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JACQUELINE MUREKATETE

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Jacqueline Murekatete is a human rights activist and genocide survivor, speaking out for victims and survivors of genocide around the world. Born in Rwanda in 1984, Jacqueline was not yet ten when she lost her entire immediate and most of her extended family to the 1994 Rwandan Tutsi genocide. She came to the U.S. in 1995. Having earned her bachelor’s degree in political science from New York University, she is now studying law at the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University.

Jacqueline has shared her voice with a broad audience by participating in several documentaries on genocide prevention and through features in The New York Times, The UN Chronicle, The Washington Times, Newsday, The Huffington Post, People, Al Jazeera, NPR, Voice of America, CNN, PBS, NBC, ABC, and other media outlets worldwide. She also participated in Kenneth Cole’s social action “AWEARNESS” campaign and a photo layout in Esquire’s Portrait of the 21st Century.

For her work, Jacqueline has received several awards, including the Girls Learn International Humanitarian Award, the UN International Peace Ambassadors’ Outstanding Humanitarian Award, and the Moral Courage Award from the American Jewish Committee. She was also the youngest recipient of The Ellis Island Medal of Honor from NECO in 2008.