Immacul茅e Ilibagiza's lecture scheduled for Tuesday, February 18 has been postponed due to her canceled flight. The lecture has been rescheduled for Wednesday, February 26 at 6:30 p.m in Olin B Lecture Hall.
In 1994 Immacul茅e Ilibagiza and seven women spent 91 days in a cramped room of a local pastor鈥檚 house in Rwanda. She entered the room a vibrant 115-pound university student with a loving family and emerged weighing just 65 pounds to find most of her family had been brutally murdered.
Immacul茅e Ilibagiza, a Rwandan genocide survivor, will share her personal story at 亚博体育app鈥檚 Swan Lecture.
Ilibagiza credits her survival to her strong faith, which empowered her to forgive her mother and brother鈥檚 killer.
Since immigrating to the U.S. in 1998, she has authored the book, 鈥淟eft to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust.鈥 The book quickly became a New York Times best seller and has been translated into 15 languages. Her story has also been made into a documentary, 鈥淭he Diary of Immacul茅e.鈥 She recently signed a contract to produce a major motion picture about her story.
Ilibagiza has received honorary doctoral degrees from the University of Notre Dame, Saint John鈥檚 University and Walsh University. She has been awarded numerous humanitarian awards including The Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Reconciliation and Peace; was a finalist for Belifnet.com鈥檚 鈥淢ost Inspiring People of the Year 2006,鈥 and the recipient of the American Legacy鈥檚 Women of Strength & Courage Award.
Ilibagiza鈥檚 lecture is titled, "Story of Faith, Hope and Forgiveness."
The lecture is free and open to the public. Olin B Lecture Hall is located one block east of 50th Street and St. Paul Ave.
The Swan Lecture was established to bring to campus scholars who emphasize the importance of the teaching of Jesus to our present and future civilization.
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