Ugandan Sister Nyirumbe Headlines World of Women Peace Conference in Dallas
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Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe, a Catholic Nun of the order of the Sacred Heart of Jesus based in Gulu, Uganda, on Saturday headlined the 16th annual conference of a world of women for world peace at Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, Texas. The conference was hosted by Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson of the 30th District of Dallas Texas. A Nun since 1972, Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe was joined by two other panelists; Nikiya Natale, an Immigration Attorney with Refugee Services of Texas and Mu Naw Di, a-17-year-old student at the City of Dallas high School and vice chair of the Youth commission, Dallas District 9, and a recent immigrant from Myanmar, formerly Burma.Moderated by Robyn Short, the three panelists weighed-in on how women can contribute to peace in the world. Sister Nyirumbe is a humanitarian and international peace builder who openly defied Joseph Kony and rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army in their 20-year reign of terror in Northern Uganda. Starting off with one sewing machine as a director of Monica Girls’ Tailoring Center in Gulu in 2001, she has since given hope, a home, and skills to more than 2,000 young women. These women were abducted as young girls, raped, tortured and forced to become rebels and kill their own family members. Sister Rosemary is one of TIME's 100 most influential people of 2014 and was a CNN Hero in 2007. Details coming soon. Watch this space!
Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson