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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
RWANDA:A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF WILLIAM PENN UNIVERSITY DR. ANN.M.FIELDS
Dr. Ann.M. Fields President William Penn University 201 Trueblood Avenue Oskaloosa, IA 52577
8 May, 2012
Dear Dr. Fields,
Re: HONORING PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME
This coming weekend you will be honoring the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame with an honorary doctorate.
While it is the right and priviledge of William Penn University to
bestow honors upon individuals that it considers distinguished in one
way or another, I would like to add my voice to many others who have
written and called your office to protest the very act of honoring
President Paul Kagame. I have attached copy of a recent open letter we
wrote to all members of the US Congress on the state of governance in
Rwanda entittled, “Open Letter to All Members of the US Congress on the
State of Governance in Rwanda and U.S Policy on Rwanda ( February
2012)”. I believe the letter gives a comprehensive and unflattering view
point as to why President Paul Kagame should not be honored by
William Penn University, particularly for the reasons that have been
made to the general public.
Like many others, I now understand
that William Penn University is founded on the Quaker principles of a
common and shared humanity, social justice, the liberating effects of
knowledge, gender equality, peace, the Christian ideal of love, and
taking a principled stand against persecution even if this is against a
few. Such ideals motivated the founding fathers of the Quaker movement,
like George Fox, and men like William Penn in whose name your
institution is proud to grace. Furthermore, like other universities in
history, your institution works to improve humankind’s quest for
knowledge, governance, and conduct. This is why leadership stands at the
core of your activities.
In honoring President Paul Kagame,
may I suggest that I do not see whatsoever how this act adds value to
what your institutions stands for. Paul Kagame was once my
comrade-in-arms. I have served with him in the violent revolution that
brought him to power, unfortunately at a high price of a civil war and
genocide. I have served as the Secretary General of his ruling Rwandese
Patriotic Front. I have served as his Government’s Ambassador to the
United States. I have been his Chief of Staff at his Presidency.
I am a Tutsi whose family members and relatives have suffered the
horrors of genocide and previous human rights abuses. I am also a
witness to grave human rights abuses that have been committed against
the Hutu, and continue to this day, by President Paul Kagame and a few
from what he now calls his army and party. In short, I am no stranger to
President Kagame’s corrupt and absolutist rule, of which I was once one
of its principal advocates.
His rule in Rwanda clearly is
everything contrary to the Quaker principles and the very foundation on
which William Penn University stands. By honoring a man who is
distinguished in his ruthless persecution of Rwandan people, William
Penn University will be taking a stand on the wrong side of history,
unfortunately departing from tradition. With President Kagame on one
side, and the Rwandan oppressed, dying, imprisoned and poor on the other
side, you have chosen the side of deadly and corrupt power. The choice
is not only a betrayal of Rwandan people, but also of generations of
Quakers who stood against injustice against all odds, and the entire
community of William Penn University that promotes justice for all and
human solidarity.
The choice is entirely yours. The
consequences are not. The event will come to pass but its footprint will
live for ever as an unnecessary and self-inflicted stain on William
Penn University.
With warmest regards,
Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa E-mail: ngombwa@gmail.com
COPY:
ADMINISTRATION
John Ottosson, Executive Vice President, Student Services & Enrollment Bonnie Johnson, Vice President of Financial Operations Greg Hafner, Vice President for Athletics, Athletic Director Steven C. Noah, Vice President for Government Relations, Outreach & Special Projects Dr. Noel Stahle, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Academic Dean Sherri L. Taylor, Vice President for Advancement Dr. Marjorie Welch, Dean of the College for Working Adults Judy Williams, Faculty Representative, Assistant Professor of Applied Computer Science
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
David Ahmad, Edward Jones, Financial Advisor Ryan Bhattacharyya (‘01), President, WPU Alumni Association PREMAC Wealth Management Services, President Ronald Bryan, Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends, General Superintendent Joe Crookham, Musco Corporation, President and CEO Kaye DeLange, Cargill, Inc., Facility Manager Carl Drost, Drost Equipment Inc., Owner and President Jerry Ellis (‘60), Arthur Anderson, Director and Chair Audit Committee (Retired) Dr. Ann Fields, William Penn University, President General Tommy Franks, U.S. Military, Commander US Central Command (Retired) Mary Glasscock, The Glaco Companies, President and CEO Greg Harris (‘72), General Reinsurance Corp, Vice President (Retired) Christopher Hyland, Musco Corporation, Chief Financial Officer Berry Johnson, Hampton-Dumont Community Schools, High School Principal (Retired) Michelle Premo Koehler, Nationwide Insurance, Vice President Commercial Lines Roger LeBel (‘72), Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends Packflex, National Sales Manager Reginald Martin (‘72), Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends Ruth Neubert (‘04), People's National Bank Dr. Eric Nichols (‘80), Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends Indiana University, University Division Advisor William Patten, Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends Samuel Ritchie, Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends Pekin Elementary School, Principal (Retired) Dr. Yogesh Shah, Des Moines University, Associate Dean of Global Health Nedra Jane Smith, Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends
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