Outreach Programme on the 1994 Genocide against
the Tutsi in Rwanda and the United Nations

Woman looks at the '800,000: Acknowledge, Remember, Renew' exhibit at UNHQ Woman looks at the '800,000: Acknowledge, Remember, Renew' exhibit at UNHQ
The project "800,000: Acknowledge, Remember, Renew" asks to acknowledge each life lost, remember the victims, and renew hope and support. The exhibit was presented by William Snyder III. Photo © Bo Li/Africa Renewal

One page for each victim, one crate for each day of the genocide

800,000 are the pages in 2500 books displayed in 100 crates.

"800,000"

Acknowledge, Remember, Renew

  • By William Snyder III

800,000 are the pages in 2500 books displayed in 100 crates: one page for each victim, one crate for each day of the genocide. The books were hand-bound through the collaboration of the "800,000" team, six high schools, and three groups of volunteers.

Each victim is acknowledged through a hand print on one of the 800,000 pages. The project asks to acknowledge each life lost, remember the victims, and renew hope and support.

Will Snyder is a native of Pennsylvania, USA. He holds an MFA in Printmaking from Penn State. He has skill in a variety of media, materials, and subjects and he is an advocate for the arts in the State College area in Central Pennsylvania.

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