One of the roles I play is to be the face of Foodshare in the community. Yesterday, that was an interesting role to play as I joined a number of Bloomfield officials and a couple of hundred Bloomfield High School students to hear a speech by His Excellency James Kimonyo, Ambassador of the Republic of Rwanda to the United States of America. (Hartford Courant coverage here.)
The Ambassodor's presentation, covering the Rwandan genocide, was part of a program Bloomfield High has developed which includes a trip to the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC. Their thinking is that the only way to prevent future genocides is to teach people about it. Makes sense to me, and while Ambassador Kimonyo's message was a hard one to hear, I'm glad I had the chance to do so.
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