[OKC] Wangari Maathai Presentation

[Shauna Struby]

Please forward as you wish - will be taking place at Okahoma City University
in OKC on Weds Oct 1 at 7:30pm

 

 

For Stillwater folks:  The  Society of Environmental Scientists (SES) is
taking one or two vans of students to hear Wangari Maathai speak in OKC. We
leave Stillwater at 6 pm sharp on Wednesday, October 1. Van ride and speaker
are FREE. Sign up asap at http://gpsga.okstate.edu/ 
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Oklahoma City University 
Distinguished Speakers Series 

2008-09 SPEAKERS

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Wangari Maathai 
Nobel Laureate
author of Unbowed
Henry J. Freede Wellness and Activity Center
NW 27th Street and Florida Avenue
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
7:30 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
<http://www.takingrootfilm.com/>  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, 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 30. 

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