In November 2004 they were honored by the ADL (Anti Defamation League) with a dinner and concert by the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Then in December of that year they received The Global Peace and Tolerance Award from the United Nations." The same year, Jacqueline was given the opportunity to speak on the floor of the United Nations to more than 180 delegates from all over the world during the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. Several years later Jacqueline participated in a conference in Israel on the integration of African emigres to Israel who had been victims of persecution and violence -- and she also met with many high official in the Israeli government.
After graduating from New York University with a degree in International Relations in 2008, Jacqueline took a year off to work with Miracle Corners of the World, where she established Jacqueline's Corner to raise funds to assist victims of the Rwanda genocide. More recently, she raised money from the Rwandan government for a facility to train victims of the genocide.
Today, Jacqueline is married and will soon graduate from the Cardozo Law School of Yeshiva University in New York City. Her husband, Jean Baptiste, also a Rwandan emigre, whom she met while giving a talk at the Los Angeles Holocaust Center, will also graduate from Law School (Hofstra University) in June.
David and Jacqueline continue to give presentations as a team. On January 6, 2012, they will talk to students at the East Harlem School in New York City.
Shakespeare said, "The evil that men do lives after them. The good is oft interred with their bones."
Mr. Shakespeare: We love you but you got that one wrong. David and Jacqueline are powerful living examples proclaiming that ultimately the good, the noble and the transcendent spirit survive. They are beacons of light that will shine and inspire, perhaps, for eternity.
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