Before Jane Ekayu, founder of Children of Peace Uganda, joined Nō Studios in Milwaukee for the Social Justice Summit, she and her students spoke to the New York University Gallatin School.
Speaking on how the arts have heped children of war heal from trauma, Ekayu states: “Someone hurt them somewhere, and it was not dealt with. If we do not deal with the anger that has been injected into the children, it’s most likely to blow up somewhere else, hurting others. So that’s why we talk about forgiveness, we sing about forgiveness—we will draw it, we will dance, we will do everything until it reaches the hearts of these people."
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