Dear Humanity — Letters & Essays by Dydine Umunyana Anderson”
Every Sunday morning, Dydine sends a letter — honest, tender, and true. Stories of survival, healing, and what it means to be human. Read here or subscribe on Substack for free and paid letters every week.
Dear Humanity : Hope, My Little Friend
I have been speaking about the 1994 Rwandan Genocide against the Tutsi for over a decade.
I have stood in front of audiences of every kind — leaders of law enforcement officers, university students, corporate leaders, faith communities, women CEO’s. I have spoken to people four years old and ninety-four years old. I have learned to read a room in the first thirty seconds.
Dear Humanity: We are all surviving something
There is a moment I return to often. I am on a train traveling along the California coast, watching the Pacific Ocean through a window, and something inside me goes very quiet.