Dawn Bonker
Carl Wilkens, the only American who chose to remain in Rwanda after the genocide began there in 1994, will speak at Chapman University at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, in Beckman Hall, room 404.
Wilkens is the former head of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency International in Rwanda. His choice to stay in Rwanda and try to help resulted in preventing the massacre of hundreds of children over the course of the genocide.
He was featured in Frontline’s “Ghosts of Rwanda” and “The Few Who Stayed: Defying Genocide,” an American Radio Works documentary which aired on National Public Radio. His humanitarian work has been recognized with several awards including the Dignitas Humana Award from Saint John’s School of Theology Seminary and a 2005 Medal of Valor from the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
His presentation is sponsored by the College of Educational Studies, the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Studies and the office of the Vice Chancellor for Students.
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