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For those who didn\u2019t know about the approximately 800,000 civilians<\/a>, primarily Tutsi, who were brutally killed during a genocide in Rwanda, the 2004 Oscar-nominated film \u201cHotel Rwanda<\/a>\u201d brought it to the forefront. As many as 2 million Rwandans fled the country after the 100 days of genocide that took place from April to July 1994.<\/p>\n

In 2009, international psychology students from The Chicago School, including Jenifer White, Ph.D., traveled to Rwanda for a 12-day initiative helping to train counselors that were working with survivors dealing with trauma and PTSD, specifically children. This program was co-developed by Online Campus Dean Tiffany Masson, Psy.D.<\/a> But while the class was doing their research on Rwanda, Dr. White took a special interest in the civil war and genocide that took place in another country in the \u201890s: Bosnia.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the trip, Dr. Masson asked if I\u2019d decided what I wanted to do my dissertation on,\u201d Dr. White says.<\/p>\n

When the group visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial Museum<\/a>, Dr. White learned of the tragedies in Bosnia and made her decision.<\/p>\n

In April 1992, Bosnia-Herzegovina declared its independence from Yugoslavia. Over the next three years, Bosnian Serbs took extreme action in an effort to secure land for the exclusive use of their ethnic group. They raped, maimed, and slaughtered approximately 200,000 people<\/a>. Another 2 million were displaced\u2014the majority of which were Bosniak (Bosnian Muslims) and Croatian civilians. This \u201cethnic cleansing\u201d was classified by the United Nations as a genocide in 2007.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought it was interesting that the Bosnian and Rwandan genocides happened during the same time, and I wanted to compare them,\u201d Dr. White says. \u201cI didn\u2019t know anyone from Bosnia and had no connection to it, but I decided to go anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n

After completing her dissertation on the genocide in Bosnia and graduating in 2014 with a Ph.D. in International Psychology<\/a>, Dr. White wanted to use an artistic way to explore what the Balkan countries Bosnia and Herzegovina are like today. So she founded Project 1948, an organization that helps young adults express themselves through PhotoVoice, an internationally recognized therapeutic tool that allows participants to document their everyday lives through photo assignments.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy dissertation wasn\u2019t going to solve the major issues in Bosnia, and I was sad about that,\u201d Dr. White says. \u201cBut I wanted to do some kind of work that would help bring awareness and understanding to the people, using a culturally sensitive medium. Photography through PhotoVoice does that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Project 1948 was named after the year the Universal Declaration of Human Rights<\/a> was published \u201cto achieve, in co-operation with the United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms.\u201d<\/p>\n

In partnership with Photographers Without Borders<\/a>, Dr. White hopes that Project 1948 will continue to grow and give the Bosnian community the opportunity to share their concerns, ideas, and hope for a better future.<\/p>\n

For more information on Project 1948, visit Project1948.ngo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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