[bfsa] FYI - Sharing - Asking Support
Brenda Scarborough
bmscarborough at ysu.edu
Fri Oct 13 13:18:09 EDT 2006
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 12:34 PM
Subject: Rwandan speaker at YSU
THE MAHONING VALLEY COALITION OF CONSCIENCE
October 11, 2006
Dear MVCC partners and supporters,
The lesson of Rwanda is among the reasons to demand that the world not
acquiesce again to genocide. I hope that all of you will be able to
hear Justine Mbabazis story. MVCC will be there with literature and
wristbands to remind everyone in attendance that the situation in
Darfur is still dire. Please spread the word (and let me know if you
can help with the table at the Monday event).
Genocide in Rwanda
An Eyewitness Account
Speaker: Atty. Justine Mbabazi
7:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 18, 2006
at the Kilcawley Center Ohio Room, on the YSU campus
Cosponsored by the Judaic Studies and History departments
and
12:00 p.m., Monday October 23, 2006
at the Kilcawley Center Chestnut Room, on the YSU campus
Cosponsored by Africana Studies, the History Department, and Judaic
Studies
Contact: Dr. Helene Sinnreich, (330) 941-1603; hjsinnreich at ysu.edu
An international lawyer and gender expert, Justine Rukeba Mbabazi is
one of the new female leaders in Rwanda. Her achievements are manya
lawyer who drafted Rwanda's first legislation against gender-based
violence, former country director of the American Bar Association in
Rwanda, and pro bono worker for a movement in Rwanda that brought the
rights of women to the forefront of national politics after the 1994
genocide, Ms. Mbabazi played a critical role in the debate of gender
equality in Rwandas new constitution. As an international consultant,
Ms. Mbabazi is presently a trainer and a mentor of the first team of
female defense lawyers in Afghanistan.
MVCC partners:
ACTION Africana Studies Program, YSU Baptist Pastors' Council
Center for Islamic Studies, YSU Center for Working-Class Studies,
YSU Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance Jewish/Christian
Dialogue North/South Jewish Community Relations Council Judaic and
Holocaust Studies Program, YSU Mahoning Valley Association of
Churches Mill Creek Chapter of the Nonviolent Peaceforce Office
of Social Action/ Catholic Charities/Diocese of Youngstown Partners
for Workplace Diversity, YSU Protestant Campus Ministry, YSU Valley
Coalition for Peace and Justice Youngstown Board of Rabbis
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