The testimony is a forum for individuals to share their personal stories when many might never speak of them. Each person is given as much time as needed to share his or her story, which is not limited to the events of the genocide. Childhood memories, stories from parents and grandparents, and even recent memories are recorded to contextualize the genocide in Rwanda's broader history.

The visual aesthetic of each testimony is also an essential element in the recording process. Extra care is invested to ensure that each testimony is beau-tifully photographed, resulting in a document both respectful of the individual and capable of conveying his or her story without visual distraction.

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Sat. February 28th, 2009, 2:30pm

On Aggression: The Politics
& Psychobiology of Genocide
(with Joyce Apsel, Benedict Kiernan, Taylor Krauss, Patricia McCormick, and Henri Parens)

The Philoctetes Center

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Featuring Portraits: Living with Genocide Photographs From the VOR Testimony Archive, by Alexander Gibbons

Thanks to Constitutional Hill, Cape Town Holocaust Centre, UNISA, JAFFA, Habonim, Albuquerque Academy, Friends Academy, Hillel International, Project One, Audiobraille, The AJC, and George Washington University for hosting Voices of Rwanda. To inquire about bringing Voices of Rwanda to your school, email us.

Thank you to Bartle Bogle Hegarty for hosting our first photograph exhibit last July.

Last August we were thrilled to be part of Limmud South Africa in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban, and this May part of Taste of Limmud in Johannesburg.