The Migration Crisis: A Perspective of a Young Immigrant

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

The Migration Crisis: A Perspective of a Young Immigrant

Immigrants are too often left out in the debate on immigration, but New Mainer, Prosper Ishimwe, will recount his own experience and share his perspectives on life as a refugee in Maine on Tuesday, October 11, 6:30 pm at the Belfast Free Library, This event is free and open to all.

Mr. Ishimwe is a second year graduate student of Global Policy in SPIA. He was born and raised in Rwanda, and moved to the U.S in the summer of 2014. Prior to joining the SPIA program, Prosper volunteered with Tree Street Youth, an organization that serves youth in Lewiston, Maine, mostly refugees from Somalia and the African Great Lakes region.

In his home country, Prosper worked with the Peace Corps as a language and cross culture facilitator, the Junior Chamber International as a project coordinator, and Never Again Rwanda as a Peace Building Coordinator. He also worked on the Film “From Trauma to Peace” which documents trauma recovery stories from genocide survivors. Despite a tragic past, Prosper is a strong believer in world peace and hopes to spend the rest of his life working towards the attainment of a more peaceful world.

This presentation is hosted by the Belfast Free Library and offered as a free community event in in anticipation of the 30th Annual Camden Conference -Refugees and Global Migration: Humanity’s Crisis, February 17-19, 2017. The 30th Anniversary Camden Conference Community Events Series is supported in part by the Maine Humanities Council.
The mission of the Camden Conference is to foster informed discourse on world issues. For more information, visit www.camdenconference.org, email info@camdenconference.org, or call 207-236-1034.