LIVE: 1.00-2.30pm EDT Sept 20th

FULL SERIES INCLUDES 1 x LIVE & 2 X ON-DEMAND SESSIONS (All session details below)

Learn about Rwanda’s 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi from survivors and eyewitnesses. Gain first-hand insights from the team who developed peace education in Rwanda, and experience a workshop on forgiveness which has enabled participants to lay down weapons and give up plans for revenge.

1.00-2.30pm EDT September 20th 

In this concluding episode, we'll hear about the impact of lessons from Rwanda on communities in crisis today beyond the country's borders, and go through an interactive workshop on forgiveness which is now used by Aegis as part of programming both at the Kigali Genocide Memorial and in conflict zones such as the Central African Republic.

YOU CAN ACCESS THE RECORDING OF THIS SESSION WHEN YOU BUY THE FULL SERIES (Broadcast September 13th 2020)

In this session historian Linda Melvern will help us understand the fall-out from the genocide, and Freddy Mutanguha will take us through the development of a peace education program at the Kigali Genocide Memorial now built into Rwanda's schools curriculum. Actor and UNICEF Ambassador Angie Harmon will discuss lessons from Rwanda for international visitors, while Hope Azeda and Malaika Uwamahoro will immerse us in some of the ways art is being used to commemorate and educate today.

YOU CAN ACCESS THE RECORDING OF THIS SESSION WHEN YOU BUY THE FULL SERIES (Broadcast September 6th 2020)

Learn from survivors and eyewitnesses - including AVEGA Co-Founder Esther Mujawayo and former UN Force Commander General Dallaire - what actually happened during the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda in 1994. Find out about the build-up, the international failure to respond, and the drive to find effective ways to commemorate in its wake.