Exploring Stories of Genocide and Justice after Conflict | Samantha Lakin | TEDxFulbrightSantaMonica

How can a society turn around and recover after genocide? Survivors need to achieve justice. For these survivors, justice in the legal sense is not enough. New considerations of justice are as or more important to making survivors feel whole again.
Samantha Lakin was a Fulbright scholar to Switzerland, a grantee with the National Endowment for the Humanities, and has worked on gender issues at the World Health Organization. She has presented original research at a number of international conferences, including the University of London, The International Institute for Holocaust Research at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, the Museum of Tolerance New York, and the International Society of Political Psychology. Her research focuses on human security in post-conflict societies, looking at memorialization practices initiated by states and survivors. Samantha also serves as a consultant for the Kigali Genocide Memorial and Aegis Trust in Rwanda, and on the Advisory Board of the Genocide Survivors Support Network.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@xiomarasanchez3548]

Awesome talk, thank you Samantha for sharing these survivors' stories. I agree with you "validation is essential to justice," my heart and prayers goes out to Rwanda survivors along with other genocide survivors.

[@kristinahahn9741]

Thank you, Samantha, for talking about your personal experiences with genocide survivors and for sharing your #fightsworthfighting on the TEDxFulbright stage!

[@jmariebugingokagenza6868]

Thank you for this study. The legal justice is not sufficient after a Genocide, I know to define justice for survivors needs sometimes is not easy.

[@patriciam.martin68]

Thank you Samantha.

[@MrThebruzz]

this is the best story telling i ever heard, so enthusiast, and so comforting...... , thanks Sam!!

[@karencortellreisman1]

Well done. This enlightened way to define justice is relevant not only to the horrific stories referenced by #SamanthaLakin but to all forms of genocide and violence. Samantha is relevant, articulate and smart.

[@simplemarcelo]

Lakin Thank u for telling the world our #sorrowful journey and #resilience.

[@kittikushlobhikkhu4716]

Oh wow! That so great! I like your speech. That's very good job! Thank you.