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Hwnan Rights Institute Presents speaker Daughter of Desmond Tutu to lecture on equality during annual rights banquet Eschelle Lecbot Staff Conttibutor
Internationally known speaker and daughter of Desmond Tutu will
speak at the 12th annual Human
Rights Banquet Monday, March 16, 7 p.m. in the Coeur d'Alene Inn. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a South African cleric and activist who rose to worldwide fame during th 1980s a an opponent of apartheid, became the second South African to be awarded th Nobel Peace Prize. He continues to defend human rights and campaign for the oppressed. He also fights AIDS, homophobia, poverty and racism. Nontombi Naomi Tutu, born in Krugersdorp, South Africa, third
daughter of Desmond Tutu and hi wife Nomalizo, founded the Tutu Foundation, which helpsAfrican refugees in African countries. 111 foundation also gave refugees cholarships so that they could learn skills to help them become elfsupporting. Tutu was born in South Africa and ha lived in Lesotho, the United Kingdom and the United States. She was educated in Swaziland, the U.S. and England and has divided her adult life between South Africa and the U.S. Tutu, an international human relations scholar and .human rights activist, has faced many challenge from growing up black and female in apartheid South Africa. She has
found her own place in the world and given her voic a. a champion for the dignity of all by s rving a adevelopmentconsultant in We t Africa and program coorclinator for programs on race gender and gender-based violence in education at the African Gender lnstilut . She ha also taught at the University of Hartford and Brevard College and is a consultant to piritual Alliance to Stop Intimate Violence ( AIV) and the Foundation for Ho pice in Sub-Saharan Africa
(FHSSA). Tutu b gan h r puolk speaking as a college stud nt in Kentucky during the '70s. Sh pok at churches, community groups, colleges and universities about her
experienc s growing up in Apartheid South Africa. Since U1at time, she ha become a popular speaker worldwid . Her presentation's blend the passion for human dignity with humor and personal torie . Join the ,Kootenai County Ta k Force in welcoming M . ontombi Naomi Tutu for an evening of great food , entertainment and knowledge. Hear how he share her journ y through apartheid and how her commitment Lo human right has taught her not to judge purely on physical attribute . A rec ption begins at 6 p.m. with dinn r at 7 p.m .. Tickets are $35 per person. For more information call TI1e Hwnan Rights Education Institute at (208) 232-2359.