User talk:Amminadab Munyaneza

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EARLY LIFE

Amminadab Munyaneza was born in Rwanda of East Central Africa in 1963. He was born into a mixed Hutu-Tutsi family, where his father was a minister. Munyaneza completed school and went on to a Baptist seminary, planning to go into the ministry. Influenced by the Quakers peace testimony, Munyaneza became one of the first Quaker founders in Rwanda. He married his wife, Rose, in 1988 and they have two children, Jonathan Benimana and Dianne Uwayo. When the war broke out in Rwanda in 1994, Munyaneza was away from his family, and he did not know what had happened to them. He escaped from Rwanda to the Congo (Zaire). There, he met a missionary who told him that his family was alive in a Nairobi in Kenya. His family was accepted as refugees into the United States and settled in Greensboro in late 1994, and Munyaneza was able to join them in 1995. CAREER

Munyaneza worked in various jobs when he first resettled in Greensboro. Then he enrolled in a graduate program at Antioch University in Ohio. In 1997 he became an AmeriCorps ACCESS member at Lutheran Family Services, serving for two years. He assisted African refugees who were resettled in North Carolina. He helped other incoming refugees with translation and linking them up with basic human services. However, his bigger concern was to bring Africans together here to work on peace and reconciliation. The African Services Coalition was formed as part of Munyaneza’s service project. Today the African Services Coalition has grown and settle many other refugees from the globe, including refugees from Laos, Vietnam, Burma, Africa, Nepal and the middle east. In the summer of 1998, Munyaneza was accepted in the Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations Department in the School of Education at UNCG. He views education as “a tool for social change,” and upon finishing his Ph.D. program, he will continue his work for peace and reconciliation amongst people divided because of racial and ethnic backgrounds.

While Mr. Munyaneza was completing his Ph.D program at the State University of North Carolina, he joined the United Nations Mission in Kosovo in 1999, and therefore he did not complete his program. He served the UN in wider cultural contexts and these include the countries of the former Yugoslavia, Uganda and Nepal. His recent assignment was in Yemen where worked for one of the USAID funding programs for conflict mitigation in the country dealing with the Yemen Tribal Conflict Program. While in Yemen, he also worked on the Yemen national scale media and leadership training targeting Young Yemeni (Youth) at risk of becoming involved with fundamentalist groups. To date, this project has involved more than 3,600 Yemeni youth in maintaining politically moderate, inclusive and tolerant ideals. In early 2001, Mr. Munyaneza he founded Religions Without Borders USA, while leading Kosovo inter-religious dialogue (former Yugoslavia). Ever, since the organization has created positive social change for millions of people in Yemen, Uganda and in the former Yugoslavia. It have reached dozens of regions throughout Africa, South East Asia and Eastern Europe by developing transformation methods that support (1) Conflict prevention and management; (2) Social progress, especially in education, co-existence and tolerance, (3) Multi-ethnic societies; (4) Democratic governance and the rule of law; (5) Economic growth and development; and 6) Private-public NGO sector cooperation.

In 2013, Religions Without Borders USA established an American arm entitled “New York Advocacy through Media, Awareness in Neighbourhood Initiative (NY AMANI) in which priority has been made to extend efforts in the United States over the next five years. This decision was made as a response to continued reinforcement by media outlets in the USA of false images of Islam as a “terrorist” religion. Religions Without Borders USA wishes to address the many social and psychological issues emergent as a consequence of The United States 12 Years of “War on Terror”. Also known as “Global War on Terrorism”, this conflict is essentially an international military campaign to eliminate Al Qaeda and other militant organizations, started as a reaction to September 11, 2001. The conflict has been joined by the USA allies including the UK and a host of NATO and non-NATO affiliated nations. Ever since, the global struggle against extremism and terrorism has increased because of a series of incidents that occur in the US and worldwide. During this period of conflict, print and electronic media have been heavily used to communicate both positive and inflammatory messages. Media has singlehandedly contributed to creating a dangerous social wedge between Muslims and non-Muslims living in the United States. Therefore, the AMANI project exists not only to protect the life and wellness of innocent Muslims who risk potential victimization. The project also seeks to prevent the general non-Muslim community from harbouring feelings of unnecessary anger and divisiveness between themselves and others unknown to them. To date, Mr. Munyaneza leads Religions without Borders, USA . His home office is in Schenectady, NY where he resides and owns a home.

Personal Life

Mr. Munyaneza has been married two times so far. His first marriage to Rosemay Munyaneza ended in divorce in 2001. He fathered two children in this marriage, Jonathan Benimana and Dianne Uwayo..

He met his second Common Law wife, Shailaja Tiwari ( born 1988) while he was stationed in Pokhara, Nepal ( Southeastern Asia) serving the United Nations Mission in Nepal as a Civil Affairs Officer in Nepal Western Region. Ms. Shailaja Tiwari is a practicing Hindu and Mr.Munyaneza remains a Quaker. Though he was born into Seventh Day Adventist family.

The couple lives both in Montreal Canada and Schenectady NY.

Citizenship

Mr.Munyaneza Amminadab, a Rwandan citizen by birth, was naturalized as a U.S. citizen, but in June 2002, he renounced his Rwandan Citizenship at the USA Immigration and Naturalization Office and he became an American.

Awards

Mr. Munyaneza has been awarded a certificate of recognition by the the North Carolina Governor Mr.James B.Hunt, Jr for his dedication and the work for the State of North Carolina.He also got award for his active participation to CAUX Scholars program in Switzerland (Europe), including many other awards and certificates from institutions and universities.

External links: www.rwbm.org www.nyamaniproject.org http://www.uncg.edu/iss/LATEST/cen_win.htm http://www.faqs.org/tax-exempt/NC/North-Carolina-African-Services-Coalition-Inc.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Amminadab_Munyaneza/sandbox http://www.amazon.com/review/R6VCZRFC38EHW www.nyamaniproject.org/index.php/news-events‎ http://www.equalaccess.org/wp-content/uploads/media/first_ea_yemen_youth_chat_radio_program_airs_-_no_background_info.pdf

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