[OKC] OCU Hosts Wangari Maathai Oct. 1

[Susie Shields]

Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai at Oklahoma City University, October 1,
2008, 8:00 p.m.




Environment, Democracy and Peace: A Critical Link

Wangari Muta Maathai, recipient of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, is recognized
worldwide for her work for democracy, human rights, and the environment. The
daughter of farmers from Mount Kenya, Maathai is the first woman in East and
Central Africa to earn a doctoral degree. She has taught at universities
throughout the world and founded Kenya's Green Belt Movement, through which
women's groups have helped to conserve the environment and improve quality
of life by planting more than 30 million trees. At least half a dozen
African countries have started similar programs.

Maathai has chaired the National Council of Women of Kenya, served on the
U.N. Commission for Global Governance and the Commission on the Future, was
elected to Kenya's Parliament, and was appointed as Assistant Minister for
the Environment. She has been named a Top 100 Eco-Hero, one of the 100
Heroines of the World, and one of the 100 people who made an environmental
difference. Time magazine named her as one of the 100 most influential
people in the world and Forbes named her one of the 100 most powerful women
in the world. In 2006, she received the Legion d'Honneur, France's highest
honor. She has received honorary degrees from many institutions, including
Yale University and Williams College.

She has written two books: her autobiography, Unbowed, 2006), and The
Greenbelt Movement: Sharing the Approach and the Experience (2002).

Prepare yourself for Maathai's lecture. Don't miss the screening of Taking
Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai, the 2008 documentary film by Lisa
Merton and Alan Dater. The film will be shown in Kerr- McGee Auditorium at
the Meinders School of Business, NW 27th and McKinley, Oklahoma City, OK,
USA, 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 30.

Henry J. Freede Wellness and Activity Center
Seating limited. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.. October 1, 2008.





Susie Shields

Use Less Stuff Campaign Coordinator

Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality

Land Protection Division

P.O. Box 1677

Oklahoma City, OK 73101-1677

(405) 702-5166 phone

(405) 702-5101 fax

susie.shields at deq.state.ok.us e-mail


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