At the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, we are both deeply saddened and profoundly angered by the brutal, horrific murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis Police. In the face of the continued murder of Black people in Minnesota, across the country, and in many places around the world, we reaffirm our commitments to racial justice and equity.

Taylor Johnson, MFA graduate student in the Department of Art, minoring in Museum Studies will work as RA

CHGS is pleased to support this research on the importance in naming of large-scale political violence in the construction of national historical narratives in Sierra Leone and Rwanda.

Join us for a series of community dialogues and virtual educator workshops to learn about genocides from the experiences and perspectives of local survivors and survivor communities.