My day-to-day varies. I do some public speaking. I talk to school groups. — Clemantine Wamariya Public Copy Share Image
Make your education personal. When it matters to you, you will show up. — Clemantine Wamariya Education Copy Share Image
Everything I own in my closet has a story. Stuff is not just stuff - things were given to me with love. — Clemantine Wamariya Closet Copy Share Image
If you want to learn about the history of a people, eat their food and drink their beverages. — Clemantine Wamariya Drink Copy Share Image
No matter what is happening in your life, you always offer tea. — Clemantine Wamariya Always Copy Share Image
Being able to connect with other humans is something I've done since I was little. — Clemantine Wamariya Being Copy Share Image
It's taken a lot of years for me to learn how to share my story. — Clemantine Wamariya How Copy Share Image
Always strive to be a better you for you and for other. — Clemantine Wamariya Always Copy Share Image
Like many American millennials, an 8th grade field trip first brought me into contact with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. — Clemantine Wamariya American Copy Share Image
'Night' may be one of the most important books that people can read today. It is a story of how hate can… — Clemantine Wamariya Books Copy Share Image
I am thankful to those who've listened to my story over and over as well as those who've helped me share it.… — Clemantine Wamariya Healing Copy Share Image
I want to create or be a platform for people who have been labelled as a victim. I'm not going to be… — Clemantine Wamariya Create Copy Share Image
The world is part of us, and we are part of the world. Even through the smallest acts, we can demonstrate that.… — Clemantine Wamariya Believe Copy Share Image
Growing up, many of us are taught to place limits on what we can accomplish while on earth. We tend to think… — Clemantine Wamariya Accomplish Copy Share Image
From age six to 12, I lived in seven different countries, moving from one refugee camp to another, hoping we would be wanted. — Clemantine Wamariya Age Copy Share Image
If we believe that a person seeking refuge is to be pitied, feared, despised, and looked down upon, we are doing ourselves… — Clemantine Wamariya Believe Copy Share Image
As a child growing up in refugee camps, life taught me that many things were impossible. My older sister, Claire, taught me… — Clemantine Wamariya Children Copy Share Image
To the young girl who fails to see opportunities around her: Awaken the intellectual curiosity within you. Go on, search for those… — Clemantine Wamariya Curiosity Copy Share Image
My experiences have shown me that when an opportunity bigger than you comes along and you feel unprepared and doubtful, it is… — Clemantine Wamariya Emotions Copy Share Image
The idea of somebody suffering is really painful to every human. In our collective language, we all too often see those who… — Clemantine Wamariya Human Copy Share Image
I want to tap into everyone's senses, to touch on our human sensibility. — Clemantine Wamariya Everyone Copy Share Image
I'm open to everything. Take me anywhere, show me everything. — Clemantine Wamariya Anywhere Copy Share Image
People say you can't change the world. But you can change people. — Clemantine Wamariya Change Copy Share Image
It has taken me so many years to finally be in my bed and fall asleep for six hours. — Clemantine Wamariya Bed Copy Share Image
We cannot afford to lose any more people as a result of hatred. — Clemantine Wamariya Hatred Copy Share Image
You have this one life. If you keep being selfish and unkind, it's going to come back to you. — Clemantine Wamariya Back Copy Share Image
The tradition of Umuganda is a beautiful and inspiring one. It connects people to their surrounds and creates a responsible community. — Clemantine Wamariya Beautiful Copy Share Image
Being kind to myself helped me deal with people who thought less of me and thought they were better than me. — Clemantine Wamariya Being Copy Share Image
I'm still coping with my trauma, but coping by trying to find different ways to heal it rather than hide it. — Clemantine Wamariya Coping Copy Share Image
I'm not a victim - I'm a survivor of hunger, of hate, of different injustices that humans are facing today. — Clemantine Wamariya Hate Copy Share Image
