The UALR Rwandan Students Association will hold a walk Tuesday evening to mark the 21st anniversary of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, in which Tutsis and moderate Hutus were slaughtered by members of the Hutu majority.
The Walk to Remember, which will start at 5:30 p.m. in front of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Ottenheimer Library with a minute of silence to remember the lives lost, is part of an annual worldwide event to raise awareness of the 100 days of violence that left about 800,000 dead.
After the walk, the student association will screen a documentary film about Rwandans’ path to forgiveness at 6 p.m. in Ledbetter Hall, Room C, of the Donaghey Student Center, the university said.
Walk to Remember activities are held in 10 countries on four continents, UALR said.