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News from Charlotte Green - a visiting Quaker peacemaker from
Burundi is coming to speak:<br>
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Response</b><br>
7pm Tuesday, April 19th<br>
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Friends Meetinghouse<br>
1904 E. Main St, Urbana<br>
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style="font-size:14pt">The Crisis in Burundi and the
Quaker
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<p class="MsoNormal">Pastor Elie Nahimana will give a talk on
Quaker-led
peacemaking in Burundi on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at 7:00 PM
at the Friends
Meetinghouse at 1904 E. Main Street, Urbana.</p>
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devastating civil war in the 1990’s, Pastor Nahimana and
other Quakers in
Burundi responded by developing a program called Healing and
Rebuilding our
Communities (HROC) with support from the African Great Lakes
Initiative (AGLI)
of Friends Peace Teams (FPT). HROC
brings together Hutus, Tutsis, and Twa for workshops,
dialogue, and trauma
healing. Burundi is experiencing
renewed violence due to a crisis over leadership following
recent elections. Donations, which will be used to provide
additional peace-building workshops during this critical
time, will be welcomed.</p>
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style="text-align:justify;line-height:107%">Pastor Nahimana
completed a bachelor’s degree in Christian leadership and a
Master’s degree in
African Studies, focusing on peace and reconciliation. He
is pastor of Rohero Friends Church
located in Bujumbura and works for HROC as Administrative
Coordinator. He is also coordinator of Quaker Peace
Network-Burundi, a coalition of fourteen Quaker peace
organizations.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Pastor Nahimana will also give a talk on
Wednesday, April
20, noon to 1 PM, at the International Studies Building,
Room 101, 910 S. Fifth
St., Champaign. The talk is part
of the Center for African Studies’ Brown Bag Series and is
open to the public. Metered parking is available on the
street.</p>
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information, please contact Charlotte Green,
charlotteg588@gmail.</p>
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