Speaker · Dydine Umunyana Anderson
Bring the work into the room.
Dydine Umunyana Anderson is a survivor of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi. She speaks at universities, museums, and corporate convenings on memory, survivorship, and the practice of storytelling.
The Speaker
A survivor in the room.
Dydine is a survivor of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi, the author of Embrace Life, and a permanent speaker at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles.
She speaks as a survivor and leader on storytelling as a way of healing. Each engagement begins with a conversation about the room, who the audience is, what you want them to leave with, what the work is meant to do.
Harvard Kennedy School · Dydine speaks on memory, survivorship, and the practice of storytelling
Speaking Topics
What Dydine brings into the room.
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Surviving the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi.
The firsthand account. Grounding for student and university audiences.
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Storytelling as a way of healing.
How storytelling rebuilds communities. The institutional argument behind Kind Kulture.
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Mirror · Bridge · Change.
The methodology, applied. Best for dialogue rooms, leadership convenings, educator institutes.
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Building a cultural institution in public.
The making of a cultural institution. For audiences ready to think seriously about memory, humanity, and what it takes to build something that lasts.
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Custom keynotes.
Every community is different. Dydine works directly with organizers to shape a talk for the specific room, the specific moment, and the specific people in it.
Where Dydine Has Spoken
A decade on the record.
Museum of Tolerance · University of Southern California · Harvard Kennedy School · Talks at Google · TEDx Cornell · Women Leaders in Law Enforcement Symposium · Kwibuka 31 · Partner institutions in Rwanda, Colombia and the United States
Inquire
Begin with a conversation.
Lead with who the audience is, what you want them to leave with, and what the room is meant to do.