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"Ododo Wa" Community Dialogues YouTube: "Advocating for Justice and Reparations in Uganda" Video: This is an annotated YouTube video documenting a discussion panel in which Evelyn Amony, Grace Acan, and Isabelle Masson discuss the exhibit and advocating for justice and reparations in Uganda. The panel was held 24 October 2019 at the Moot Courtroom of Robson Hall, Faculty of Law building at the University of Manitoba

Grace Acan on storytelling, healing, and justice

Annotation: Grace Acan on storytelling among survivors and learning what justice means for survivors. Transcript (by Patricia Trudel): "[I]n the process of sharing I was getting healed, I was hum, it gave me the chance to, to share with others who had similar issues, and I picked the courage to also talk about it with others, hum like, so hum I mean it's not only my problem as it is being stated here like it’s here: it is about me and any other girl who went and had the same situation. So, this, when we shared for about a year, and women started getting courage, they were like: 'okay, I am not the only one'. If I (pause) if she went through that much, and I guess went through this small, so she has the reason to live: 'why not me?'. So, this give a lot of women a lot of courage as well to move on and now they are moving well. So, after the project, we’re like (pause): 'will it end here just listening to each other? What can we do together, to change our lives?' Because we cannot keep on saying: 'give me, do this for me', we can do something ourselves. So together with Evelyn and two other, we co-founded Women's Advocacy Network, all in pursuit of justice for women affected by war and their children. So there was several issues that were affecting them, like health issues, socially they were not accepted, and economically they had issues. That's why today I would like to say in terms of justice (pause) according to my analysis, and interactions with those affected by war who I represent here today, justice to the women I represent is (pause) dealing with their needs that are affecting them. Is it economic needs? Is it social needs? Do they need acceptance? Do they need medical support? That is justice to them. Do they need support for their children at school? That is justice to them."

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