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ALBANY, N.Y. (March 19, 2003) -- What: The University at Albany will present the lecture: The 1994 Genocide in Rwanda: Who Will Speak for the Women?

Who: Eugenie Mukeshimana, a survivor of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Now a student at the College of Saint Rose, she barely survived but her husband was killed when Hutu extremists murdered nearly one million people, mostly ethnic Tutsis. Mukeshimana, a Tutsi, was then a young wife and expectant mother. Today she willingly recounts the horrific experience of the genocide to speak for those who are not free to speak, so that they will have both a voice and a place in history.

When: Friday, March 28, 2003 2-4 p.m.

Where: The New Library Building�s Standish Room (3rd floor), UAlbany Uptown Campus. Free and open to the public.

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