Republican Journal advances talk by graduate student, Rwandan refugee

The Republican Journal reported Prosper Ishimwe, a graduate student of global policy in the University of Maine School of Policy and International Affairs, will recount his experiences and share his perspectives on life as a refugee in Maine at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11 at Belfast Free Library. The event is free and open to the public. Ishimwe was born and raised in Rwanda, and moved to the U.S in the summer of 2014. Before joining SPIA, he volunteered with Tree Street Youth, an organization that serves youth in Lewiston, mostly refugees from Somalia and the African Great Lakes region, according to the article. In his home country, Ishimwe worked with the Peace Corps as a language and cross-culture facilitator, the Junior Chamber International as a project coordinator, and Never Again Rwanda as a peace-building coordinator, the article states.