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<DIV><STRONG><B><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai
at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Oklahoma City</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, October 1,
2008, 8:00 p.m.</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><o:p></o:p></DIV>
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<P><STRONG><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Environment, Democracy
and Peace: A Critical Link</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT face=Arial
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<P><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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 <st1:place w:st="on">Central
Africa</st1:place> to earn a doctoral degree. She has taught at universities
throughout the world and founded <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Kenya</st1:place></st1:country-region>’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. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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 <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kenya</st1:place></st1:country-region>’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, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">France</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s highest honor. She has
received honorary degrees from many institutions, including <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Yale</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Williams</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">She has written two
books: her autobiography, Unbowed, 2006), and The Greenbelt Movement: Sharing
the Approach and the Experience (2002).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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 <st1:City w:st="on">McKinley</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:State> City, OK, <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region>, 7:30 p.m.
on Tuesday, September 30. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Henry J. Freede
Wellness and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Activity</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><BR>Seating limited. Doors open at
6:30 p.m.. October 1, 2008.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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Shields<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Use Less Stuff
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Verdana color=maroon size=2><SPAN
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Verdana color=maroon size=2><SPAN
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Verdana color=maroon size=2><SPAN
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