[Peace] 4/19 7pm: Crisis in Burundi and the Quaker Response--talk at Friends Meetinghouse

[Stuart Levy]

News from Charlotte Green - a visiting Quaker peacemaker from Burundi is
coming to speak:

    *The Crisis in Burundi and the Quaker Response*
    7pm Tuesday, April 19th
    Friends Meetinghouse
    1904 E. Main St, Urbana

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*The Crisis in Burundi and the Quaker Response*

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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.

 

After a 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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

For more information, please contact Charlotte Green, charlotteg588 at gmail.

 

 

 

 



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