Peris Tushabe, our speaker on Thursday, had planned to be in Uganda by now, but her summer project has been postponed for at least six weeks because of new restrictions imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic there -- where only a small proportion of the population has been vaccinated. She has lived in the United States since she was 13, and recently graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs.
She hopes to start a theater project in northern Uganda to encourage girls to stay in school. The area was badly affected by civil warfare, and Peris hopes to address trauma and conflict resolution, along with period poverty and other issues.
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