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Dreamweek SA 2020- Opening Ceremony – Paul Rusesabagina

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Dreamweek SA 2020- Opening Ceremony - Paul Rusesabagina

The ceremony featured opening remarks from Mayor Ron Nirenberg, a presentation by keynote speaker, Paul Rusesabagina, San Antonio Poet Laureate Octavio Quintanilla, and a short presentation from DreamWeek Founder Shokare Nakpodia.

Paul Rusesabagina is a Rwandan humanitarian who, while working as a house manager at the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, hid and protected 1,268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees from the Interahamwe militia during the Rwandan genocide. None of those refugees were hurt or killed during the attacks.

Rusesabagina’s efforts were the basis of the fictional Academy Award-nominated film Hotel Rwanda (2004), in which he was portrayed by American actor Don Cheadle. He has homes in Brussels, Belgium and San Antonio, Texas. Rusesabagina founded the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation to fight for global human rights.

Album: Jan 10

Categories: Ceremony

Tags: #A Collective Vision #City of San Antonio #Community #DREAMVOICE #DreamVoiceLLC #Dreamweek #Dreamweek Event #DREAMWEEK2020 #DreamWeek2020 Opening Ceremony Breakfast with Keynote Speaker Paul Rusesabagina #DWSA #DWSA2020 #Jack Guenther Pavilion at the Briscoe #Opening Breakfast Ceremony #Paul Rusesabagina #SA #San Antonio #San Antonio community

Dreamweek SA 2020- Opening Ceremony – Paul Rusesabagina

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Dreamweek SA 2020- Opening Ceremony - Paul Rusesabagina

The ceremony featured opening remarks from Mayor Ron Nirenberg, a presentation by keynote speaker, Paul Rusesabagina, San Antonio Poet Laureate Octavio Quintanilla, and a short presentation from DreamWeek Founder Shokare Nakpodia.

Paul Rusesabagina is a Rwandan humanitarian who, while working as a house manager at the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, hid and protected 1,268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees from the Interahamwe militia during the Rwandan genocide. None of those refugees were hurt or killed during the attacks.

Rusesabagina’s efforts were the basis of the fictional Academy Award-nominated film Hotel Rwanda (2004), in which he was portrayed by American actor Don Cheadle. He has homes in Brussels, Belgium and San Antonio, Texas. Rusesabagina founded the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation to fight for global human rights.

Album: Jan 10

Categories: Ceremony

Tags: #A Collective Vision #City of San Antonio #Community #DREAMVOICE #DreamVoiceLLC #Dreamweek #Dreamweek Event #DREAMWEEK2020 #DreamWeek2020 Opening Ceremony Breakfast with Keynote Speaker Paul Rusesabagina #DWSA #DWSA2020 #Jack Guenther Pavilion at the Briscoe #Opening Breakfast Ceremony #SA #San Antonio #San Antonio community

Dreamweek SA 2020- Opening Ceremony – Mayor Ron Nirenberg & Founder Shokare Nakpodia, Maurice Bridges

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Dreamweek SA 2020- Opening Ceremony - Mayor Ron Nirenberg & Founder Shokare Nakpodia, Maurice Bridges

The ceremony featured opening remarks from Mayor Ron Nirenberg, a presentation by keynote speaker, Paul Rusesabagina, San Antonio Poet Laureate Octavio Quintanilla, and a short presentation from DreamWeek Founder Shokare Nakpodia.

Paul Rusesabagina is a Rwandan humanitarian who, while working as a house manager at the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, hid and protected 1,268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees from the Interahamwe militia during the Rwandan genocide. None of those refugees were hurt or killed during the attacks.

Rusesabagina’s efforts were the basis of the fictional Academy Award-nominated film Hotel Rwanda (2004), in which he was portrayed by American actor Don Cheadle. He has homes in Brussels, Belgium and San Antonio, Texas. Rusesabagina founded the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation to fight for global human rights.

Album: Jan 10

Categories: Ceremony

Tags: #A Collective Vision #City of San Antonio #Community #DREAMVOICE #DreamVoiceLLC #Dreamweek #Dreamweek Event #DREAMWEEK2020 #DreamWeek2020 Opening Ceremony Breakfast with Keynote Speaker Paul Rusesabagina #DWSA #DWSA2020 #Jack Guenther Pavilion at the Briscoe #Maurice Bridges #Mayor Ron Nirenberg #Opening Breakfast Ceremony #SA #San Antonio #San Antonio community #Sho Nakpodia #Shokare Nakpodia

Dreamweek SA 2020- Opening Ceremony – Mayor Ron Nirenberg, Shokare Nakpodia

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Dreamweek SA 2020- Opening Ceremony - Mayor Ron Nirenberg, Shokare Nakpodia

The ceremony featured opening remarks from Mayor Ron Nirenberg, a presentation by keynote speaker, Paul Rusesabagina, San Antonio Poet Laureate Octavio Quintanilla, and a short presentation from DreamWeek Founder Shokare Nakpodia.

Paul Rusesabagina is a Rwandan humanitarian who, while working as a house manager at the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, hid and protected 1,268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees from the Interahamwe militia during the Rwandan genocide. None of those refugees were hurt or killed during the attacks.

Rusesabagina’s efforts were the basis of the fictional Academy Award-nominated film Hotel Rwanda (2004), in which he was portrayed by American actor Don Cheadle. He has homes in Brussels, Belgium and San Antonio, Texas. Rusesabagina founded the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation to fight for global human rights.

Album: Jan 10

Categories: Ceremony

Tags: #A Collective Vision #City of San Antonio #Community #DREAMVOICE #DreamVoiceLLC #Dreamweek #Dreamweek Event #DREAMWEEK2020 #DreamWeek2020 Opening Ceremony Breakfast with Keynote Speaker Paul Rusesabagina #DWSA #DWSA2020 #Jack Guenther Pavilion at the Briscoe #Mayor Ron Nirenberg #Opening Breakfast Ceremony #SA #San Antonio #San Antonio community #Sho Nakpodia #Shokare Nakpodia

Dreamweek SA 2020- Opening Ceremony – Mayor Ron Nirenberg

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Dreamweek SA 2020- Opening Ceremony - Mayor Ron Nirenberg

The ceremony featured opening remarks from Mayor Ron Nirenberg, a presentation by keynote speaker, Paul Rusesabagina, San Antonio Poet Laureate Octavio Quintanilla, and a short presentation from DreamWeek Founder Shokare Nakpodia.

Paul Rusesabagina is a Rwandan humanitarian who, while working as a house manager at the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, hid and protected 1,268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees from the Interahamwe militia during the Rwandan genocide. None of those refugees were hurt or killed during the attacks.

Rusesabagina’s efforts were the basis of the fictional Academy Award-nominated film Hotel Rwanda (2004), in which he was portrayed by American actor Don Cheadle. He has homes in Brussels, Belgium and San Antonio, Texas. Rusesabagina founded the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation to fight for global human rights.

Album: Jan 10

Categories: Ceremony

Tags: #A Collective Vision #City of San Antonio #Community #DREAMVOICE #DreamVoiceLLC #Dreamweek #Dreamweek Event #DREAMWEEK2020 #DreamWeek2020 Opening Ceremony Breakfast with Keynote Speaker Paul Rusesabagina #DWSA #DWSA2020 #Jack Guenther Pavilion at the Briscoe #Mayor Ron Nirenberg #Opening Breakfast Ceremony #SA #San Antonio #San Antonio community

Dreamweek SA 2020- Opening Ceremony – Maurice Bridges

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Dreamweek SA 2020- Opening Ceremony - Maurice Bridges

The ceremony featured opening remarks from Mayor Ron Nirenberg, a presentation by keynote speaker, Paul Rusesabagina, San Antonio Poet Laureate Octavio Quintanilla, and a short presentation from DreamWeek Founder Shokare Nakpodia.

Paul Rusesabagina is a Rwandan humanitarian who, while working as a house manager at the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, hid and protected 1,268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees from the Interahamwe militia during the Rwandan genocide. None of those refugees were hurt or killed during the attacks.

Rusesabagina’s efforts were the basis of the fictional Academy Award-nominated film Hotel Rwanda (2004), in which he was portrayed by American actor Don Cheadle. He has homes in Brussels, Belgium and San Antonio, Texas. Rusesabagina founded the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation to fight for global human rights.

Album: Jan 10

Categories: Ceremony

Tags: #A Collective Vision #City of San Antonio #Community #DREAMVOICE #DreamVoiceLLC #Dreamweek #Dreamweek Event #DREAMWEEK2020 #DreamWeek2020 Opening Ceremony Breakfast with Keynote Speaker Paul Rusesabagina #DWSA #DWSA2020 #Jack Guenther Pavilion at the Briscoe #Opening Breakfast Ceremony #SA #San Antonio #San Antonio community

Dreamweek SA 2020- Opening Ceremony

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Dreamweek SA 2020- Opening Ceremony

The ceremony featured opening remarks from Mayor Ron Nirenberg, a presentation by keynote speaker, Paul Rusesabagina, San Antonio Poet Laureate Octavio Quintanilla, and a short presentation from DreamWeek Founder Shokare Nakpodia.

Paul Rusesabagina is a Rwandan humanitarian who, while working as a house manager at the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, hid and protected 1,268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees from the Interahamwe militia during the Rwandan genocide. None of those refugees were hurt or killed during the attacks.

Rusesabagina’s efforts were the basis of the fictional Academy Award-nominated film Hotel Rwanda (2004), in which he was portrayed by American actor Don Cheadle. He has homes in Brussels, Belgium and San Antonio, Texas. Rusesabagina founded the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation to fight for global human rights.

Album: Jan 10

Categories: Ceremony

Tags: #A Collective Vision #City of San Antonio #Community #DREAMVOICE #DreamVoiceLLC #Dreamweek #Dreamweek Event #DREAMWEEK2020 #DreamWeek2020 Opening Ceremony Breakfast with Keynote Speaker Paul Rusesabagina #DWSA #DWSA2020 #Jack Guenther Pavilion at the Briscoe #Opening Breakfast Ceremony #SA #San Antonio #San Antonio community

Dreamweek SA 2020- Opening Ceremony

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Dreamweek SA 2020- Opening Ceremony

The ceremony featured opening remarks from Mayor Ron Nirenberg, a presentation by keynote speaker, Paul Rusesabagina, San Antonio Poet Laureate Octavio Quintanilla, and a short presentation from DreamWeek Founder Shokare Nakpodia.

Paul Rusesabagina is a Rwandan humanitarian who, while working as a house manager at the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, hid and protected 1,268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees from the Interahamwe militia during the Rwandan genocide. None of those refugees were hurt or killed during the attacks.

Rusesabagina’s efforts were the basis of the fictional Academy Award-nominated film Hotel Rwanda (2004), in which he was portrayed by American actor Don Cheadle. He has homes in Brussels, Belgium and San Antonio, Texas. Rusesabagina founded the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation to fight for global human rights.

Album: Jan 10

Categories: Ceremony

Tags: #A Collective Vision #City of San Antonio #Community #DREAMVOICE #DreamVoiceLLC #Dreamweek #Dreamweek Event #DREAMWEEK2020 #DreamWeek2020 Opening Ceremony Breakfast with Keynote Speaker Paul Rusesabagina #DWSA #DWSA2020 #Jack Guenther Pavilion at the Briscoe #Opening Breakfast Ceremony #SA #San Antonio #San Antonio community

Dreamweek SA 2020- Opening Ceremony

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Dreamweek SA 2020- Opening Ceremony

The ceremony featured opening remarks from Mayor Ron Nirenberg, a presentation by keynote speaker, Paul Rusesabagina, San Antonio Poet Laureate Octavio Quintanilla, and a short presentation from DreamWeek Founder Shokare Nakpodia.

Paul Rusesabagina is a Rwandan humanitarian who, while working as a house manager at the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, hid and protected 1,268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees from the Interahamwe militia during the Rwandan genocide. None of those refugees were hurt or killed during the attacks.

Rusesabagina’s efforts were the basis of the fictional Academy Award-nominated film Hotel Rwanda (2004), in which he was portrayed by American actor Don Cheadle. He has homes in Brussels, Belgium and San Antonio, Texas. Rusesabagina founded the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation to fight for global human rights.

Album: Jan 10

Categories: Ceremony

Tags: #A Collective Vision #City of San Antonio #Community #DREAMVOICE #DreamVoiceLLC #Dreamweek #Dreamweek Event #DREAMWEEK2020 #DreamWeek2020 Opening Ceremony Breakfast with Keynote Speaker Paul Rusesabagina #DWSA #DWSA2020 #Jack Guenther Pavilion at the Briscoe #Opening Breakfast Ceremony #SA #San Antonio #San Antonio community

Dreamweek SA 2020- Opening Ceremony – Audience

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Dreamweek SA 2020- Opening Ceremony - Audience

The ceremony featured opening remarks from Mayor Ron Nirenberg, a presentation by keynote speaker, Paul Rusesabagina, San Antonio Poet Laureate Octavio Quintanilla, and a short presentation from DreamWeek Founder Shokare Nakpodia.

Paul Rusesabagina is a Rwandan humanitarian who, while working as a house manager at the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, hid and protected 1,268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees from the Interahamwe militia during the Rwandan genocide. None of those refugees were hurt or killed during the attacks.

Rusesabagina’s efforts were the basis of the fictional Academy Award-nominated film Hotel Rwanda (2004), in which he was portrayed by American actor Don Cheadle. He has homes in Brussels, Belgium and San Antonio, Texas. Rusesabagina founded the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation to fight for global human rights.

Album: Jan 10

Categories: Ceremony

Tags: #A Collective Vision #City of San Antonio #Community #DREAMVOICE #DreamVoiceLLC #Dreamweek #Dreamweek Event #DREAMWEEK2020 #DreamWeek2020 Opening Ceremony Breakfast with Keynote Speaker Paul Rusesabagina #DWSA #DWSA2020 #Jack Guenther Pavilion at the Briscoe #Opening Breakfast Ceremony #SA #San Antonio #San Antonio community