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" Elie Wiesel and his book 'Night' have changed my life, shifting the way I see and treat people and inspiring me to fight injustices any way I am able. "

Clemantine Wamariya

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" I go around the country sharing my story. I aim to dare other people to go deep into their own stories and hope to inspire them to think about their own world and experiences. "

Clemantine Wamariya

" I want people to know that they are the masters, the queens, kings, and gods of their own story. "

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" Everything I own in my closet has a story. Stuff is not just stuff - things were given to me with love. "

Clemantine Wamariya

" Make your education personal. When it matters to you, you will show up. "

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" I was the most tired 11-year-old in the world. "

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" We need to examine hatred on a global perspective because hatred is everywhere, and it does not matter who you are: you can be a victim of it anywhere and anytime. "

Clemantine Wamariya

" The idea of somebody suffering is really painful to every human. In our collective language, we all too often see those who are suffering as a victim to be pitied, to be feared, and even sometimes to be despised. I want to redirect that narrative. "

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" To the young girl who fails to see opportunities around her: Awaken the intellectual curiosity within you. Go on, search for those opportunities and chase after them! Because when you are curious and in 'search mode,' you will meet a lot of people and learn, and when you find opportunities, you will be exhilarated rather than overwhelmed. "

Clemantine Wamariya

" I am not a refugee. I sought refuge for many years, but the word 'refugee' does not define me. It just limits me and puts me in a box. "

Clemantine Wamariya

" I don't think in a linear form. "

Clemantine Wamariya

" I was six years old when the conflict started in Rwanda. "

Clemantine Wamariya

" Sharing presumes and creates equality. "

Clemantine Wamariya

" Forgiveness allowed me to wash my burdened past away. "

Clemantine Wamariya

" Every single person on the planet has equal humanity. "

Clemantine Wamariya

" I'm not a victim - I'm a survivor of hunger, of hate, of different injustices that humans are facing today. "

Clemantine Wamariya

" If we believe that a person seeking refuge is to be pitied, feared, despised, and looked down upon, we are doing ourselves a disservice. "

Clemantine Wamariya

" I am thankful to those who've listened to my story over and over as well as those who've helped me share it. For me, the act of storytelling is an act of healing. "

Clemantine Wamariya

" My Chicago is beautiful and diverse. It was able to give me all parts of the world all in one. "

Clemantine Wamariya

" I want to create or be a platform for people who have been labelled as a victim. I'm not going to be their voice; that's their voice. I want to allow people to voice their life beyond labels. "

Clemantine Wamariya

" After my final semester at Yale in December of 2013, I made a scary choice. Instead of looking for work - feeling over-read and underweight - that for a few months I would go wherever the wind carried me. I would become a student of the world, and I would eat. "

Clemantine Wamariya

" My day-to-day varies. I do some public speaking. I talk to school groups. "

Clemantine Wamariya

" As a child growing up in refugee camps, life taught me that many things were impossible. My older sister, Claire, taught me otherwise when her strength and resilience made the impossible possible in the way she worked, behaved, and took control of our lives. "

Clemantine Wamariya

" Being kind to myself helped me deal with people who thought less of me and thought they were better than me. "

Clemantine Wamariya

" Growing up, many of us are taught to place limits on what we can accomplish while on earth. We tend to think of things in binary form: either as possible or, more frequently, impossible. "

Clemantine Wamariya

" Sharing is wonderful, but giving - I give, you take - often maintains the power status quo. "

Clemantine Wamariya

" I want to tap into everyone's senses, to touch on our human sensibility. "

Clemantine Wamariya

" Like many American millennials, an 8th grade field trip first brought me into contact with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. "

Clemantine Wamariya

" It's taken a lot of years for me to learn how to share my story. "

Clemantine Wamariya

" The benefits of Umuganda are not merely economic. The day is intended to build community involvement and strengthen cohesion between persons of different background and levels. One such a benefit is that people can access authorities to articulate their needs and voice opinions on various issues. "

Clemantine Wamariya

" I'm still coping with my trauma, but coping by trying to find different ways to heal it rather than hide it. "

Clemantine Wamariya