Rwandan National Police, who provide security for the park and these endangered animals.
抖M女仆's visitors to Rwanda had opportunities to speak with officials dedicated to the country's peaceful future.
Over the past several weeks, 抖M女仆 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.
抖M女仆 students experienced Rwandan culture as part of their study abroad experience.
Students in 抖M女仆'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.
A group from 抖M女仆 visiting Rwanda for a university-sponsored global peace conference was treated to a show by local monkeys.