My day-to-day varies. I do some public speaking. I talk to school groups. — Clemantine Wamariya Copy Share Image
Make your education personal. When it matters to you, you will show up. — Clemantine Wamariya Education 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
Never allow other people to classify you based on your past and current circumstances, where you were born, your experiences, your gender,… — Clemantine Wamariya Copy Share Image
Growing up in Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda, I had a wonderful life, one that I have not experienced anywhere since,… — Clemantine Wamariya City Copy Share Image
I think, when you survive any intense experience, people try to moralize you; a lot of people just try to raise you… — Clemantine Wamariya Experience 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 Copy Share Image
There are millions of people, refugees, who have experienced the same conflicts and struggles I did. They have the same potential to… — Clemantine Wamariya Copy Share Image
“Taking care of loved ones in my world was not based on affection. It was based on the fear of losing them.” — Clemantine Wamariya Caring Copy Share Image
Words will never be enough to quantify and qualify the many magnitudes of human-caused destruction. — Clemantine Wamariya Destruction 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
After my final semester at Yale in December of 2013, I made a scary choice. Instead of looking for work - feeling… — Clemantine Wamariya Choice 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 hate light... I feel like at night, it's safer. If anything happens, there's a way to hide at night. Another thing… — Clemantine Wamariya Hate 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
My copy of 'Night' is dog-eared. The pages are filled with plastic colored 'flags' that are blue, green, purple, and yellow. Vocabulary… — Clemantine Wamariya Copy Share Image
The benefits of Umuganda are not merely economic. The day is intended to build community involvement and strengthen cohesion between persons of… — Clemantine Wamariya Benefit Copy Share Image
In 2006, after 12 years being separated away from my family and then seven years knowing that they were dead and them… — Clemantine Wamariya Copy Share Image
We need to examine hatred on a global perspective because hatred is everywhere, and it does not matter who you are: you… — Clemantine Wamariya Hatred 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
Like many American millennials, an 8th grade field trip first brought me into contact with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. — Clemantine Wamariya 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
'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
All that I have achieved has been possible not only because of my own strength and perseverance, gained through hardship, but also… — Clemantine Wamariya Belief 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 people to know that they are the masters, the queens, kings, and gods of their own story. — Clemantine Wamariya Gods 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
