There is no universal consensus on the “just recovery” of traumatic experiences from the Holocaust, the “Dirty War” in Argentina, the genocide in Rwanda, the “Killing Fields” of Cambodia and other massacres. This session will explore the fundamental necessity of preserving historical memory and truth as means to not only address collective trauma, but also engage in processes of transitional justice and transformation world-wide, and in the United States as it nears a period of authentic racial reckoning.
Jeanette Spiegel was born October 17, 1923 in Vienna, Austria to the Jewish couple Ossie and Etta Koenigsberg, and had an older sister Irma. Her father owned a furniture store and they lived in an assimilated borough of Vienna. She remembers the Nazis marching into Vienna March 15,1938 as the Austrians cheered them on with open arms. Jeanette was sent on a Child Transport to Belgium in January 1939 and hid in plain sight keeping a step ahead of the Gestapo until April 1944 when she was arrested for being a Jew and sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau. In January 1945 Jeanette escaped a Death March and made her way back to Vienna in hopes of finding family. She was the only Survivor.
Jeanette Spiegel lives in NYC with her husband of 65 years, Herbert Spiegel. She has three children, six grandchildren, two great-grandchildren with a third on the way, and one rather large British Blue Shorthair cat named Clementine.
Over 25 years of international experience in transitional justice, human rights, and rule of law, working for both international organizations and NGOs. Prior to joining ICTJ, he was the Director of the UNDP Transitional Justice Basket Fund in Colombia and served as UNDP Senior Justice Advisor in Tunisia after the Jasmine Revolution. In Nepal and Colombia, Travesí-Sanz held regional responsibilities with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as protection delegate. He also worked in Sierra Leone, as Country Director of the Spanish Red Cross and as Director for the Balkans for the NGO Movimiento por la Paz. He has a Law Degree, specialized in International Public Law and a Masters Degree in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution. He's been invited to teach in several universities in Spain, Colombia and Italy and he's a recognized novelist and playwright, winning awards such as the Spanish National Prize of Theater.
Emmanuel Rutikanga from Kigali, Rwanda, is holder of bachelors degree in Economics and business studies majored in Finance at Kigali Independent University he is also a holder of diploma in community driven social changes from Goldin Institute based in Chicago Illinois, he is a co-author of an article called “Of Milk Pots and Cattle Keepers.” in African Arts, Winter 2018, Volume 51, No. 4: 70-85. Emmanuel is a board member in HCH (House of culture heritage), an organization which serves the community through vocational service-based activities via cultural art, Emmanuel also volunteers at the Streets Ahead Children's Centre Association (SACCA), a local NGO registered in Rwanda which works to protect and rehabilitate children at risk of homelessness in the Eastern Province of Rwanda. He is the Co-Founder and Executive Secretary of the Hope and Peace Foundation Rwanda, which is dedicated to: 1. Fostering unity and reconciliation among youth survivors, youths whose parents participated in the Genocide and Youth born from rape in 1994 genocide perpetrated against the Tutsi. 2. women still haunted from suffering rape of 1994 genocide against Tutsi, 3. To take care of the ladies and girls who were raped during the Genocide. 4. To take care of elderly widows without children and he started the Hope and Peace Foundation to unite and reconcile youths whose families were on different sides of the Genocide.
Tulaine Montgomery is CEO of New Profit, a venture philanthropy firm that backs visionary leaders expanding access to opportunity in America. A leader at the intersection of innovation, impact, and justice, Tulaine has spent her career building mission-driven organizations across the U.S. and globally.
Under Tulaine’s leadership, New Profit has raised and distributed over $100M in capital and capacity-building support to leaders transforming education, economic mobility, and democracy. Previously, she held executive roles at YouthBuild USA, United Way, and Citizen Schools. Tulaine serves as Board Chair of GirlTrek and serves on the Beyond 12 board. Her thought leadership has appeared in TIME, The Atlantic, and Forbes, and she has taken the stage at SXSW and the Skoll World Forum. She is the Host and Executive Producer of the podcast "Say More with Tulaine Montgomery," which features bold conversations on justice, belonging, and systems change.
President, Samueli Family Philanthropies and COO, H&S Ventures, Samueli Foundation
Lindsey Spindle is president of the Samueli Family Philanthropies and a senior executive in the Samueli family office, H&S Ventures.
Lindsey’s career has been exclusively dedicated to achieving social impact. Before joining the Samuelis, she served as president of the Jeff Skoll Group where she helped oversee the globally renowned Skoll Foundation and Academy Award-winning Hollywood film studio Participant Media.
Before joining the field of philanthropy, Lindsey specialized in developing transformational social impact brands, such as the "No Kid Hungry" and "Truth" campaigns, that substantially improved the lives of children.
Lindsey is a Board director for the Samueli, Skoll, and Anaheim Ducks Foundations. A fourth generation native of Washington-DC, she is a proud wife to David and mom of two incredible children.
