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Forthcoming Speakers
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Former Speakers
r. Wangari Maathai - (September 30, 2005)
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Empowering
Women & Children One Tree at a Time
2004 Nobel Peace Laureate; Founder of the Green
Belt Movement Foundation (Biography)
Nobel laureate Wangari Muta Maathai, who sparked
an environmental revolution 30 years ago in her native Kenya by
organizing women to plant trees, preached empowerment and social
activism to an overflow crowd in the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
Friday afternoon. Social change begins at the grassroots, Maathai
told the audience. (Source: KSG News)
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Read more from the KSG News http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/ksgnews/Features/news/093005_maathai.htm
Levy Mwanawasa (September 20, 2005)
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Kirkland House hosted His Excellency Mr. Levy P.
Mwanawasa, State Council, President of the Republic of Zambia to
discuss Africa and Zambia: The Challenges for the Next Decade with
undergraduates, graduates and other members of the Harvard community
in the Kirkland JCR. |
Joaquim Chissano (September 19, 2004)
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Mozambique’s President Joaquim
Chissano delivered an uplifting speech at the Kennedy School of
Government yesterday, praising multinational organizations for
promoting peace and development in Africa... (Source: The Crimson) |
Read more from the Crimson http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=503407
Kofi Annan (April 24, 2002)
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Pressure for good governance in Africa
is now coming from both the people and the leaders of different
African countries, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said
last night to an overflow crowd at the Kennedy School of Government’s
ARCO forum... (Source: The Crimson) |
Read more from the Crimson http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=205309
Joseph Kabila (October 29, 2001)
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Introduced at the ARCO Forum as the youngest head of
state to ever speak at the Institute of Politics, 30-year-old Joseph
Kabila, the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, outlined
his optimistic plan for the future of his impoverished and war-torn
country, calling for peace before democracy can be established... (Source:
The Crimson)
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Read more from the Crimson http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=121983
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