On July 1, 17 high school students and four teachers from Hudson High School and TechBoston Academy will travel to Rwanda with Facing History and Ourselves staff as part of a two-year cultural and educational exchange program funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). We're very enthused by this venture! While there, the Massachusetts students will spend three weeks immersed in Rwandan culture, traveling and studying with Rwandan high school students, meeting with community leaders and completing service projects, exploring ideas of leadership and what makes a strong community, and developing videos of their experience.
The exchange builds on Facing History’s extensive experience in helping teachers to foster students’ critical thinking about how the history of the Holocaust and other examples of genocide and mass violence connect to the moral choices they confront in their lives. This exchange will allow students and teachers from two different cultures to explore together the critical importance of civic participation and tolerance, and the danger of apathy and prejudice.
President Obama discusses the importance of Facing History and Ourselves:
Matt Damon talks about Facing History and Ourselves:
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