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International Peace Brokers Bring Their Stories to Campus
October 1 , 2008
"Conversations With a Women PeaceMaker" start this week.
University of San Diego students don’t have to travel abroad to get a glimpse of life in Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Peru or South Africa. Students simply need to stroll across campus to the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice (IPJ) to meet with women from those areas, who have traveled here to tell their stories.
From now through Nov. 1, four women who have fought for peace and justice in their home countries will share their stories through the 2008 Women PeaceMaker’s program. They are Shinjita Alam of Bangladesh, Sylvie Maunga Mbanga of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zandile Nhlengetwa of South Africa and Olenka Ochoa of Peru. The women were selected for the annual program that allows them to document their stories with the help of professional writers and through video. (Full Story)
