Week 1

Week 1

Monday, May 27:

12:40pm -- Arrival, Snacks/Water, Unpacking, Driving tour of Kigali, Trip to UTC to buy phones/SIM cards
8:00pm -- Welcome Dinner @ Khana Khazana

Tuesday, May 28:

8:00am -- Breakfast @ Moucecore
9:00am -- Introductions, review the program’s schedule, and discuss fears and group expectations by Hollie and Celine @ SIT
10:50am -- Break
11:00am -- Life and Culture in Kigali by Apollon Kabahizi @ SIT
12:45pm -- Lunch @ Agasongero
2:00pm -- Survival Kinyarwanda by Jean Pierre Bisangwa @ SIT
4:00pm -- Trip to UTC to buy phones/SIM cards
6:00pm -- Brief health orientation
8:00pm -- Dinner and Overnight @ Moucecore

Wednesday, May 29:

8:00am -- Breakfast @ Moucecore
9:00am -- Brief "New Discovery" exercise and receive lunch stipend by Hollie @ SIT
9:40am -- "New Discovery" exercise
12:45pm -- Lunch on own
2:00pm -- Debrief "New Discovery" exercise by Hollie and Michelle @ SIT
3:00pm -- Overview of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi and Overview of Studying Genocide by Hollie @ SIT
7:00pm -- Dinner and Overnight @ Moucecore

Thursday, May 30:

8:00am -- Breakfast @ Moucecore
9:00am -- Pre-Genocide Identity Politics by Bernard Rutikanga @ SIT
10:50am -- Break
11:00pm -- Pre-Genocide Political Development by Bernard Rutikanga @ SIT
12:45pm -- Lunch @ Agasongero
2:00pm -- Visit Gisozi Genocide Memorial
4:00pm -- Peace Circle by Sunday Justin Nzitatira @ SIT
7:00pm -- Dinner @ Ethiopean Restaurant and Overnight @ Moucecore

Friday, May 31:

8:00am -- Breakfast @ Moucecore
9:00am -- Placing Rwanda in Global Context: Colonization, Globalization, and Enlightenment Thinking by Hollie @ SIT
10:50am -- Break
11:00pm -- Placing Rwanda in Global Context: The State, Genocide, and Global Human Rights by Hollie @ SIT
12:45pm -- Lunch @ Agasongero
2:00pm -- Trip to Presidential Palace Art Museum
4:30pm -- Milk bar visit and sunset over Mount Kigali
7:00pm -- Dinner on own and Overnight @ Moucecore

Saturday, June 1:

Reflection 1 Due
8:00am -- Breakfast @ Moucecore
9:00am -- Free (Lunch and Dinner on own)
8:00pm -- Overnight @ Moucecore

Sunday, June 2:

8:00am -- Breakfast @ Moucecore
9:00am -- Depart to Butare via Nyanza (Pre-colonial Museum)
1:00pm -- Packed Lunch and continue to Butare
7:00pm -- Dinner and Overnight at Emmaus