Swarthmore Friends Meeting

Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

Friends Peace Teams Activist Speaks on Reconciliation from Violence in Africa

Sunday, April 25, 2001, 7:00 p.m., Whittier Room

Pease and Social Concerns invites all to hear Congolese activist Zawadi Nikuze on Sunday, April 25, at 7:00 p.m. in Whittier Room.  Ms. Kikuze coordinates reconciliation work in the Eastern Province of North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, as part of the African Great Lakes Initiative on Peace and Reconciliation, which comes under the umbrella of the Friends Peace Teams Projects.  Ms. Nikuze's work included facilitating workshops on healing from violence, rape, and the trauma of displacement.  Her fluency in French, English, Swahili, and three regional languages have been essential to her powerful work.  Come and be inspired by the far-reaching effects of Zawadi Nikuze's embodiment of the Quaker Peace Testimony.  Sample personal narratives of displaced families, 2007-2009, and their experiences with reconciliation (complied by Zawadi Nikuze)  http://www.aglifpt.org/publications/peaceways/fall2009/congofall2009.htm 

    Submitted by Shelley Costa, Clerk Peace and Social Concerns