Hotel Rwanda: Global Justice and Human Rights

Speaker: 
Paul Rusesabagina
 
26 Oct 2005
 
8:00 PM
 
Great Hall, Memorial Union

Paul Rusesabagina was the hotel manager in Rwanda who saved 1,268 people during the 1994 genocide when nearly 1 million people were slaughtered in 100 days. He served as special consultant to Hotel Rwanda, starring Don Cheadle. He still works with charitable organizations aiding survivors of the Rwandan tragedy and has set up the Rusesabagina Foundation to help the relief effort. He is the keynote speaker for the World Affairs series.