Susan Goldberg
News from The Mercer County Holocaust-Genocide Resource Center
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Mercer County Holocaust-Genocide Resource Center Hosts Rwandan Genocide Survivor Eugenie Mukeshimana to Discuss Groundbreaking Book “Shake Hands with the Devil”
West Windsor, NJ n The Mercer County Holocaust-Genocide Resource Center is pleased to welcome Eugenie Mukeshimana, founder of the Genocide Survivors Support Network, to lead a discussion of General Romeo Dallaire’s book Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda.
Dallaire, head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Rwanda at the outbreak of the genocide, "watched as the devil took control of paradise on earth and fed on the blood of the people we were supposed to protect." His mind-boggling account of political indifference in the face of human suffering has drawn worldwide attention to the multifaceted reality of genocide.
As a survivor of the genocide in Rwanda, Mukeshimana will bring her own firsthand experience to the discussion of Dallaire’s book. In her speeches, Eugenie shares her life experiences with her audience, raises questions about basic human rights and personal and collective responsibility to protect them, and urges her audience, especially students, to never allow themselves lose sight of humanity and dignity in others.
Ms. Mukeshimana is the founder of Genocide Survivors Support Network (GSSN), a charitable organization with a mission to help genocide survivors rebuild their lives and educate communities about the crime of genocide.
Since its creation in December of 2010, GSSN has shared survivor’ stories with over 6,000 students nationwide, sent genocide survivors to college, and facilitated many more to access services such as immigration, mental health, career counseling, and healthcare. The organization is also interviewing survivors of other genocide about their post-genocide life experiences. The interviews are professionally filmed and will be shared with survivors across the world to help them cope with their own traumas drawing inspiration, strength, and determination to live a meaningful life from survivors of previous genocides.
The discussion will take place on Wednesday, February 29, at 4:30 pm. The Mercer County Holocaust-Genocide Resource Center is located on the West Windsor Campus of Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, NJ 08550. They are on the second floor of the Library building, next door to the bookstore. More information on hours and events can be found at:http://mchgrc.blogspot.com or by calling 609.570.3355.
